Perl Oasis 2010 on IRC Today it was asked if Perl Oasis had an “official” IRC channel. Since the #orlando channel on irc.perl.org has been dead for years, I suggested people could just use it. So if you’re looking for more information or just wanna hang out with other people going to Perl Oasis, or are Perl people in/near/or coming to Orlando c... Read more 02 Nov 2009 - less than 1 minute read
Blawd So I broke Moveable Type a few weeks back and haven’t been able to post a new blog post since then. I’ve been getting tired of Moveable Type’s over head on my server, and while I appreciate the work put into Melody I’ve decided to try something different. I’ve been intrigued by Bloxsom style blogs in the past but I really didn’t like som... Read more 17 Oct 2009 - 1 minute read
Eoin’s first typing Session Eoin tonight started reading they keys off my keyboard to me. “Double” was the first one as he pointed to the W. After that we started pointing at keys and naming them, he did fairly well considering he’s only just turned two (he was a little confused by left-brace [ and right brace ] ). While doing that he typed in t... Read more 09 Sep 2009 - less than 1 minute read
I Did it the “Right” Way Okay the last thing that came up in Dave Cross’s now infamous Moose or No Moose post. This post comes last because I noticed the question last but it also took the longest to write. The questions is about the idea that is Moose the One True Way. To quote the original Poster: Define "do OO right". Any answer containing ... Read more 07 Sep 2009 - 12 minute read
Ring Ring Ring Ring Perl Phone! So I just got my first Perl script running on my Phone. I have a T-Mobile G1 and I installed the Android Scripting Environment 0.11-Alpha which allows you to install a copy of Perl5 (as of this writing 5.10.0) on your phone. It then sets up an RPC enviroment giving you access to the native Android APIs via a very ... Read more 05 Sep 2009 - less than 1 minute read