From joey at joeykelly.net Sat Jun 5 10:52:19 2004 From: joey at joeykelly.net (Joey Kelly) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] what happened to the wiki? Message-ID: <200406051052.19604.joey@joeykelly.net> I went to http://neworleans.pm.org and there isn't a wiki anymore. We took it down? Or did I visit the wrong URL? -- Joey Kelly < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > http://joeykelly.net "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL From dave at gnofn.org Tue Jun 8 08:27:03 2004 From: dave at gnofn.org (Dave Cash) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] what happened to the wiki? In-Reply-To: <200406051052.19604.joey@joeykelly.net> References: <200406051052.19604.joey@joeykelly.net> Message-ID: <20040608082434.I50071@sparkie.gnofn.org> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Joey Kelly wrote: > I went to http://neworleans.pm.org and there isn't a wiki anymore. We took it > down? Or did I visit the wrong URL? The pm.org site was hacked in mid-May. The whole pm.org site was down for about a week. The individual group sites are not all yet back up and running. I'm actually on vacation right now but I'll be back in NOLA late tomorrow night. I sent a support request to the pm.org folks before I left, but it appears I'll have to open a new ticket when I return. See you all at the meeting on Friday! Dave /L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\_/T\_/E\_/A\_/C\_/H\_/L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\ Dave Cash Power to the People! Frolicking in Fields of Garlic Right On-Line! dave@gnofn.org Dig it all. From EmailLists at SimonDorfman.com Thu Jun 10 01:40:44 2004 From: EmailLists at SimonDorfman.com (Simon Dorfman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] Slashdot-proof your server with FreeCache Message-ID: http://boingboing.net/2004/06/08/slashdotproof_your_s.html Slashdot-proof your server with FreeCache FreeChache is a kind of Ad-Hoc-amai -- a service that caches high-demand content on high-availability servers. The Internet Archive's FreeCache service has an automated tool that integrates with Apache to automatically cache and redirect visitors attempting to download large, popular files -- using this can slashdot-proof your server. Link: http://www.archive.org/web/freecache.php ------------------------------------------------------------ I thought this might be interesting in relation to the perl project Mike Heckman was talking about. Maybe as a start, a group of 6 servers could ask each other to help out serving popular content? Here's the perl script they're using: http://www.archive.org/web/freecache/freecache.txt More info here: http://www.archive.org/web/freecache/installation.php Simon P.S.-Note to Dave Cash, maybe you could mention FreeCache to Anna's step-mom re: sharing her quicktime movie without eating all her bandwidth. From Simon at SimonDorfman.com Thu Jun 10 01:40:08 2004 From: Simon at SimonDorfman.com (Simon Dorfman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] Slashdot-proof your server with FreeCache Message-ID: http://boingboing.net/2004/06/08/slashdotproof_your_s.html Slashdot-proof your server with FreeCache FreeChache is a kind of Ad-Hoc-amai -- a service that caches high-demand content on high-availability servers. The Internet Archive's FreeCache service has an automated tool that integrates with Apache to automatically cache and redirect visitors attempting to download large, popular files -- using this can slashdot-proof your server. Link: http://www.archive.org/web/freecache.php ------------------------------------------------------------ I thought this might be interesting in relation to the perl project Mike Heckman was talking about. Maybe as a start, a group of 6 servers could ask each other to help out serving popular content? Here's the perl script they're using: http://www.archive.org/web/freecache/freecache.txt More info here: http://www.archive.org/web/freecache/installation.php Simon P.S.-Note to Dave Cash, maybe you could mention FreeCache to Anna's step-mom re: sharing her quicktime movie without eating all her bandwidth. From dave at gnofn.org Fri Jun 11 15:22:49 2004 From: dave at gnofn.org (Dave Cash) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] PM Site Update Message-ID: <20040611151724.S70451@sparkie.gnofn.org> All day today, I haven't been able to get to http://www.pm.org/. I'm not sure what's going on with them. I got them to install CGI::Kwiki so our wiki would work again, but soon after the site became inaccessible. See you in an hour and a half. Dave /L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\_/T\_/E\_/A\_/C\_/H\_/L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\ Dave Cash Power to the People! Frolicking in Fields of Garlic Right On-Line! dave@gnofn.org Dig it all. From EmailLists at SimonDorfman.com Fri Jun 11 10:05:36 2004 From: EmailLists at SimonDorfman.com (Simon Dorfman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] Meeting tonight at 5pm Message-ID: Just a reminder that the Perl Mongers meeting is tonight from 5pm-7pm at Fairgrinds Coffee House upstairs meeting room. (right next to Whole Foods in Mid-City off Esplanade Ave.) See y'all there, Simon From estrabd at yahoo.com Tue Jun 15 13:30:49 2004 From: estrabd at yahoo.com (Brett D. Estrade) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary... Message-ID: <1087324249.18335.198482368@webmail.messagingengine.com> Dave, Thanks for getting the site back up. Also, would someone mind posting a meeting summary? I can cut and paste it into the wiki if someone just wants to hammer it out to the list...thanks, Brett ===== http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com From donnie at solomonstreet.com Tue Jun 15 14:22:19 2004 From: donnie at solomonstreet.com (Donnie Cameron) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Fwd: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary...] Message-ID: <40CF4C6B.5040802@solomonstreet.com> Brett, I don't remember the names of everyone that was there, and I encourage anyone, especially Dave Cash, to post a better summary of the last New Orleans Perl Mongers meeting. But here's one just in case. (For the record, I'd love to have more than one meeting per month) The meeting of June 11, 2004 was our second meeting. Five people attended. - Dave Cash - David Martin - David Keeney - (Brett?) - Donnie Cameron Although, in an effort to get to know each other, we discussed a variety of subjects, five subjects dominated the meeting. To start, Dave Cash informed us that O'Reilly wouldn't mind us using the Perl Camel on T-shirts provided that we included some text next to the image. (Dave, forgive me for not remembering exactly.) Then, Dave informed us about some new books that O'Reilly had sent to us. He presented an idea for a Distributive New Orleans Perl Mongers library in which the books we collect are held by various members of the group. A web page would keep track of who's got which book and members that needed a book would be able to "check it out" on the web page and physically secure it from the person that's holding it. Later, we talked about SQLite and the advantages it might have over complex SQL database servers like PostgreSQL. We visited the site and discussed various aspects, features, and possible uses of the SQLite library. Dave plans to test the SQLite library by using it to power the web site for the Distributive New Orleans Perl Mongers Library. We also discussed a program called Squiggly, which Donnie Cameron has been developing in his spare time for the last few months. Squiggly allows a developer to create web sites that interface with databases. Several members provided important tips for improving Squiggly from a techincal standpoint as well as good reasons for open-sourcing further development of the program. Toward the end of the meeting, we spoke a little about what a wiki board is and exchanged tips relating to the CGI::Kwiki package. The wiki board (neworleans.pm.org) was down after the meeting and for a day or two following the meeting, but it was up soon after. The Fair Grinds Coffeehouse provided an excellent atmosphere for the meeting. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary... Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:30:49 -0600 From: Brett D. Estrade To: NewOrleans-pm@mail.pm.org Dave, Thanks for getting the site back up. Also, would someone mind posting a meeting summary? I can cut and paste it into the wiki if someone just wants to hammer it out to the list...thanks, Brett ===== http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ NewOrleans-pm mailing list NewOrleans-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/neworleans-pm From donnie at solomonstreet.com Tue Jun 15 14:36:00 2004 From: donnie at solomonstreet.com (Donnie Cameron) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] Loved the meeting Message-ID: <40CF4FA0.3070904@solomonstreet.com> Hi All, I really enjoyed the last New Orleans Perl Mongers meeting. Thanks for all the valuable input (both technical and other) regarding Squiggly. I assure you that I walked out of that meeting convinced about open-sourcing the program. I have even reached an agreement with Tracy about when this will happen. Dave Cash, I loved your idea for the Distributive Perl Mongers Library (I don't remember what name you gave it, so forgive me for making one up). I want to help, so with respect to that project I'm at your disposal if you find you can use the help. David Keeney, thank you for dragging me into my first Perl Mongers meeting. David Martin, as you know, I was impressed with the quality of the product that you delivered when we had the chance to work together a few years ago. I look forward to the possibility of us working together again. Wouldn't it be awsome if one day Perl Mongers somehow contributed in a significat way to making New Orleans into a viable high-tech center? --Donnie From estrabd at yahoo.com Tue Jun 15 21:21:32 2004 From: estrabd at yahoo.com (Brett D. Estrade) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Fwd: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary...] In-Reply-To: <40CF4C6B.5040802@solomonstreet.com> References: <40CF4C6B.5040802@solomonstreet.com> Message-ID: <1087352492.28960.198509576@webmail.messagingengine.com> Thanks, Donnie - this looks like an excellent summary. I will post this summary on our site, and anyone who wishes to edit or correct the text can do so via the wiki. Brett On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:22:19 -0500, "Donnie Cameron" said: > Brett, > > I don't remember the names of everyone that was there, and I encourage > anyone, especially Dave Cash, to post a better summary of the last New > Orleans Perl Mongers meeting. But here's one just in case. (For the > record, I'd love to have more than one meeting per month) > > The meeting of June 11, 2004 was our second meeting. Five people > attended. > > - Dave Cash > - David Martin > - David Keeney > - (Brett?) > - Donnie Cameron > > Although, in an effort to get to know each other, we discussed a variety > of subjects, five subjects dominated the meeting. To start, Dave Cash > informed us that O'Reilly wouldn't mind us using the Perl Camel on > T-shirts provided that we included some text next to the image. (Dave, > forgive me for not remembering exactly.) > > Then, Dave informed us about some new books that O'Reilly had sent to > us. He presented an idea for a Distributive New Orleans Perl Mongers > library in which the books we collect are held by various members of the > group. A web page would keep track of who's got which book and members > that needed a book would be able to "check it out" on the web page and > physically secure it from the person that's holding it. > > Later, we talked about SQLite and the advantages it might have over > complex SQL database servers like PostgreSQL. We visited the site and > discussed various aspects, features, and possible uses of the SQLite > library. Dave plans to test the SQLite library by using it to power the > web site for the Distributive New Orleans Perl Mongers Library. > > We also discussed a program called Squiggly, which Donnie Cameron has > been developing in his spare time for the last few months. Squiggly > allows a developer to create web sites that interface with databases. > Several members provided important tips for improving Squiggly from a > techincal standpoint as well as good reasons for open-sourcing further > development of the program. > > Toward the end of the meeting, we spoke a little about what a wiki board > is and exchanged tips relating to the CGI::Kwiki package. > > The wiki board (neworleans.pm.org) was down after the meeting and for a > day or two following the meeting, but it was up soon after. > > The Fair Grinds Coffeehouse provided an excellent atmosphere for the > meeting. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary... > Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:30:49 -0600 > From: Brett D. Estrade > To: NewOrleans-pm@mail.pm.org > > Dave, > > Thanks for getting the site back up. > > Also, would someone mind posting a meeting summary? I can cut and paste > it into the wiki if someone just wants to hammer it out to the > list...thanks, > > Brett > ===== > http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > NewOrleans-pm mailing list > NewOrleans-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/neworleans-pm > > > _______________________________________________ > NewOrleans-pm mailing list > NewOrleans-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/neworleans-pm ===== http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com From dave at gnofn.org Wed Jun 16 12:28:23 2004 From: dave at gnofn.org (Dave Cash) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Fwd: [Neworleans-pm] site up, meeting summary...] In-Reply-To: <1087352492.28960.198509576@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <40CF4C6B.5040802@solomonstreet.com> <1087352492.28960.198509576@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: <20040616122716.Q26937@sparkie.gnofn.org> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Brett D. Estrade wrote: > Thanks, Donnie - this looks like an excellent summary. I will post this > summary on our site, and anyone who wishes to edit or correct the text > can do so via the wiki. Brett, Thanks for posting Donnie's summary (and Donnie: thanks for writing the summary). I've made a few small additions and added some links. Take care, Dave /L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\_/T\_/E\_/A\_/C\_/H\_/L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\ Dave Cash Power to the People! Frolicking in Fields of Garlic Right On-Line! dave@gnofn.org Dig it all. From dave at gnofn.org Wed Jun 16 12:38:46 2004 From: dave at gnofn.org (Dave Cash) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] Loved the meeting In-Reply-To: <40CF4FA0.3070904@solomonstreet.com> References: <40CF4FA0.3070904@solomonstreet.com> Message-ID: <20040616123659.P26937@sparkie.gnofn.org> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Donnie Cameron wrote: > I really enjoyed the last New Orleans Perl Mongers meeting. Thanks for > all the valuable input (both technical and other) regarding Squiggly. I > assure you that I walked out of that meeting convinced about > open-sourcing the program. I have even reached an agreement with Tracy > about when this will happen. Excellent! I really enjoyed the tiny glimpse of Squiggly I got. I look forward to seeing more of it. > Dave Cash, I loved your idea for the Distributive Perl Mongers Library > (I don't remember what name you gave it, so forgive me for making one > up). I want to help, so with respect to that project I'm at your > disposal if you find you can use the help. Thanks, Donnie. I'll get it touch with you when I get further along on it. I enjoyed the meeting as well, and I look forward to next month's meething. Take care, Dave /L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\_/T\_/E\_/A\_/C\_/H\_/L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\ Dave Cash Power to the People! Frolicking in Fields of Garlic Right On-Line! dave@gnofn.org Dig it all. From estrabd at yahoo.com Wed Jun 23 20:45:41 2004 From: estrabd at yahoo.com (Brett D. Estrade) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:04 2004 Subject: [Neworleans-pm] Fwd: Perl Quiz-of-the-Week #16 Message-ID: <1088041541.6483.199063855@webmail.messagingengine.com> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:24:12 -0400, "Jon Bjornstad" said: > > > IMPORTANT: Please do not post solutions, hints, or other spoilers > until at least 60 hours after the date of this message. > Thanks. > > IMPORTANTE: Por favor, no envi?is soluciones, pistas, o cualquier otra > cosa que pueda echar a perder la resoluci?n del problema hasta > que hayan pasado por lo menos 60 horas desde el env?o de este > mensaje. Gracias. > > IMPORTANT: S'il vous pla?t, attendez au minimum 60 heures apr?s la > date de ce message avant de poster solutions, indices ou autres > r?v?lations. Merci. > > WICHTIG: Bitte schicken Sie keine L?sungen, Tipps oder Hinweise f?r > diese Aufgabe vor Ablauf von 60 Stunden nach dem Datum dieser > Mail. Danke. > > BELANGRIJK: Stuur aub geen oplossingen, hints of andere tips in de > eerste 60 uur na het verzendingstijdstip van dit > bericht. Waarvoor dank. > > VNIMANIE: Pozhalujsta ne shlite reshenija, nameki na reshenija, i > voobshe lyubye podskazki v techenie po krajnej mere 60 chasov > ot daty etogo soobshenija. Spasibo. > > Qing3 Zhu4Yi4: Qing3 Ning2 Deng3Dao4 Jie1Dao4 Ben3 Xin4Xi2 Zhi1Hou4 60 > Xiao3Shi2, Zai4 Fa1Biao3 Jie3Da2, Ti2Shi4, Huo4 Qi2Ta1 Hui4 > Xie4Lou4 Da2An4 De5 Jian4Yi4. Xie4Xie4. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > For statewide elections, the state of California uses a "random > alphabetic" sort to order the candidates' names on the ballot. This > link describes that special sort: > > http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_ra.htm > > (mirrored at http://perl.plover.com/qotw/misc/r018/elections_ra.htm ) > > The idea is this: a random order is selected for the twenty-six > letters of the alphabet, and then the names on the ballot are sorted > according to this random order, instead of according to the usual > order. > > This is the order in which the names appear on the ballot in Assembly > District 1. In Assembly District 2, the order is the same, except > that the first name on the list has been moved to the end of the list. > In Assembly District 3, the first name on the list is moved to the end > of the list, and so on. > > You will write a program to generate ballots. The program will be > invoked like this: > > elect.pl [-r] [permutation] [district-number] [namefile] > > (Items in [square brackets] are optional.) > > The 'permuation' argument will default to 'randlet.txt'. If the file > exists, it should contain a single line of text with a random > permutation of the 26 letters of the alphabet. If this file does not > exist, the program should generate one at random. The -r option will > force the file to be regenerated even if it exists already. > > The 'district-number' is the number of the Assembly District for which > the ballot will be generated. If omitted, the program should generate > the ballot for Assembly District 1. > > The 'namefile' is a file that contains the names of the candidates. > The names come one per line with first name then last name: > > Jill Harmon > Gus Tribble > Walter Reston > Norma Kretschmer > Fiorella Squamuglia > Marv Smith > Bill Smith > Ed Squid > John Macdonald > Angus MacDonald > > If the namefile is omitted, the program should read the names from the > standard input. > > The program should print out the candidates' names, one per line, in > the order specified by California state law, sorted according to the > random permutation of the alphabet, with names rearranged as > appropriate for the specified Assembly District. > > For example, if the file 'permutation' contains > > QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM > > and the 'namefile' contains the names listed above, then the output > for Assembly District 1 should be: > > Walter Reston > Gus Tribble > Ed Squid > Fiorella Squamuglia > Vern Smith > Bill Smith > Jill Harmon > Norma Kretschmer > Angus MacDonald > John Macdonald > > For Assembly District 4, it should be: > > Fiorella Squamuglia > Vern Smith > Bill Smith > Jill Harmon > Norma Kretschmer > Angus MacDonald > John Macdonald > Walter Reston > Gus Tribble > Ed Squid > ===== http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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