From techx616 at gmail.com Fri Aug 5 10:42:51 2011 From: techx616 at gmail.com (Kenneth Sheppard) Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:42:51 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] New Message-ID: Hey y'all I just wanted to reach out and say hello, I'm new to the list and am interested in making some good conversation regarding Perl. I just started learning the language about 5 months ago and am writing a game and a chatbot so far. Any tips, tricks of advice you think might be helpful? Thanks in advance. -Crypt_01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From questy at gmail.com Fri Aug 5 10:46:29 2011 From: questy at gmail.com (Jerald Sheets) Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:46:29 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] New In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: So someone *is* on the list! :-D I signed up quite some time ago, and yours is the first message I've seen go by. Usually, I just sign up and wait for conversation? Good to see another living soul on the list! :-D --Jerald On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > Hey y'all > I just wanted to reach out and say hello, I'm new to the list and am interested in making some good conversation regarding Perl. I just started learning the language about 5 months ago and am writing a game and a chatbot so far. Any tips, tricks of advice you think might be helpful? Thanks in advance. > > -Crypt_01 > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte From mike.walker at napkindrawing.com Fri Aug 5 10:47:22 2011 From: mike.walker at napkindrawing.com (Mike Walker) Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:47:22 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] New In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Kenneth, Welcome! A great way to learn quickly is to code, code, code. If you have any day-to-day tasks or things you do in another language or with a spreadsheet, try doing them in Perl. Also the Perl version of PLEAC is good and 100% complete: http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_perl/index.html Cheers, Mike Walker 704.502.5708 NapkinDrawing // Programming & Data Management On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > Hey y'all > I just wanted to reach out and say hello, I'm new to the list and am > interested in making some good conversation regarding Perl. I just started > learning the language about 5 months ago and am writing a game and a chatbot > so far. Any tips, tricks of advice you think might be helpful? Thanks in > advance. > > -Crypt_01 > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kevinbosak at gmail.com Fri Aug 5 10:50:20 2011 From: kevinbosak at gmail.com (Kevin Bosak) Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:50:20 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] New In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E3C2D5C.5070905@gmail.com> William and I are trying to get Charlotte.pm alive and kicking once more. I'm hoping to get a talk together so we can have a tech meeting in a month or two. I'm thinking of going over some "modern perl" practices and modules (Moose, Dancer, etc.). Let me know if you're interested and if there's anything else you'd like to learn about. Also, this is mainly for Kenneth as I know he's learning Perl, but the "Modern Perl" book is free online and can be downloaded as a PDF at http://www.onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html Kevin On 8/5/11 1:46 PM, Jerald Sheets wrote: > So someone *is* on the list! :-D > > I signed up quite some time ago, and yours is the first message I've seen go by. > > Usually, I just sign up and wait for conversation? Good to see another living soul on the list! > > :-D > > --Jerald > > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > >> Hey y'all >> I just wanted to reach out and say hello, I'm new to the list and am interested in making some good conversation regarding Perl. I just started learning the language about 5 months ago and am writing a game and a chatbot so far. Any tips, tricks of advice you think might be helpful? Thanks in advance. >> >> -Crypt_01 >> _______________________________________________ >> charlotte mailing list >> charlotte at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte From techx616 at gmail.com Fri Aug 5 10:57:53 2011 From: techx616 at gmail.com (Kenneth Sheppard) Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:57:53 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] PLEAC Message-ID: Mike, that link is awesome! I will be favoriting that for sure. So, what kinds of big projects have y'all been able to tackle using Perl? -Crypt_01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From questy at gmail.com Fri Aug 5 11:01:57 2011 From: questy at gmail.com (Jerald Sheets) Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:01:57 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] PLEAC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've written a machine inventory piece for my last three employers. This included command-line tools for system information gathering, automatic distribution of software and components to member hosts, and the like. I wrote an SL-8500 StorNext piece for logging and graphing tape drive activity to the Xymon monitor. Several small things from week to week? just as needed sorts of things that maybe shell wasn't flexible enough to help out with. --Jerald On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > Mike, > that link is awesome! I will be favoriting that for sure. > > So, what kinds of big projects have y'all been able to tackle using Perl? > > -Crypt_01 > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte From william at knowmad.com Fri Aug 5 16:02:40 2011 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:02:40 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] PLEAC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E3C7690.3030403@knowmad.com> Hi Kenneth, Welcome to the list. I hope we'll see you at one of the upcoming events that Kevin & I are working on putting together for the Fall. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, I'll add that my firm, Knowmad Technologies[1], is a big fan of Perl. We use it for integration work, data munging, and website management. For complex websites such as the recently released Johnson C. Smith University site[1], we use WebGUI[2] which is an enterprise-class CMS written in Perl. Another project under development is using POE[3] to act as a telnet daemon to monitor fuel tanks at convenience stores throughout the southeast. We're tied into their VPN and can do polling and prompt emails to corporate hq when alerts happen in the field. This is one of my favorite projects lately! Above all, I find Perl to be infinitely flexible and fun to use. Good luck with the chatbot and send us an invite when you're ready to start live testing. Cheers, William [1] http://www.jcsu.edu [2] http://www.webgui.org [3] http://poe.perl.org On 08/05/2011 01:57 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > Mike, > that link is awesome! I will be favoriting that for sure. > > So, what kinds of big projects have y'all been able to tackle using Perl? > > -Crypt_01 > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte -- Knowmad - Web Strategy, Design & Development W: http://www.knowmad.com | E: william at knowmad.com | P: 704.343.9330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From techx616 at gmail.com Mon Aug 8 09:59:05 2011 From: techx616 at gmail.com (Kenneth Sheppard) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:59:05 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Cool project Message-ID: Hey William, That project to monitor gas station fuel tanks sounds really interesting. I didn't know that enterprise level redundancy and stability could be achieved in perl programs. And y'all will definitely be the first to know as soon as the chatbot goes up. 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Hope to see you in a couple weeks for our social on the 17th at 7pm. Location TBD. William On 08/08/2011 12:59 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > Hey William, > That project to monitor gas station fuel tanks sounds really > interesting. I didn't know that enterprise level redundancy and > stability could be achieved in perl programs. And y'all will > definitely be the first to know as soon as the chatbot goes up. I'm > trying to build in some features of system administration as well, so > it should be an interesting project. > > Thanks, > Kenneth > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte -- Knowmad - Web Strategy, Design & Development W: http://www.knowmad.com | E: william at knowmad.com | P: 704.343.9330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From william at knowmad.com Sun Aug 14 16:40:01 2011 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:40:01 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Meetup group & August social Message-ID: <4E485CD1.4090006@knowmad.com> Hi folks, I've setup a Meetup.com group for us to use to re-boot the Charlotte Perl Mongers. I'll try to remember to post meeting announcements to this list but you'll always be aware of our meetings if you sign-up (it's free). http://www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Perl-Mongers Our August social gathering will be at Smelly Cat in NoDa from 7 - 8:30pm (look for the Perl books). We'll be discussing the recent YAPC::NA held in Asheville & plans for rebooting CharPM for the Fall with a tech talk on Modern Perl practices. Your tasks: 1. Join us on Meetup.com 2. Come out on Wednesday to Smelly Cat William -- Knowmad - Web Strategy, Design & Development W: http://www.knowmad.com | E: william at knowmad.com | P: 704.343.9330 From william at knowmad.com Sun Aug 14 16:18:05 2011 From: william at knowmad.com (William) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:18:05 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] [Charlotte Perl Mongers] Joins us on Meetup.com Message-ID: Charlotte Perl Mongers has posted a new item, 'Joins us on Meetup.com' The Charlotte Perl Mongers now have a Meetup group for re-organizing ourselves. Come join us at http://www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Perl-Mongers and get involved. You may view the latest post at http://charlotte.pm.org/2011/08/14/joins-us-on-meetup-com/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, William william at knowmad.com From william at knowmad.com Sun Aug 14 16:24:05 2011 From: william at knowmad.com (William) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:24:05 +0000 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] [Charlotte Perl Mongers] August Social Gathering Message-ID: <1b1f000f42d459ca252a0c12b86d9c82@charlotte.pm.org> Charlotte Perl Mongers has posted a new item, 'August Social Gathering' Social gathering to discuss YAPC::NA & plans for rebooting CharPM for the Fall with a tech talk on Modern Perl practices. We'll meet at Smelly Cat. See Meetup for more info -- http://www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Perl-Mongers/events/29365661/ You may view the latest post at http://charlotte.pm.org/2011/08/14/august-social-gathering/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, William william at knowmad.com From techx616 at gmail.com Thu Aug 18 12:56:51 2011 From: techx616 at gmail.com (Kenneth Sheppard) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:56:51 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Meetup Message-ID: Hey y'all, I wish I had been able to go to the meetup last night, but I ended up having to work late. How did the meetup go? How many people came out and what topics were discussed? I'm really looking forward to going to the next one. Thanks, Kenneth Sheppard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kevin at bosak.net Thu Aug 18 15:28:03 2011 From: kevin at bosak.net (Kevin Bosak) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:28:03 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Meetup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E4D91F3.9090107@bosak.net> Hey Kenneth, sorry you weren't able to make it. William, Michael, Jerald, and myself were there and talked about a variety of things including server monitoring, stats/data gathering, and of course Perl. We should be having another social meeting next month, so keep an eye on this list or meetup.com for details. Hope you can make it next time! Kevin On 8/18/11 3:56 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > Hey y'all, > I wish I had been able to go to the meetup last night, but I ended up > having to work late. How did the meetup go? How many people came out > and what topics were discussed? I'm really looking forward to going > to the next one. > > Thanks, > Kenneth Sheppard > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kww at pobox.com Thu Aug 18 16:12:52 2011 From: kww at pobox.com (Kurt W. Whitsel) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:12:52 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Meetup In-Reply-To: References: <4E4D91F3.9090107@bosak.net> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kurt W. Whitsel Date: Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [Charlotte.PM] Meetup To: Kevin Bosak Hey guys, Please have another meetup... I will try to make it as well. Kurt On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Kevin Bosak wrote: > Hey Kenneth, sorry you weren't able to make it. William, Michael, Jerald, > and myself were there and talked about a variety of things including server > monitoring, stats/data gathering, and of course Perl. We should be having > another social meeting next month, so keep an eye on this list or > meetup.com for details. > > Hope you can make it next time! > Kevin > > > On 8/18/11 3:56 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: > > Hey y'all, > I wish I had been able to go to the meetup last night, but I ended up > having to work late. How did the meetup go? How many people came out and > what topics were discussed? I'm really looking forward to going to the next > one. > > Thanks, > Kenneth Sheppard > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing listcharlotte at pm.orghttp://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte > > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From william at knowmad.com Fri Aug 19 14:14:45 2011 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:14:45 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Meetup In-Reply-To: References: <4E4D91F3.9090107@bosak.net> Message-ID: <4E4ED245.2000104@knowmad.com> Hey Kenneth & Kurt, Good to hear from y'all. Kurt, have you joined us on Meetup yet? It'd be good to see you. As Kevin said, we talked a lot about rrd's and how to use them for data gathering and system monitoring. We also talked about POE and some of the things folks have done with that tool. We'll be setting up the September gathering in Meetup soon so come join us. William On 08/18/2011 07:12 PM, Kurt W. Whitsel wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Kurt W. Whitsel* > > Date: Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Charlotte.PM] Meetup > To: Kevin Bosak > > > > Hey guys, > > Please have another meetup... I will try to make it as well. > > Kurt > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Kevin Bosak > wrote: > > Hey Kenneth, sorry you weren't able to make it. William, Michael, > Jerald, and myself were there and talked about a variety of things > including server monitoring, stats/data gathering, and of course > Perl. We should be having another social meeting next month, so > keep an eye on this list or meetup.com for > details. > > Hope you can make it next time! > Kevin > > > On 8/18/11 3:56 PM, Kenneth Sheppard wrote: >> Hey y'all, >> I wish I had been able to go to the meetup last night, but I >> ended up having to work late. How did the meetup go? How many >> people came out and what topics were discussed? I'm really >> looking forward to going to the next one. >> >> Thanks, >> Kenneth Sheppard >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> charlotte mailing list >> charlotte at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte > > > > > _______________________________________________ > charlotte mailing list > charlotte at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/charlotte -- Knowmad - Web Strategy, Design & Development W: http://www.knowmad.com | E: william at knowmad.com | P: 704.343.9330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: