Re: [Boston.pm] perl constants

2013-03-05 Thread Drew Taylor
Neil Bowers has a review of 20+ constant modules. Sometimes I was there a few less ways to do it! :) http://neilb.org/reviews/constants.html On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Uri Guttman u...@stemsystems.com wrote: On 03/05/2013 04:28 PM, Wayne Tackabury wrote: well, you could write your

Re: [Boston.pm] use Moose ?

2011-02-02 Thread Drew Taylor
James, I know others have replied already, but my experience with Moose is that: 1) the penalty is only on startup time. It's not an issue for a long running application. 2) the features you gain from moose (roles, native trait handling, type checking) more than compensates for the time spent

Re: [Boston.pm] Social Meeting for Boston.pm with Alias this week, probably Thursday?

2010-05-19 Thread Drew Taylor
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Steve Scaffidi sscaff...@cpan.org wrote: Also, though Bertucci's was started in Somerville, it's a chain owned by a large conglomerate now and that kinda kills it for me. I do miss their rolls though. I'm pretty sure it was just pizza dough, but still.

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Drew Taylor
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Tom Metro tmetro-boston...@vl.com wrote: For those of you not on the BLU list, you might find this an interesting read: http://old.nabble.com/Dreamhost-account-hacked-td28062149s24859.html Wow, that is quite the saga! Best of luck to you in getting

Re: [Boston.pm] Discount for O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)

2009-04-03 Thread Drew Taylor
Given Wall Street's recent record, I'd say your guess would have been as good as theirs. :-D Drew On 3 Apr 2009, at 14:29, Andy Oram wrote: I didn't talk to the head of the conferences group about why OSCon was moved. Perhaps it's for the reasons Uri mentioned. But the buzz I heard at

Re: [Boston.pm] Git workshop for April

2009-03-25 Thread Drew Taylor
On 6 Mar 2009, at 13:18, David Cantrell wrote: On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:36:25AM +, Drew Taylor wrote: I've been trying to figure out how to worm git into our workflow at $work where we currently are using CVS. I tried to import the CVS repo to git a couple different ways

Re: [Boston.pm] Git workshop for April

2009-03-06 Thread Drew Taylor
Sounds very interesting. I would love it if someone would record it... for the benefit of those no longer in Boston. :-) I've been trying to figure out how to worm git into our workflow at $work where we currently are using CVS. I tried to import the CVS repo to git a couple different ways

Re: [Boston.pm] Git workshop for April

2009-03-06 Thread Drew Taylor
quit trying. I'll have to give this a try tonight... Drew On 6 Mar 2009, at 13:18, David Cantrell wrote: On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:36:25AM +, Drew Taylor wrote: I've been trying to figure out how to worm git into our workflow at $work where we currently are using CVS. I tried to import

Re: [Boston.pm] Boston.pm Perl Mongers - SKIP WEEK to 11/18

2008-11-10 Thread Drew Taylor
On 8 Nov 2008, at 01:11, Bill Ricker wrote: The November meeting of Boston PM will be a WEEK LATER on third Tuesday the 18th (due to some folk having a holiday on 11/11) As luck would have it, I'll be back in Boston that week! See you then. I really need to try and get Dublin.pm going... I

Re: [Boston.pm] SOAP? Alternatives?

2008-04-21 Thread Drew Taylor
Jody Ben, I've been using XML::Compile and it is indeed a very useful module. Combine that with XML::Compile::SOAP and you might actually think SOAP isn't so bad. :-) I'm also using Catalyst::Controller::SOAP to handle everything on the catalyst (ie. server) side. The XML::Compile author

Re: [Boston.pm] SOAP? Alternatives?

2008-04-21 Thread Drew Taylor
Also, I should note that I've been using document/literal SOAP. But X::C should be able to handle all the other variants as well. Drew On 21 Apr 2008, at 09:34, Drew Taylor wrote: Jody Ben, I've been using XML::Compile and it is indeed a very useful module. Combine that with XML::Compile

Re: [Boston.pm] Tech Meeting Tuesday, April 10 at MIT

2007-04-02 Thread Drew Taylor
On Mar 27, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Ronald J Kimball wrote: Boston.pm will have a tech meeting on Tuesday, April 10, at MIT, in building E51, room 376 (directions below), starting at 7:15pm. Guillermo Roditi will a give talk entitled WebApps using Perl and Reaction. A showcase of the

Re: [Boston.pm] Social Meeting with brian d foy, Fri Apr 28

2006-04-26 Thread Drew Taylor
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:11:31 -0400 (EDT), Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, Apr 25th 2006 at 14:56 -0400, quoth Uri Guttman: =over an hour. also it is very loud there and pricy as it is just an =upscape clamshack. this is just to inform people about what to expect if I

[Boston.pm] Anyone know about crunchtime!?

2006-01-04 Thread Drew Taylor
I've seen several job postings from Crunchtime! (http:// www.crunchtime.com) on jobs.perl.org, and was curious if anyone knew some details about the company/culture/benefits/etc. They have been persistent posters, although I don't know if this means they keep having positions come open or

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Drew Taylor
On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Christopher Morgan wrote: What alternatives to mod_perl would speed up running cgi scripts but not require a dedicated server? Off the top of my head there's fastcgi (popular w/ the rails/lighttpd folks), speedycgi, and pperl. [I'm not sure if pperl can be

Re: [Boston.pm] Tech Meeting Followup

2005-08-13 Thread Drew Taylor
On Aug 13, 2005, at 12:04 AM, Uri Guttman wrote: perl template toolkit. this covers the popular template library and seems to be pretty good. maybe i will give a short talk about my tiny templater. 3 subs, about 50 lines of code and i bet it does enough for about 90% of all template projects

[Boston.pm] Postgresql table inheritance

2005-08-09 Thread Drew Taylor
I mentioned postgres table inheritance at the meeting tonight. It does appear that inherited tables are exposed by the database as a real table. This leads me to believe that Class::DBI will work properly on an inherited table. There are some caveats with inheritance, but it doesn't appear

Re: [Boston.pm] Geo::Coder::US RE: GoogleGeoCoder

2005-06-17 Thread Drew Taylor
On Jun 17, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Ricker, William wrote: So I have about 75k addresses that need to be redone. That's enough to consider a commercial service with value-added data corrections and warranty. Both Eagle and Geocoder.US offer that. I redid my math last night, and Eagle offers 100k

[Boston.pm] Any good mongers out there?

2005-05-24 Thread Drew Taylor
Hi fellow mongers, Sorry for the vague title. This is not a job posting, but it's related to one previously posted. My former employer is looking for a full-time replacement for me (having already quit in Jan but continuing on as a consultant). See previous job posts for CareScout if you're

Re: [Boston.pm] YAPC::NA rideshare

2005-05-05 Thread Drew Taylor
On May 4, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Sean Quinlan wrote: I'm considering attending YAPC this summer, and was considering driving. Is anyone else planning on driving and would like a backup (or primary) driver who is willing to chip in on costs? Or would anyone be interested in being a backup driver and

Re: [Boston.pm] YAPC::NA rideshare

2005-05-05 Thread Drew Taylor
On May 4, 2005, at 6:02 PM, Ian Langworth wrote: On 5/4/05, Sean Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not looking for any firm commitments yet, just seeing if there would be interest before I make any decisions. My girlfriend has to leave Wednesday, which is unfortunate because Kevin and I were

Re: [Boston.pm] Social Meeting with Randal Schwartz, Wed May 4

2005-05-03 Thread Drew Taylor
On May 2, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Ronald J Kimball wrote: Boston.pm is having a Social Meeting with Randal Schwartz this Wednesday, May 4, at Owen O'Leary's in Natick. The reservation is for 7pm. Please RSVP to the discussion list (boston-pm(at)mail.pm.org) ASAP if you plan on attending. Count me in

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-08 Thread Drew Taylor
-- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting Web : www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres

Re: [Boston.pm] Tech/Social Meeting w/ Randal Schwartz

2004-09-17 Thread Drew Taylor
be for web-testing. Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting Web : www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres

Re: [Boston.pm] CMS/Website creation and management tool

2004-09-08 Thread Drew Taylor
to take a look at Krang (krang.sf.net). It has many similar features to Bricolage, but is written using CGI::Application HTML::Template. Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Boston.pm] Date for next meeting?

2004-08-24 Thread Drew Taylor
Have we (ie Sean :-) coordinated a date with BU for the next meeting? I don't want to procrastinate too long in preparing my talk... Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Boston.pm] Tech Meeting Tuesday, August 3

2004-07-27 Thread Drew Taylor
a presentation at this meeting, please email me. If we end up without a speaker we'll have a Social Meeting instead. I could be convinced to do a short talk on the virtues of Class::DBI. Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web

Re: [Boston.pm] Meeting topic?

2004-07-16 Thread Drew Taylor
with a few sysadmin/network-type people Friday evening at YAPC and it turns out they use POE at LOT for monitoring various things. Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site

[Boston.pm] Thanks Damian!

2004-07-14 Thread Drew Taylor
. They are definitely appreciated (and even useful!). IIRC, I think I've seen you 3-4 times here, and I've missed 1 or 2 meetings as well. Drew -- - Drew Taylor * Web app development consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site

Re: [Boston.pm] damian chauffeur?

2004-07-10 Thread Drew Taylor
trying to not waste his time/energy on being stuck on the t all night. I'm available to give rides if you don't mind my older Camry. :-) Drew -- - Drew Taylor * Web app development consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site

Re: [Boston.pm] damian topic?

2004-07-09 Thread Drew Taylor
SAT might overwhelm my brain. :-) Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting Web : www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres

Re: [Boston.pm] travel plans to YAPC::NA

2004-06-06 Thread Drew Taylor
-- - Drew Taylor * Web app development consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres - ___ Boston-pm

Re: [Boston.pm] travel plans to YAPC::NA

2004-05-31 Thread Drew Taylor
of the dinner. You're welcome to ride with me. I'll be leaving sometime Sat morning. Drew -- - Drew Taylor * Web app development consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI

[Boston.pm] Looking for YAPC roommate

2004-05-29 Thread Drew Taylor
can figure out the email address. Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting Web : www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres

[Boston.pm] Looking for YAPC roommate

2004-05-29 Thread Drew Taylor
use in my quest? Drew -- Drew Taylor * Web development consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting Web : www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres

Re: [Boston.pm] Request Guidance with LWP newbie???

2003-11-13 Thread Drew Taylor
darren chamberlain wrote: * Bob Mariotti r.mariotti at financialdatacorp.com [2003-11-13 13:57]: Can any of you in the know kindly point me to a good thorough reference or perhaps itemize a few pointers to accomplishing this and/or working with lwp? First of all, have you seen Sean Burke's

Re: [Boston.pm] Postal address De-duping

2003-08-14 Thread Drew Taylor
-- - Drew Taylor * Web app development consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation hosting www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres - ___ Boston-pm

[Boston.pm] Re: [yapc] yapc projectors

2003-06-07 Thread Drew Taylor
I'm going, and should have room with our carry-ons. On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 01:11 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: yapc is in need of projectors and they rent for $200+ a day. i propose we lend them the boston.pm projector. i can't take it there as i have no spare carryon room. can someone from

Re: [Boston.pm] damian talk

2003-01-13 Thread Drew Taylor
At 02:30 PM 1/13/03 -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote: Geez, screwing up Latin AND Shakespeare in one short phrase. Don't they teach you kids across the pond ANYTHING these days? :) Never underestimate the power of public education in the US. :-) Drew -- Drew Taylor| Web

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Favorite Mac OS X utilities

2003-01-03 Thread Drew Taylor
At 03:54 PM 1/3/03 -0500, Ron Newman wrote: On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Drew Taylor wrote: I just ran across an Eudora importer for Mail.app on version tracker yesterday. Eudora Mailbox Cleaner - 1-step migration from Eudora to Mail.app http://www.versiontracker.com

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Favorite Mac OS X utilities

2003-01-03 Thread Drew Taylor
://versiontracker.com/macosx/ - tracks new Mac software releases http://www.macintouch.com/ - Mac news and commentary http://www.lowendmac.com/ - for folks like you who have older Macs http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ - Mac hardware reviews and news http://apple.slashdot.org/ - Apple section of ./ -- Drew Taylor

[Boston.pm] OT: Favorite Mac OS X utilities

2003-01-02 Thread Drew Taylor
especially helpful. 5. Sources of mac hardware/reviews. I still can't believe the premium I have to pay for a Mac video card... 6. Any other tips for a windows convert. Thanks for your help! Drew -- Drew Taylor| Web development consulting http://www.drewtaylor.com/ | perl/mod_perl

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Favorite Mac OS X utilities

2003-01-02 Thread Drew Taylor
At 11:12 AM 1/2/03 -0500, darren chamberlain wrote: * Drew Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-01-02 11:06]: X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 I've recently gotten a Mac OS X (10.2.3) box up running. Not using it yet, though, huh? :) I should note that I sent the email from

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Favorite Mac OS X utilities

2003-01-02 Thread Drew Taylor
wondered if there was a good reason to switch to Mail.app. The junk filter seems nice, but I keep meaning to start doing filtering on the server anyway. And the ad window doesn't bother me since I think I've clicked on it a couple times in all my time of using Eudora. :-) Drew -- Drew Taylor

Re: [Boston.pm] YAPC 2004

2002-12-06 Thread Drew Taylor
at thier cost (what they pay to the university). We will try to convice BU to reduce the cost even further and write off the expense as a charitable donation (or perhaps provide catering and other services), but no one is holding their breath on that. -- Drew Taylor| Web

Re: [Boston.pm] Large hashes

2002-09-30 Thread Drew Taylor
occurs when we use Any2XML.pm that uses Ximple.pm which builds XML tree as an array of hashes recursively. While this works well for most documents, when parsing flat files containing thousands of records, this breaks down. -- Drew Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 17 Thacher St, Apt 1 http