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Issue #152 - 2014-06-23 - Welcome to YAPC::NA
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You can <a href="http://perlweekly.com/archive/152.html">read the newsletter on the web</a>, if you prefer.
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... the lucky ones who could make it to the conference that starts today. Including Yanick. Enjoy!
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For the others, who could not make it this year, like myself, there are a bunch of videos of presentation from the previous year at the <a href="http://perltv.org/">Perl TV</a>. From <a href="http://perltv.org/source/yapc-na-2012">2012</a> and <a href="http://perltv.org/source/yapc-na-2013">2013</a>.
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We are a growing software company using open source software/modern Perl practices to build innovative e-payment, auction, and tax collection web applications. We are looking for talented, motivated professionals committed to flawless work and customer service.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUWui" style="
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FROGGS contributes a great deal to both Perl 5 (especially <a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUWdZ">SDL</a>), and Perl 6. See his <a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUWue">GitHub</a> directory for some of the project he has been involved with.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUV9R" style="
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUWuq" style="
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Rob Hoelz introduces Devel::Trace::Syscall. It uses ptrace to figure out when a system call is made.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUV9U" style="
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVqb" style="
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Installing Perl in hostile environments. For example on a Centos 6 Linux box. Without a cpan client
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUWur" style="
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The Perl Gerl has released her first CPAN module. I don't know if we can take her seriously.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUWuu" style="
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Andrew Solomon who is running Perl courses via Geekuni has interviews Michael Rupp, one of his students.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVqh" style="
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See a few picks for this week, just below.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVql" style="
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24 min talk by Mark Overmeer at the Nederlandese Perl Workshop
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVqo" style="
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Jason Clifford introduces Mock::LWP::Request in 3 minutes at the London Perl Workshop
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVqr" style="
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Neil Bowers spreads his love of Questhub at the London Perl Workshop in just 5 minutes.
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1roIhyH" style="
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Paul Johnson gives lots of ideas to set up a work-environment. Starting from the desk and all the way to a number of vim-plugins. (London Perl Workshop - 25 min)
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVGJ" style="
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Marcus Ramberg talks about Mojolicious and HTML5 Web Technologies like Web Sockets, Desktop Notifications, Media Queries, and Push State. (Mojoconf - 25 min)
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVGM" style="
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A math problem solved by Carl Mäsak using Perl 6
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVGN" style="
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The Perl 6 weekly
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVGQ" style="
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1pZUVGX" style="
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In the following cities: Granada (ES), Sofia (BG), Tokyo (JP), Flörli Olten (CH), Salzburg (AT)
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