Robin Smidsrød

perl

Having problems to install CPAN modules that use Module::Install on Windows?

I have been discussing this problem with Adam Kennedy and some other people at #win32@irc.perl.org today: Line 388 of Module/Install/Makefile.pm is a blank line, but the line after it is a simple two-arg open(). open MAKEFILE, "> $makefile_name" or die "

perl

Apple, the devil in our midst

So Matt Trout has lost the Iron Man Challenge. As part of the competition rules it is time to make a vote for a hair color for him and a talk title that he will present at an upcoming Perl conference. My vote goes to a light blue color as

java

Are you unable to run the JavaME SDK 3.0 emulator on Windows 7? Workaround found!

If you get this error message when trying to run midlets through the built-in emulator of the JavaME SDK 3.0, try disabling DEP for runMidlet.exe. Error message given by Netbeans and/or Eclipse: *** Error *** Failed to connect to device 0! Reason: Emulator 0 terminated while waiting for it

perl

How to get a PSGI app running with mod_fastcgi on Ubuntu with Apache2

First make sure you activate the multiverse repository for apt. Then install the required modules (if you don't already have them enabled) sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-fastcgi apache2-suexec Enable the fastcgi and rewrite modules: sudo a2enmod fastcgi sudo a2enmod rewrite Edit /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/fastcgi.conf and enable the

Software

Talk: Morality and Pragmatism in Free Software and Open Source

I just wanted to inform you about a talk I'll be making on my local college about the differences in philosophy of the Free Software movement and the Open Source movement. Feedback about content, accuracy etc. most wanted. The talk is mostly about summarizing the content of Dave

perl

Playing with Alias' new CPANDB

This is a somewhat simple query that identifies CPAN authors that use modules from the Test namespace in their runtime phase, according to the data from CPANDB. SELECT d.author, count(r.module) AS test_namespace_used_in_runtime_phase FROM requires r JOIN distribution d ON r.distribution = d.

Software

Deprecated code analyzer for perl

After reading NPEREZ's blog article DarkPAN SchmarkPAN -- STOP THE MEME, it suddenly comes to me: We need a tool that enable users to profile their codebase to verify if they are using any removed, deprecated or changed features of a new version of the perl interpreter. This

Software

Lets make a perl appreciation survey for the masses

This is a response to John Napiorkowski's article: Why All the Hate?Matt S. Trout was talking about the fact that we need to become better with marketing. I second that. One of the tools of marketeers is the survey. My suggestion is this: Why don't

Software

X11 forwarding to Ubuntu server not working with PuTTY and Xming?

I was stumped why I couldn't run X11 software on my Ubuntu server installation and have it forwarded through my SSH connection to my desktop Windows machine running Xming. The solution was to install the xauth package from the Ubuntu repositories: $ sudo aptitude install xauth Apparently installing an

Software

Memory footprint of popular CPAN modules

I was reading Jay Kuri's article about CGI alternatives the other day, and I got thinking. How much memory does these various modules for simple (or advanced) web serving use? After having looked through Mark Stosberg's article on startup penalties I was even more bewildered. It

American English

How to make sure class/instance methods are called in the right way

I was recently attending NPW09 and there I met several prominent members of the Perl community. It was a really exciting event for me. I feel like I learned more in two days then I could've learned from studying documentation for two months. One of the guys I

jquery

How to make an unordered list from a tree

Last week I showed you how to take an adjacency list in a database and turn it into a nicely indented textual output. Today I will show you how you can take that same (flat) data structure and turn it into an HTML unordered list (UL) using Template Toolkit. The

Education

Why Should I Learn This?

I was talking with my wife (which is a teacher) about how to make students want to learn a specific subject. My solution to the problem was that you have to make the student understand how learning the subject at hand can improve the quality of something they already enjoy

American English

Implementing a depth-first search in a PostgreSQL stored procedure using Perl

In this article I'm going to show you how do implement a depth-first search using a stored procedure written in Perl inside the PostgreSQL database server. Depth-first search is an advanced algorithm for quickly traversing all nodes in a tree (like, e.g., a filesystem). In this example

Software

How to setup an Atheros-based Access Point with WPA-PSK on Ubuntu 8.04 server

Install Ubuntu 8.04 server normally. I haven't tested it, but the desktop edition should also work, but remember to choose the right version of linux-restricted-modules for your setup and to remove the wifi interface from the NetworkManager setup. Login with your normal "admin" user. Get

Photography

Avisartikkel med bilde tatt av meg!

En kollega av meg (Frode Rustøy) er atter en gang i avisa, denne gangen med et bilde tatt av meg. Det er alltid gøy å bli publisert!

Software

Catalyst: How to authenticate against OpenID and get roles from local DBIC

First you need to follow the Catalyst tutorial and enable the authentication and session layers. After that you need to install these two CPAN modules: # cpan install Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::OpenID # cpan install Catalyst::Authentication::Store::DBIx::Class, After that you need to add the following to myapp.yml. authentication:

Photography

Stem på bildet mitt i "Canon, Oppdraget"

Følg linken over for å stemme på bildet jeg har valgt å delta med i årets fotokonkurranse fra Canon.

Software

Follow these tips to boost Vista performance

A very good article about ways to make Windows Vista perform better on borderline hardware. I decided to keep only these settings activated in visual effects. It gives a nice balance between speed in good looks. * Show preview and filters in folder * Show thumbnails instead of icons * Show window contents

Software

Nye nøkkeltall for norske internett-brukere

Siste tilgjengeliggjøring om oppløsninger, nettleser og plattform. Kort summert: * 800x600 er ut (<1.6%), 1024x768 er det nye minimum. * Siste versjon av Opera, Safari og Firefox + MSIE6+7 er det vi nå ser ut til å trenge å støtte. * Ulike windows-plattformer har fremdeles 95% av markedet. Mac har 3.

Hardware

How To Choose CD/DVD Archival Media

A very good dissertation about what kind of  writable optical media is the best. His suggestion about Taiyo Yuden DVD+R I'm sure going to follow. Recently I've had lots of issues with Verbatim DVD-R (MCC 03RG20), probably because of a slightly old firmware on my

Photography

The Fall of the Wall

I've submitted one of my pictures to the theme "Passport" in issue #13 of JPG Magazine. Why don't you follow the link and vote for it?

Photography

Caught in the Act

I've submitted one of my pictures to the theme "Gravity Powered" in issue #13 of JPG Magazine. Why don't you follow the link and vote for it?

Software

Inclusive Web Design with Progressive Enhancement

This is a very good presentation about the needs to use progressive enhancement instead of graceful degradation in web applications. This way you cater to the baseline users first, and create more advanced user interfaces for those that use more advanced browsers. Absolutely worth a read to all web developers.

Norsk bokmål

Holding a Program in One's Head

Endelig er det noen som virkelig har klart å forklare nøyaktig hva det vil si å programmere, og hvorfor det er så viktig å ha arbeidsro når man programmerer. Anmoder alle frustrerte programmerere til å sende dette essayet til sine overordnede, slik at de skjønner viktigheten av arbeidsro.