From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Wed Jan  4 11:22:37 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:22:37 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] January Meeting
Message-ID: <20060104192237.GE27208@joshheumann.com>

Happy new year, perlmongers.  We currently have no speaker scheduled for
this month's meeting, which is a week from today.  Does anyone have
anything they'd like to talk about?  If people have smaller talks, maybe
this is a good month to have several shorter talks.

I'm all ears.  Those who say I'm all nose are wrong, and cruel.  I was
just getting over that.

Josh

From chromatic at wgz.org  Wed Jan  4 11:30:56 2006
From: chromatic at wgz.org (chromatic)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:30:56 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] January Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20060104192237.GE27208@joshheumann.com>
References: <20060104192237.GE27208@joshheumann.com>
Message-ID: <200601041130.57162.chromatic@wgz.org>

On Wednesday 04 January 2006 11:22, Josh Heumann wrote:

> I'm all ears.  Those who say I'm all nose are wrong, and cruel.

They're also forgetting your beard!

-- c

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Wed Jan  4 11:41:41 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:41:41 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] January Meeting
In-Reply-To: <200601041130.57162.chromatic@wgz.org>
References: <20060104192237.GE27208@joshheumann.com>
	<200601041130.57162.chromatic@wgz.org>
Message-ID: <20060104194141.GF27208@joshheumann.com>

<quote who='chromatic' when='Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 11:30:56AM -0800'>
> They're also forgetting your beard!

<quote who='Chris Dawson' when='Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 11:25:00AM -0800'>
> You look mostly beard to me.

I stand bearded.  Does this mean that either of you want to give a talk
on my beard, or does anyone have anything else to talk about?  Randall
Hansen can give dyeing tips, and Austin can tell us how he keeps his
beard so tidy.

We might have to change the name of the group to beard.pm...

J

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/040902/how-did-i-get-salsa-in-my-beard.gif

From krisb at ring.org  Wed Jan  4 11:50:17 2006
From: krisb at ring.org (Kris Bosland)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:50:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] January Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20060104194141.GF27208@joshheumann.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0601041149400.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>


	I am up for Beard.pm, I am growing mine out full for a while.

-Kris

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Josh Heumann wrote:

> We might have to change the name of the group to beard.pm...


From techdude at dpo.org  Wed Jan  4 17:44:30 2006
From: techdude at dpo.org (Tech Dude)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:44:30 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] parsing a MIME message
Message-ID: <2CC13EE4-D380-4A0A-A774-0D08DE9016BF@dpo.org>

I need to parse an email message which may be plain text or MIME  to  
get the header info and the text/plain content.  I'm trying to use  
MIME::Parser to do this but I'm confused about the objects I end up  
with,
and am hoping someone can get me over the hump.

$mime_object = MIME::parse ->new();
$entity= $mime_object->parse(\*FH); #parse the mail message

Now I'm stuck.

  I'm supposed to be able to get a MIME::Header and MIME::Body out of  
the
$entity, but I'm lost in the syntax.  Particularly since I might see  
multiple
entities (I assume multipart/alternative or an attached vcf file  
produces multiple entities??)
I want to end up with $from, $subject, and  $body variables.

--
   John Springer
   Tech Dude
   Democratic Party of Oregon
   (503)224-8200 x235





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From merlyn at stonehenge.com  Wed Jan  4 17:54:04 2006
From: merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Date: 04 Jan 2006 17:54:04 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] parsing a MIME message
In-Reply-To: <2CC13EE4-D380-4A0A-A774-0D08DE9016BF@dpo.org>
References: <2CC13EE4-D380-4A0A-A774-0D08DE9016BF@dpo.org>
Message-ID: <86u0cjmocj.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

>>>>> "Tech" == Tech Dude <techdude at dpo.org> writes:

Tech> I need to parse an email message which may be plain text or MIME  to
Tech> get the header info and the text/plain content.  I'm trying to use
Tech> MIME::Parser to do this but I'm confused about the objects I end up
Tech> with,
Tech> and am hoping someone can get me over the hump.

Tech> $mime_object = MIME::parse ->new();
Tech> $entity= $mime_object->parse(\*FH); #parse the mail message

The output of that is a MIME::Entity (yes, the manpage of MIME::Parser
is a bit obscure).

What part of MIME::Entity's manpage is the most confusing?

-- 
Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
<merlyn at stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>
Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.
See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Thu Jan  5 17:06:23 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:06:23 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] [jobs] CCIE expert
Message-ID: <20060106010623.GC3935@joshheumann.com>

I know this isn't exactly this group's forte, but here 'tis.

J

CCIE Expert  - Beaverton  - Direct Hire Position

Requires:
Three years recent experience with network security.  
CCIE Certification with valid number.  
Pre/post sales engineer experience.  
Very personable with customer service focus.

$100K+ DOE

 AND

IMMEDIATE NEED!  CCNA - Hillsboro - Temp to Hire position

CCNA Certification
Associates' degree or equivalent work experience
3 years experience installing and maintaining Cisco devices
MS Office Suite and Visio

Responsible for repair, installation and preventive maintenance of all
LAN Network equipment to include:  Network switches, Network routers,
ENMS systems, WLAN AP, Asset tracking, Safety, and PM schedule.

$34.00 hr.  


Linda Brown
Linda Brown, MBA  MS
Adams & Associates
Staffing Consultant
222 SW Columbia, Ste. 1105
Portland, Oregon 97201
Phone: 503 222 3307
Fax:     503 222 9743

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Mon Jan  9 14:56:33 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:56:33 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] January Meeting this week
Message-ID: <20060109225632.GD31731@joshheumann.com>

January Meeting
January 11th, 6:30pm at Free Geek, 1741 SE 10th Ave

Schwern would like to give "Design of Everyday Programs" about
the valuable programming lessons to be learned from the industrial
design book Design of Everyday Things. "Design Patterns" borrowed
concepts and vocabulary from architecture, I hope to borrow some from
industrial design. Also, the educational value of video games! 

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Tue Jan 10 10:20:08 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:20:08 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] [barbie@missbarbell.co.uk: [pm_groups] Birmingham.pm
	Website Relaunch]
Message-ID: <20060110182008.GC5195@joshheumann.com>

Birmingham.pm recently updated their site.  For those who haven't seen
it, go take a look.  It's spiffy.

J

----- Forwarded message from Barbie <barbie at missbarbell.co.uk> -----

Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:17:57 +0000
From: Barbie <barbie at missbarbell.co.uk>
To: PM Group Leaders <pm_groups at pm.org>

Clear Your Cache!

To start the new year off in style, Birmingham.pm have finally 
unveiled their new group website. 

http://birmingham.pm.org

Due to the large wealth of content, and the time taken to update the 
static pages, a new dynamic site was envisioned. The HTML design was 
the work of Birmingham.pm regulars JJ [1] and Chris Marsh [2], with 
the backend design and coding by Barbie [3]. The logo and banner 
image are all JJ's work too. 

Expect to see the content grow considerably as more Birmingham Perl 
Monger related news, reviews and events get added in the future. 

The site has been in development for several months, and is built on
a new website management system called Labyrinth. Labyrinth is written
in Perl and uses the Template Toolkit to render the pages (include our
new ICalendar [4]). The new site is being hosted by The Positive 
Internet Company Ltd. [5], for which Birmingham Perl Mongers are 
gratefully thankful.

[1] http://birmingham.pm.org/user/2
[2] http://birmingham.pm.org/user/6
[3] http://birmingham.pm.org/user/1
[4] http://birmingham.pm.org/cgi-bin/brum.pl?act=evnt-ical
[5] http://www.positive-internet.com/

Hope you like it as much as we do.

The Birmingham Perl Mongers


PS: Thanks to Dave and Ask for updating the DNS :)

----- End forwarded message -----

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Wed Jan 11 10:16:52 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:16:52 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] January Meeting tonight
Message-ID: <20060111181652.GC20631@joshheumann.com>

January Meeting
January 11th, 6:30pm at Free Geek, 1741 SE 10th Ave

Schwern would like to give "Design of Everyday Programs" about
the valuable programming lessons to be learned from the industrial
design book Design of Everyday Things. "Design Patterns" borrowed
concepts and vocabulary from architecture, I hope to borrow some from
industrial design. Also, the educational value of video games! 

From david at kineticode.com  Wed Jan 11 14:45:05 2006
From: david at kineticode.com (David Wheeler)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:45:05 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] A Date of Infamy
Message-ID: <08CC4AB6-904F-4495-83A8-CC023F077450@kineticode.com>

In honor of our having a meeting tonight:

   http://thedailywtf.com/forums/56361/ShowPost.aspx

Best,

David

From publiustemp-pdxpm at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 11 15:28:22 2006
From: publiustemp-pdxpm at yahoo.com (Ovid)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:28:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] A Date of Infamy
In-Reply-To: <08CC4AB6-904F-4495-83A8-CC023F077450@kineticode.com>
Message-ID: <20060111232822.76405.qmail@web60811.mail.yahoo.com>

Ordinarily, on sites like this I find the comments posted to be, uh,
less than helpful.  In the case of thedailywtf, they're beautiful. 
While there are certainly some insightful people posting there, the
folks who hang out on that site are *programmers* and thus shouldn't be
making some of the boneheaded comments they make.

Clarification:  there's nothing wrong with a failure to understand why
a particular piece of code merits a 'wtf'.  More than once I've failed
to see a problem in some code only to slap my forehead later.  It's the
coders who are try to convince others about the "best" way to do
something when they clearly don't know what they're talking about.

Cheers,
Ovid

--- David Wheeler <david at kineticode.com> wrote:

> In honor of our having a meeting tonight:
> 
>    http://thedailywtf.com/forums/56361/ShowPost.aspx
> 
> Best,
> 
> David


-- 
If this message is a response to a question on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list.

Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/

From david at kineticode.com  Wed Jan 11 15:32:26 2006
From: david at kineticode.com (David Wheeler)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:32:26 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] A Date of Infamy
In-Reply-To: <20060111232822.76405.qmail@web60811.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060111232822.76405.qmail@web60811.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BC73959B-1EFD-4B78-A6CE-63B53FC9AEEE@kineticode.com>

On Jan 11, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Ovid wrote:

> Ordinarily, on sites like this I find the comments posted to be, uh,
> less than helpful.  In the case of thedailywtf, they're beautiful.
> While there are certainly some insightful people posting there, the
> folks who hang out on that site are *programmers* and thus  
> shouldn't be
> making some of the boneheaded comments they make.

I think that a lot of them are intentionally boneheaded. They tend to  
try to out-WTF each other.

Best,

David

From mikeraz at patch.com  Wed Jan 11 15:41:36 2006
From: mikeraz at patch.com (Michael Rasmussen)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:41:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] A Date of Infamy
In-Reply-To: <08CC4AB6-904F-4495-83A8-CC023F077450@kineticode.com>
References: <08CC4AB6-904F-4495-83A8-CC023F077450@kineticode.com>
Message-ID: <35749.170.135.112.12.1137022896.squirrel@mail.patch.com>


David Wheeler wrote:
> In honor of our having a meeting tonight:
>
>    http://thedailywtf.com/forums/56361/ShowPost.aspx

And I thought the "in honor" of our meeting tonight was Albert Hoffman's 100th
birthday.  Yes, he's still alive.


-- 
   Michael Rasmussen, Portland, Ore, USA
  Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
        http://www.patch.com/words/



From merlyn at stonehenge.com  Wed Jan 11 15:50:40 2006
From: merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Date: 11 Jan 2006 15:50:40 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] A Date of Infamy
In-Reply-To: <35749.170.135.112.12.1137022896.squirrel@mail.patch.com>
References: <08CC4AB6-904F-4495-83A8-CC023F077450@kineticode.com>
	<35749.170.135.112.12.1137022896.squirrel@mail.patch.com>
Message-ID: <86fynub9yn.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Rasmussen <mikeraz at patch.com> writes:

Michael> And I thought the "in honor" of our meeting tonight was Albert
Michael> Hoffman's 100th birthday.  Yes, he's still alive.

So is Abe Vigoda (as I type this):

        http://www.abevigoda.com

(What, no RSS feed? :)

-- 
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From chromatic at wgz.org  Wed Jan 11 15:59:21 2006
From: chromatic at wgz.org (chromatic)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:59:21 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] A Date of Infamy
In-Reply-To: <35749.170.135.112.12.1137022896.squirrel@mail.patch.com>
References: <08CC4AB6-904F-4495-83A8-CC023F077450@kineticode.com>
	<35749.170.135.112.12.1137022896.squirrel@mail.patch.com>
Message-ID: <200601111559.21229.chromatic@wgz.org>

On Wednesday 11 January 2006 15:41, Michael Rasmussen wrote:

> And I thought the "in honor" of our meeting tonight was Albert Hoffman's
> 100th birthday.  Yes, he's still alive.

Until Hunter S. Thompson died, I thought they would both outlast Twinkies.

-- c

From david at kineticode.com  Thu Jan 12 21:40:00 2006
From: david at kineticode.com (David Wheeler)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:40:00 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] PostgreSQL Job
Message-ID: <E707354A-760A-4197-97C6-56064407C60B@kineticode.com>

Elein forwarded me this job posting for a PostgreSQL position here in  
Portland. Have at it!

David

----- Forwarded message from elein <elein at varlena.com> -----

Feel free to contact me to ask about these folks.
They are doing good work.

--elein
elein at varlena.com

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------

Systems Administrator III

An exciting new opportunity has opened at SCHARP, the Statistical  
Center for HIV/AIDS
Research & Prevention!

SCHARP collects, manages, and analyzes data from clinical trials and  
behavioral
studies dedicated to the elimination of HIV as a threat to human health.
SCHARP provides statistical and data management support for the HIV  
Prevention Trials
Network (HPTN). In addition, SCHARP provides statistical and data  
management as well
as clinical trial operations support for the HIV Vaccine Trials  
Network (HVTN).

Come join our team and make a contribution toward eliminating a major  
cause of suffering
worldwide.


Job Summary

The incumbent is a detail-minded individual who will manage and deploy a
growing database of clinical research data -- using heterogeneous
data-management systems -- and administer the computers on which they  
reside.
The primary data-management systems include PostgreSQL and CDSI  
DataFax in a
Unix (Solaris and Linux) environment, and they house clinical data from
multiple protocols with multiple research networks.  The data-management
systems need to provide regular, reliable access to both staff from  
multiple
groups and outside collaborators.



Scope of Responsibilities

The incumbent will administer and develop a PostgreSQL relational  
database for
the curation and analysis of clinical research data, and administer  
SCHARP's
DataFax clinical data management system.  Some light Unix system  
administration
(Solaris and Linux) and authoring of database tools is also expected.



Responsibilities

-- Installation, administration, and data-management of a PostgreSQL  
database.This includes data modelling and database/table creation,  
troubleshooting,
testing, validation, system administration and software updates.

-- Technical administration of the CDSI DataFax clinical data  
managementsystem, including troubleshooting, testing, validation,  
system administration,
software patches/upgrades, and user support.

-- Extend SCHARP's nascent PostgreSQL installation across multiple  
functional
groups, to be used as a repository of clinical and lab data for multiple
research protocols.  This includes testing and validation of data- 
management
processes and managing multiple users with varying access requirements.

-- Act as a central point of contact for data-management issues and  
liason withdifferent departments as part of the PostgreSQL rollout,  
to determine needs
and reconcile incompatible requests.

-- When necessary, Unix system/network administration at the  
infrastructurelevel, and developing data-management tools, both  
within PostgreSQL and
in Perl and/or Java.



Minimum Qualifications

At least one of the following is required, although both are desired:

-- Three years of experience working with and administering a Unix- 
basedrelational database, preferably PostgreSQL.
-- Three years of experience administering CDSI DataFax software.


All of the following qualifications are required:

-- Experience with data-modelling and the use of relational databases  
in across-enterprise environment.
-- Three years of hands-on experience with Unix, including  
buildingapplications from source, preferably in Solaris and Linux.
-- Functional experience with database programming, preferably in  
Perl and/or
Java.
-- Excellent communication skills.



Desirable Qualifications

-- Data management in a clinical environment.
-- Programming experience with Perl and/or Java.
-- Experience with SAS.
-- Testing and validation of data-management systems.
-- Experience with clinical regulatory compliance (e.g., HIPAA, 21  
CFR part 11,SarbOx, FAA).
-- Experience with research-related standards, including CDISC and  
MedDRA.
-- Experience with clinical research data, including lab assay and  
sequence
data.



Please apply online at our website:  www.fhcrc.org

You may also Fax or Mail your information as well, and of course you  
may apply in person.
The address for this position is:
#JB-016797, Human Resources
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
823 Yale Ave N. (J1-105), Seattle, WA 98109.

Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 5:00.

Fax: (206) 667-4051.
Phone Number: (206) 667-4700
TTY: (206) 667-6861 - for deaf and hard of hearing callers
Web Site: www.fhcrc.org

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and The Seattle Cancer  
Care Alliance are equal opportunity employers, committed to workforce  
diversity.



----- End forwarded message -----


From scratchcomputing at gmail.com  Fri Jan 13 13:02:27 2006
From: scratchcomputing at gmail.com (Eric Wilhelm)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:02:27 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] bnf/ebnf/yacc Ack!
Message-ID: <200601131302.28022.ewilhelm@cpan.org>

Mongers,

Can anyone shed some light on what BNF actually is?  It seems that 
there's no such thing as a standard BNF notation, and if there is, this 
isn't it:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/paths.html#PathDataBNF

I found Parse::EBNF, which implies that the w3c has their own idea about 
what bnf is, but it appears that the SVG committee didn't get that 
memo.

--Eric
-- 
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a
desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
--E.B. White
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    http://scratchcomputing.com
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From krisb at ring.org  Fri Jan 13 13:28:42 2006
From: krisb at ring.org (Kris Bosland)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:28:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] bnf/ebnf/yacc Ack!
In-Reply-To: <200601131302.28022.ewilhelm@cpan.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0601131325160.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>


	BNF is a meta-gramar.  A gramar for defining gramars.  There was
an initial standard, but it has been expanded upon and now everyone has
their own favorite or just makes it up on the spot.

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
- Andrew S. Tannenbaum

http://cui.unige.ch/db-research/Enseignement/analyseinfo/AboutBNF.html

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Eric Wilhelm wrote:

> Mongers,
>
> Can anyone shed some light on what BNF actually is?  It seems that
> there's no such thing as a standard BNF notation,


From ianburrell at gmail.com  Fri Jan 13 14:11:16 2006
From: ianburrell at gmail.com (Ian Burrell)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:11:16 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] bnf/ebnf/yacc Ack!
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0601131325160.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>
References: <200601131302.28022.ewilhelm@cpan.org>
	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0601131325160.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>
Message-ID: <d91f09cd0601131411u27586ff4r4c4295b3655ba5b0@mail.gmail.com>

On 1/13/06, Kris Bosland <krisb at ring.org> wrote:
>
>         BNF is a meta-gramar.  A gramar for defining gramars.  There was
> an initial standard, but it has been expanded upon and now everyone has
> their own favorite or just makes it up on the spot.
>

There are two standardized variants of Backus-Naur Form.  ABNF is
defined in RFC 4234. EBNF is defined in ISO 14977.  The EBNF used by
W3C to define XML syntax is sligthly different than the ISO EBNF. 
Parse::EBNF says it handles W3C-style EBNF.

 - Ian

From scratchcomputing at gmail.com  Fri Jan 13 14:59:16 2006
From: scratchcomputing at gmail.com (Eric Wilhelm)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:59:16 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] bnf/ebnf/yacc Ack!
In-Reply-To: <d91f09cd0601131411u27586ff4r4c4295b3655ba5b0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <200601131302.28022.ewilhelm@cpan.org>
	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0601131325160.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>
	<d91f09cd0601131411u27586ff4r4c4295b3655ba5b0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200601131459.17093.ewilhelm@cpan.org>

# from Ian Burrell
# on Friday 13 January 2006 02:11 pm:

>The EBNF used by
>W3C to define XML syntax is sligthly different than the ISO EBNF.
>Parse::EBNF says it handles W3C-style EBNF.

Pretty disappointing coming from a standards body.  I did manage to find 
this, but I don't think the SVG committee got that memo.

  http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-notation

Parse::EBNF appears to be working after a slight patching to the 
rule-naming assumption from qr/[A-Z][a-zA-Z]*/ to qr/[a-zA-Z-_]+/  

Whee!  Now I'll see if it does me any good.  Guess I've got to feed it 
to Lex or Parse::Lex or something now.

Thanks,
Eric
-- 
But you can never get 3n from n, ever, and if you think you can, please
email me the stock ticker of your company so I can short it.
--Joel Spolsky
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    http://scratchcomputing.com
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From jgoalby at hotmail.com  Fri Jan 13 20:47:03 2006
From: jgoalby at hotmail.com (John Goalby)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:47:03 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Software Forensics Job
In-Reply-To: <d91f09cd0601131411u27586ff4r4c4295b3655ba5b0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BAY103-F29F33BED2511834303904FBB190@phx.gbl>

Hi,

I have an immediate need for a detail oriented person for a short
term contract (3 weeks).  The contract may turn into full-time
work for the right person.

The immediate need involves analyzing files for certain characteristics
and burning disks.  Not much in the way of programming right now.
In the future it will turn into more.  I have used Perl and Ruby a lot to
automate my analysis.

I don't care about programming experience other than you have some.
You have to know you way around Windows XP and the command
prompt.

If you are interested, please reply directly to me with a couple of
paragraphs about yourself, why you think you are a fit, and a copy
of your resume (text, word or pdf).

Thanks,

John.



From ajsavige at yahoo.com.au  Sat Jan 14 22:45:41 2006
From: ajsavige at yahoo.com.au (Andrew Savige)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:45:41 +1100 (EST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Was Birmingham.pm Website Relaunch: Sydney.pm and
	perl.net.au
In-Reply-To: <20060110182008.GC5195@joshheumann.com>
Message-ID: <20060115064542.64602.qmail@web36114.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- Josh Heumann wrote:
> Birmingham.pm recently updated their site.  For those who
> haven't seen it, go take a look.  It's spiffy.

Yes, Birmingham.pm is one of the better .pm web sites I've seen.
Sydney.pm has recently taken the radical step of re-directing
its web site to the newly launched wiki http://perl.net.au/.
I hope this turns out well.

Though primarily a Perl portal for Australia, New Zealand,
Indonesia region, all Perl mongers are most welcome to
contribute to this new wiki. In particular, the "collaborative
article of the week" is about Catalyst, so if any Catalyst
experts are listening, they might like to review/correct
this article.

Thanks,
/-\



		
____________________________________________________ 
Do you Yahoo!? 
Check out gigs in your area on the comprehensive Yahoo! Music Gig Guide 
http://au.music.yahoo.com/gig-guide

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Mon Jan 16 10:05:28 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:05:28 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Perlmongers Wikipedia article
Message-ID: <20060116180528.GA20844@joshheumann.com>

----- Forwarded message from Dave Cross <user_groups at pm.org> -----

brian d foy has started a Wikipedia article about Perl Mongers.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_mongers

Any additions would be very welcome, particularly if you can fill in any 
details of the the early history of PM.

Cheers,

Dave...

----- End forwarded message -----

From publiustemp-pdxpm at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 19 12:22:07 2006
From: publiustemp-pdxpm at yahoo.com (Ovid)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:22:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] modperl 2.0 expert?
Message-ID: <20060119202207.62353.qmail@web60818.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi all,

Are there any modperl 2.0 experts who'd be willing to sit down with me
for a while and help me get some of my code running under modperl 2? 
Right now, it runs, but there are certain features I've not been able
to add and there are design problems in my code that I've put in there
because I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with modperl 2.0.

My primary goal is to have the user add a single line to their
httpd.conf:

  PerlModule Kinetic::Engine::Apache2::Config

And that module works its magic with this:

  Apache2::ServerUtil->server->add_config(
    [ split /\n/, $conf ]
  );

Regrettably, extensive googling and hitting #modperl has failed to
answer some of my more difficult questions because the app is large
enough that it's difficult for me to get a small test case shown.

If anyone's available, let me know what your rates are and I'll see
what we can do.

Cheers,
Ovid

-- 
If this message is a response to a question on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list.

Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/

From raanders at acm.org  Fri Jan 20 12:18:22 2006
From: raanders at acm.org (Roderick A. Anderson)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:18:22 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Class::DBI verses DBIx::Class
Message-ID: <43D1458E.8000005@acm.org>

I am in the process of designing a web application mostly from scratch ( 
it will be a sever rework of a current application ) and will do this 
using MVC.

Looking at Catalyst I see either Class::DBI or DBIx::Class can be used 
for the model.  Since both are being activily developed I was wondering 
about the pros and cons of using one or the other.  Since this is my 
first MVC development I'm hoping some of you might have suggestions or 
experience to share.


TIA,
Rod
-- 



From chris at powells.com  Tue Jan 24 16:28:09 2006
From: chris at powells.com (chris@powells.com)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:28:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] [JOB] Perl programmer position
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601241627160.1532@vt88.vaqhfgevny.cbjryyf.pbz>


Perl programmer wanted @ powell's:

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/job.pl


From kellert at ohsu.edu  Wed Jan 25 13:37:17 2006
From: kellert at ohsu.edu (Thomas J Keller)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:37:17 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] cpan prefixes for Mac OS X 10.4
Message-ID: <03BF5572-63F8-43A6-BB58-EF3F355D1800@ohsu.edu>

Hi perlmongers who use apple's OS X v. 10.4.x

I'm updating my cpan config. Any prefixes you've found helpful for  
"Tiger"?

Thanks,
Tom K


Thomas J. Keller, Ph.D.
Director, MMI Core Facility
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Portland, OR, USA,   97239

http://www.ohsu.edu/research/core

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From merlyn at stonehenge.com  Wed Jan 25 14:29:50 2006
From: merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Date: 25 Jan 2006 14:29:50 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] cpan prefixes for Mac OS X 10.4
In-Reply-To: <03BF5572-63F8-43A6-BB58-EF3F355D1800@ohsu.edu>
References: <03BF5572-63F8-43A6-BB58-EF3F355D1800@ohsu.edu>
Message-ID: <86d5igc55t.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas J Keller <kellert at ohsu.edu> writes:

Thomas> I'm updating my cpan config. Any prefixes you've found helpful for  "Tiger"?

What is a "prefix" in this context?

-- 
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From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Wed Jan 25 15:41:56 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:41:56 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] O'Reilly Gives Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology
Message-ID: <20060125234156.GH16518@joshheumann.com>

----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com> -----

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From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Fri Jan 27 10:34:46 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:34:46 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program, January 27
Message-ID: <20060127183446.GC29563@joshheumann.com>

----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com> -----

From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>

Hello,

Just to let you know this February is my four year anniversary working with User Groups.
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From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Mon Jan 30 09:12:04 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:12:04 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] O'Reilly Podcast Includes NSA Wiretapping News Scoop
Message-ID: <20060130171204.GA16924@joshheumann.com>

----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com> -----

From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>

Hello--

"Distributing the Future" this week features a scoop we
thought was worth sharing:

Wiretapping doesn't require someone lurking in the bushes with a
directional antenna and headphones, or a pair of aligator clips and a
tape recorder, or someone sneaking into your room while you're out to
place a transmitter on your phone. In the U.S., if it's the government
doing the wiretapping, it's technically simple. At the O'Reilly Emerging
Telephony Conference Jack Herrington, author of "Podcasting Hacks"
interviewed Electronic Frontier Foundation Chairman of the Board Brad
Templeton about the technical, social, and political aspects of
wiretapping. At the end there's a nice juicy hint about upcoming action
from the EFF with regards to the recent NSA wiretapping case.
http://www.oreillynet.com/future

--Marsee


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From xrdawson at gmail.com  Mon Jan 30 10:47:19 2006
From: xrdawson at gmail.com (Chris Dawson)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:47:19 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] hosting recommendation
Message-ID: <659b9ea30601301047g40682cdflea4690eb5f569e5b@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone have any recommendations for server colo?  I need a linux
server, they would provide the hardware.  Preferably debian based, I
loathe administering redhat, but can do RH if it is a good deal.  I
want to use a company in the local Portland area.

Thanks,
Chris

From david at kineticode.com  Mon Jan 30 11:18:08 2006
From: david at kineticode.com (David Wheeler)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:18:08 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
Message-ID: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>

http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6418

From chromatic at wgz.org  Mon Jan 30 11:21:31 2006
From: chromatic at wgz.org (chromatic)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:21:31 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
In-Reply-To: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
References: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
Message-ID: <200601301121.31520.chromatic@wgz.org>

On Monday 30 January 2006 11:18, David Wheeler wrote:

> http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6418

Did you mean:

	http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/6418

-- c

From david at kineticode.com  Mon Jan 30 11:25:47 2006
From: david at kineticode.com (David Wheeler)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:25:47 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
In-Reply-To: <200601301121.31520.chromatic@wgz.org>
References: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
	<200601301121.31520.chromatic@wgz.org>
Message-ID: <24B321F7-F0B7-47D5-A68D-2671C9934A83@kineticode.com>

On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:21 AM, chromatic wrote:

>> http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/6418
>
> Did you mean:
>
> 	http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/6418

Same article, no?

D

From chromatic at wgz.org  Mon Jan 30 11:33:38 2006
From: chromatic at wgz.org (chromatic)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:33:38 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
In-Reply-To: <24B321F7-F0B7-47D5-A68D-2671C9934A83@kineticode.com>
References: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
	<200601301121.31520.chromatic@wgz.org>
	<24B321F7-F0B7-47D5-A68D-2671C9934A83@kineticode.com>
Message-ID: <200601301133.38298.chromatic@wgz.org>

On Monday 30 January 2006 11:25, David Wheeler wrote:

> > 	http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/6418
> Same article, no?

Yeah, but one link is for printing and the other is so we can actually pay the 
bandwidth bill and the author, editor, producer, copyeditor, et al.

-- c

From david at kineticode.com  Mon Jan 30 11:45:01 2006
From: david at kineticode.com (David Wheeler)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:45:01 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
In-Reply-To: <200601301133.38298.chromatic@wgz.org>
References: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
	<200601301121.31520.chromatic@wgz.org>
	<24B321F7-F0B7-47D5-A68D-2671C9934A83@kineticode.com>
	<200601301133.38298.chromatic@wgz.org>
Message-ID: <F707007F-79A4-4747-BB83-DAC3741F0847@kineticode.com>

On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:33 AM, chromatic wrote:

> Yeah, but one link is for printing and the other is so we can  
> actually pay the
> bandwidth bill and the author, editor, producer, copyeditor, et al.

Right. I can relate to that. :-)

D

From perl-pm at joshheumann.com  Mon Jan 30 12:13:30 2006
From: perl-pm at joshheumann.com (Josh Heumann)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:13:30 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Join us at EuroOSCON and/or OSCON in 2006
Message-ID: <20060130201330.GE16924@joshheumann.com>

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Save the dates--and send in your speaking proposals--for:

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and 

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The Calls for Participation for both OSCON and EuroOSCON are now open, so
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EuroOSCON co-chairs Nat Torkington and Nikolaj Nyholm would also like to
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From mikeraz at patch.com  Mon Jan 30 12:38:49 2006
From: mikeraz at patch.com (Michael Rasmussen)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:38:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
In-Reply-To: <200601301133.38298.chromatic@wgz.org>
References: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
	<200601301121.31520.chromatic@wgz.org>
	<24B321F7-F0B7-47D5-A68D-2671C9934A83@kineticode.com>
	<200601301133.38298.chromatic@wgz.org>
Message-ID: <54288.170.135.112.12.1138653529.squirrel@mail.patch.com>


chromatic wrote:
> On Monday 30 January 2006 11:25, David Wheeler wrote:
>> > 	http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/6418
>> Same article, no?
>
> Yeah, but one link is for printing and the other is so we can actually pay the
> bandwidth bill and the author, editor, producer, copyeditor, et al.

My initial response was "I hope not."  But your point is valid.

Can you actaully pay the bandwidth bill, et al. with viewers, like me, who don't
click through?

If the referer isn't ONLamp.com (yes I understand the ease of forging) why isn't
the web server redirecting /lpt/ to /pub/ ?

-- 
   Michael Rasmussen, Portland, Ore, USA
  Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
        http://www.patch.com/words/



From chromatic at wgz.org  Mon Jan 30 13:33:17 2006
From: chromatic at wgz.org (chromatic)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:33:17 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Use Perl in PostgreSQL
In-Reply-To: <54288.170.135.112.12.1138653529.squirrel@mail.patch.com>
References: <7842710F-9AB2-4395-B0F9-35B0F7C6B701@kineticode.com>
	<200601301133.38298.chromatic@wgz.org>
	<54288.170.135.112.12.1138653529.squirrel@mail.patch.com>
Message-ID: <200601301333.17505.chromatic@wgz.org>

On Monday 30 January 2006 12:38, Michael Rasmussen wrote:

> Can you actaully pay the bandwidth bill, et al. with viewers, like me, who
> don't click through?

It depends on the article, the ads, and the site.  It certainly helps.

> If the referer isn't ONLamp.com (yes I understand the ease of forging) why
> isn't the web server redirecting /lpt/ to /pub/ ?

It's much nicer to ask people to be kind than to try to force them.  I'm sure 
plenty of our readers block ads on a regular basis and there are ways to deny 
them access to articles, but fighting that battle is likely not worth 
anyone's time.

-- c

From keithl at kl-ic.com  Mon Jan 30 15:46:41 2006
From: keithl at kl-ic.com (Keith Lofstrom)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:46:41 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] hosting recommendation
In-Reply-To: <659b9ea30601301047g40682cdflea4690eb5f569e5b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <659b9ea30601301047g40682cdflea4690eb5f569e5b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060130234641.GB13110@gate.kl-ic.com>

On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 10:47:19AM -0800, Chris Dawson wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendations for server colo?  I need a linux
> server, they would provide the hardware.  Preferably debian based, I
> loathe administering redhat, but can do RH if it is a good deal.  I
> want to use a company in the local Portland area.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris

May I suggest virtual co-location?  I use a virtual colo running under
Xen at rimuhosting.com, a New Zealand company with a physical presence
in Dallas.  I am using an RHEL image, but they also offer Debian.  This
costs me $21/month, which is the base cost plus a dollar extra for a
second IP.  I am on a 16-way share IIRC.  The "machine" is controllable
from a web page, so you have almost the same physical control as on-site
hardware.  This can be handy if you crank up iptables a little too
strong, for example.  I host 9 web sites, including Mailman lists,
multiple Kwikis,  and a Subversion server.  Plone soon.  It is very
much like having your own machine on a 10Gbps pipe.

A Portland-based alternative is vcolo.com, aka pdxcolo.net, which offers
a similar service.  I used them for about a year, but switched because
they were unable to offer 24x7 maintenance, and a lot of things broke
when they changed their control panel.  Previous to the change, I was
able to move partitions around, for example - it can be really handy
to keep a an "active spare" partition ready to swap in place when 
experiments render the main partition useless.  Perhaps they have their
control panel fixed by now.  About the same pricing.  

Note that ping time to Dallas averages 75 msec, while ping time to 
Portland is 35 msec, through all the switches from my Comcast connected
office.  At the speed of light in optical fiber, "local" is a large area.

For 2X-5X more dollars per month, there are local companies that will
lease a 1U Cobalt or comparable.  Slower hardware (even relative to
Xen time sharing) and more expensive, but sometimes there are reasons
to control a physical box.  That said, I can't think of any offhand,
unless you need the full capabilities of a fast (and expensive) box.
 
I hope to give a presentation to PLUG about using Xen-based virtual
colocation as an outside server, perhaps in March or April, then
repeat the presentation at Linuxfest in Bellingham on April 29.

Keith

-- 
Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com         Voice (503)-520-1993
KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon"
Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs

From krisb at ring.org  Tue Jan 31 16:33:17 2006
From: krisb at ring.org (Kris Bosland)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:33:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Javascript/DOM references/books
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0601311631350.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>


	I am now doing a bunch of JavaScript/DOM for a web page and I am
not satisfied with the references I have found on the web.  What are
peoples favorite references?  Is there a clearly useful book?  I like the
perl cookbook and I have heard there is a javascript/dhtml cookbook.  Does
anyone recommend that?

Thanks.

-Kris


From marvin at rectangular.com  Tue Jan 31 16:53:45 2006
From: marvin at rectangular.com (Marvin Humphrey)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:53:45 -0800
Subject: [Pdx-pm] Javascript/DOM references/books
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0601311631350.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0601311631350.16047-100000@ender.ring.org>
Message-ID: <81CDE1B0-73A2-4A69-BED9-E050ED4CE970@rectangular.com>


On Jan 31, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Kris Bosland wrote:

> 	I am now doing a bunch of JavaScript/DOM for a web page and I am
> not satisfied with the references I have found on the web.  What are
> peoples favorite references?  Is there a clearly useful book?  I  
> like the
> perl cookbook and I have heard there is a javascript/dhtml  
> cookbook.  Does
> anyone recommend that?

I own that and the 5th edition of the Javascript Bible, both of which  
are by Danny Goodman.  I have found that the problem I most often  
face with javascript is trying to figure out how to adapt my own  
algos -- I know a perfectly good way of doing something, but I need  
to know which DOM features are available in the browsers I'm  
targeting to make the implementation fly. For this, the Javascript  
Bible is much more useful.

Marvin Humphrey
Rectangular Research
http://www.rectangular.com/