From will at coleda.com Mon May 12 12:19:15 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:15 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] YAPC::NA 2008 ... Message-ID: <3907b40a0805121219t4c661b09xc3411bcbe10376eb@mail.gmail.com> Anyone planning on attending the conference in Chicago this year? I'm going, but will not be speaking this year. Would definitely be up for an Albany lunch BOF while at the con... -- Will "Coke" Coleda From will at coleda.com Mon May 12 12:43:21 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:43:21 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] List settings... Message-ID: <3907b40a0805121243m378a0139of2b09acacb87ae2e@mail.gmail.com> Before today, the list was setup so you had to subscribe before you could post. We had a disgruntled help-seeker in the past few weeks for whom this was an issue. In an effort to be more open and encourage some more activity, I've dug through the mailing list settings and opened a few things up. non-members can now post to the list, but their sends will get held for moderation. -- Will "Coke" Coleda From packy at dardan.com Mon May 12 17:37:49 2008 From: packy at dardan.com (Packy Anderson) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:37:49 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] YAPC::NA 2008 ... In-Reply-To: <3907b40a0805121219t4c661b09xc3411bcbe10376eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <3907b40a0805121219t4c661b09xc3411bcbe10376eb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4F7F1BCA-4708-4AAD-93F6-C89D4993DDBD@dardan.com> On May 12, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Will Coleda wrote: > Anyone planning on attending the conference in Chicago this year? I'm > going, but will not be speaking this year. > > Would definitely be up for an Albany lunch BOF while at the con... Well, I'm more part of NY.pm these days, but I'll come to an Albany BOF lunch if you'll have me... From will at coleda.com Mon May 12 22:15:05 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 01:15:05 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Strawberry perl5.10 Message-ID: <3907b40a0805122215n5837ce60tfafb59ad82b99aa4@mail.gmail.com> While I do most of my perl on OS X or linux these days, I still find having perl on my windows desktop at work invaluable. I have found http://strawberryperl.com/ to be most useful, surpassing even ActivePerl... While AP has a nice gui package manager, Strawberry comes with a compiler, so you can build any XS modules you need, opening up much more of CPAN and making it easier to get module updates. What are other folks doing for their perl needs on windows? Cygwin? ActivePerl? -- Will "Coke" Coleda From will at coleda.com Mon May 12 22:55:07 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 01:55:07 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Rakudo Perl Message-ID: <3907b40a0805122255x720a6c91t160f6f9050853a6b@mail.gmail.com> If anyone has read the Perl 6 Synopses (http://feather.perl6.nl/syn/) and is interested in trying out some Perl 6[1][2], I recommend Rakudo Perl (http://www.rakudo.org/). [3] Easiest way to play is to download parrot (http://www.parrotcode.org/source.html): $ perl Configure . pl # spaces added to foil whatever my mail host's attempt to save you from spam! $ make perl6 This will give you a perl6 binary to play with [4] $ ./perl6 -e "say 'Hello Albany' if 1 < 2 < 3" If you have any questions or problems please ping the list and I can help with any issues with Rakudo or parrot. Enjoy! -- Will "Coke" Coleda [1] To answer one of the most common questions I get when mentioning Perl 6, no, Perl 5 isn't dead or dying. Think of Perl 6 as another language in the Perl family. [2] To use some very specific Perl 6 features, you could just grab 5.10; some of the features planned for 6 have already been implemented and released in the latest 5.10 release. [3] Yes, there are other implementations. Rakudo is pretty easy to get running, the one I'm most familiar with, and is under active development. [4] tested against a recent version from the subversion repository. From will at coleda.com Wed May 14 11:28:40 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:28:40 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Job Postings? Message-ID: <3907b40a0805141128g2e0ff901x82ed4c5a2d44ea2f@mail.gmail.com> I get several emails every few months asking if I can help a recruiter or employer find a candidate or fill a position. I think I'd like to see these questions go through to the list instead of to me. Employers/Consulting Firms/HeadHunters: I'd recommend clearly posting the subject, e.g. "[JOB] ", and having a link to the job posting at jobs.perl.org prominently featured in the email. If it's not actually in Albany, information about telecommuting is probably going to be key. If it gets too spammy, we'll stop and regroup, but... I think getting people paid to write perl is an excellent plan. Regards. -- Will "Coke" Coleda From david at surf4.net Fri May 16 18:04:22 2008 From: david at surf4.net (David Scott) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:04:22 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Hello Message-ID: <482E2F16.6080903@surf4.net> I'd like to introduce myself. I have a small hosting, website design and seo company. My background is xbase, assembly, embedded assembly, and perl. I've been writing perl exclusively for the past 10 years. My company is Scott Creative Services Inc. based in Pattersonville. I live in Niskayuna. I'm new to NY. I moved here from the San Diego area. The Perl user group there was a good place to ask questions and find sub-contract help. I hope I can find the same here. I'm not much of a meeting kind of person but I enjoy exchanging ideas. Is this a place for asking questions and getting help? David Scott -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: david.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 325 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/albany-pm/attachments/20080516/70e8449a/attachment.vcf From will at coleda.com Fri May 16 18:38:27 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:38:27 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Hello In-Reply-To: <482E2F16.6080903@surf4.net> References: <482E2F16.6080903@surf4.net> Message-ID: <3907b40a0805161838v344fb743lffce2e7b3ab8cc22@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:04 PM, David Scott wrote: > I'd like to introduce myself. I have a small hosting, website design and seo > company. My background is xbase, assembly, embedded assembly, and perl. I've > been writing perl exclusively for the past 10 years. My company is Scott > Creative Services Inc. based in Pattersonville. I live in Niskayuna. > > I'm new to NY. I moved here from the San Diego area. The Perl user group > there was a good place to ask questions and find sub-contract help. > > I hope I can find the same here. I'm not much of a meeting kind of person > but I enjoy exchanging ideas. Welcome to NY. =-) > Is this a place for asking questions and getting help? I certainly hope so. We've been very quiet lately, but we're turning it around. Glad to answer any questions to the list. You going to YAPC::NA in Chicago next month, by any chance? (not too late to register) > David Scott -- Will "Coke" Coleda From mikelieman at gmail.com Sat May 17 07:32:37 2008 From: mikelieman at gmail.com (Mike Lieman) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:32:37 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Hello In-Reply-To: <482E2F16.6080903@surf4.net> References: <482E2F16.6080903@surf4.net> Message-ID: <43661d390805170732q46c99a69l24a18af9928821e0@mail.gmail.com> Let me also welcome you to the area! I came up here in '85 to attend university from the NYC 'burbs, and liked the quality of life so much, I stuck around! Mike On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:04 PM, David Scott wrote: > I'd like to introduce myself. I have a small hosting, website design and seo > company. My background is xbase, assembly, embedded assembly, and perl. I've > been writing perl exclusively for the past 10 years. My company is Scott > Creative Services Inc. based in Pattersonville. I live in Niskayuna. > > I'm new to NY. I moved here from the San Diego area. The Perl user group > there was a good place to ask questions and find sub-contract help. > > I hope I can find the same here. I'm not much of a meeting kind of person > but I enjoy exchanging ideas. > > Is this a place for asking questions and getting help? > > David Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Albany-pm mailing list > Albany-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/albany-pm > From david at scottcreativeservices.com Sat May 17 07:37:14 2008 From: david at scottcreativeservices.com (David Scott) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:37:14 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] A login/logout Authentication Question Message-ID: <482EED9A.7030502@scottcreativeservices.com> I have a directory auth/test. It is .htaccess protected with a login and password. I want the auth directory to have a login page where temporary access is granted to a person who authenticates using off-site authentication. I want to take that approved person using Location: to the test directory already .htaccess authenticated. Once in, his browser will allow him to access any pages in the test directory without having to re-authenticate until the browser is closed. I know that if I either change .htaccess or remove the person from .htgroup any further attempts to access the test directory will result in .htaccess asking for a login and password. I want .htaccess to allow anyone from an .htgroup file. After logging in, I will add that person to the .htgroup file before taking him to the test directory. I want to temporarily allow that person to use the test directory then logout. At that time I will drop that person from .htgroup file. I will generate the passwords for the password file so the visitor never knows the real login/password he is using. Even if he does know it, I will change it for his next access. This way, a group of people with different login's and passwords can access the test directory only as many times as my program allows. . I have tried LWP::UserAgent credentials() with no success. .htaccess just asks for a login and password when the person arrives at the test directory. #code snippet my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent(keep_alive=>1); $ua->credentials('secure.ourshoppingkart.com:443', 'Members Only', 'davidscott', 'avocado'); I also tried port 80 and the DES encrypted password. I have also tried HTTP::Headers with the same result . $uname = 'davidscott'; $password = 'avocado'; # I also tried the DES encrypted version 'avU2MAZFSWxuY' require HTTP::Headers; $h = HTTP::Headers->new; $h->www_authenticate; $h->authorization_basic($uname, $password); I think what I need to do is create/set http header fields and values. Remote_User, Remote_Password,WWW.Authenticate,and Keep_Alive. Does anyone have any suggestions or know what I need to do to accomplish this? Thanks, David Scott From will at coleda.com Tue May 20 08:52:35 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:52:35 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] Fwd: [pm_groups] YAPC::NA 2008 In-Reply-To: <49d805d70805200844i4f8fd4fdp1efaa543ae4f37b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70805200844i4f8fd4fdp1efaa543ae4f37b7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3907b40a0805200852jad0ce2erfe646de02a6fb3d@mail.gmail.com> FYI: It's not too late to sign up, and I'm pretty sure on campus housing is still available. I'll be flying out the Friday before to participate in the parrot/perl 6 hackathon. Regards! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua McAdams Date: Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:44 AM Subject: [pm_groups] YAPC::NA 2008 To: pm_groups at pm.org Hello all PM group list owners, I just wanted to send out an reminder to let everyone know that YAPC::NA 2008 is less than a month away. This year we are hosting the conference in Chicago, IL, USA and have three days of Perl talks lined up, along with additional classes, hack-a-thons, and a job fair and expo. The conference website is http://yapc.org/America/ Please forward this on to your respective PM group lists if you think that your members might be interested. Thanks, Josh McAdams -- Will "Coke" Coleda From will at coleda.com Tue May 20 09:51:03 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 12:51:03 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] TPF receives large donation in support of Perl 6 development Message-ID: <3907b40a0805200951we7751eal48436df562be186@mail.gmail.com> http://news.perlfoundation.org/2008/05/tpf_receives_large_donation_in.html >From the article: "On May 14, 2008, The Perl Foundation received a philanthropic donation of US$200,000 from Ian Hague. Mr. Hague is a co-founder of Firebird Management LLC, a financial fund management company based in New York City. This donation was the result of extensive discussions between Mr. Hague, The Perl Foundation and a Perl community member who wishes to remain anonymous." -- Will "Coke" Coleda