From jay at jays.net  Sun Apr  6 05:48:12 2008
From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah)
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 07:48:12 -0500
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: [pm_groups] perl training deadline
References: <x74pak82wk.fsf@mail.sysarch.com>
Message-ID: <A25CF3A9-7E55-4DF9-AA82-2BEC0971342F@jays.net>


FYI

j


Begin forwarded message:
From: Uri Guttman <uri at perlhunter.com>
Date: April 2, 2008 2:36:43 PM CDT
To: pm_groups at pm.org
Subject: [pm_groups] perl training deadline

please forward this to your local pm group. i think it will be of
interest to them.


the perl college is scheduled for april 28 - may 2. if you plan to
participate please submit your student or sponsorship application
soon. there are still a few slots open for students and sponsors as well
as training seats that can be purchased.

this is a week of intermediate perl classes taught by damian conway, the
foremost perl trainer on the planet.

it is FREE to qualified students who are looking to go from a junior
developer to the intermediate level. this is meant to train you up so
that you are more likely to be hired in a better perl job. see this page
on how to apply for a free seat at the perl college:

	http://perlhunter.com/students.html

if you are a company looking to hire qualified perl developers, please
apply to be a sponsor of the perl college. this will gain you access to
about 20 well trained developers who are actively looking to take the
next step in their perl career. the placement fees for students
graduating the perl college are negotiable. for information on how to be
a sponsor see this page:

	http://perlhunter.com/sponsors.html

if you are already working and would like to attend this week of perl
classes, you can buy a seat for $3000. please contact me at uri AT
perlhunter.com to purchase a seat or to ask me any questions.

thanx,

uri, dean of the perl college.



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From jay at jays.net  Sun Apr  6 06:21:15 2008
From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah)
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:21:15 -0500
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: Perl and Birthday Cupcakes
References: <LYRIS-8025011-50813-2008.03.28-12.00.02--jay#jays.net@newsletter.oreilly.com>
Message-ID: <342C2342-0B55-47F2-A7A8-68176A261415@jays.net>


FYI

j


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From: "Perl.com Newsletter" <elists-admin at oreillynet.com>
Date: March 28, 2008 3:00:00 PM CDT
To: <jay at jays.net>
Subject: Perl and Birthday Cupcakes
Reply-To: "Perl.com Newsletter" <elists-admin at oreillynet.com>

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You may have heard of a very confusing court case where a company sued a
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Bernhard Schmalhofer released Parrot "P&P" 0.6.0:

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From jay at jays.net  Tue Apr  8 10:15:17 2008
From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah)
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:15:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Google Application Engine
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0804081213240.8281@ferret.jays.net>


Whoah... Looks like I should learn Python this year?  :)

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html

Anyone played with this?

j

From jay at jays.net  Sat Apr 12 04:37:12 2008
From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:37:12 -0500
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Another CPAN credit :)
Message-ID: <714EA6C5-AED5-4193-B47D-EDF9770CDA9A@jays.net>

Ooo... My patch got applied yesterday, so now I'm listed as an author:

http://search.cpan.org/~mramberg/Catalyst-Plugin-FillInForm-0.07/ 
FillInForm.pm

:)



From jay at jays.net  Fri Apr 18 12:03:46 2008
From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah)
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:03:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Another XML hack
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0804181401490.11467@ferret.jays.net>


Problem:

Given a directory full of xml files containing lines like this:

    <rmtype grpblk="29" grprrev="2755" invdate="20081226" ooo="0" physcap="319" rt="DELUXE"/>

Find any lines in RevData.DALMAN*xml where grpblk > physcap. Make sure to 
identify which file the data came from.


Solution:

$ cat j.pl
while (<>) {
    ($grpblk) =  (/grpblk="(\d+)"/);
    ($physcap) = (/physcap="(\d+)"/);
    print if ($grpblk > $physcap);
}

$ grep '<rmtype ' RevData.DALMAN*xml | perl j.pl
RevData.DALMAN.20080417.xml:    <rmtype grpblk="339" grprrev="42771" invdate="20080823" ooo="0" physcap="319" rt="DELUXE"/>
RevData.DALMAN.20080418.xml:    <rmtype grpblk="339" grprrev="42771" invdate="20080823" ooo="0" physcap="319" rt="DELUXE"/>
RevData.DALMAN.20080418.xml:    <rmtype grpblk="349" grprrev="43821" invdate="20080824" ooo="0" physcap="319" rt="DELUXE"/>
...


:)

j