I run my own email server. It uses QMail. I realise there are at least two problems there – all of the cool kids have been using Gmail for their email since approximately forever, and who the hell uses QMail anyway? Like most of these situations, it’s that way for historical reasons. And, of course, […]
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was planning to run a one-day training course the day before YAPC Europe in Cluj-Napoca this year. There have been a few discussions of my ideas in a various forums, so now it’s time for the next stage. Below, you’ll see a simple questionnaire. Please use […]
I’m going to be running a day of training before YAPC Europe in Cluj. It’ll be on Tuesday 23rd August. But that’s all I know about the course so far, because I want your help to plan it. Training has been a part of the YAPC experience for a long time. And I’ve often run […]
Long-time readers will have seen some older posts where I criticised Perl code that I’ve found in various places on the web. I thought it was about time that I admitted to some of the dodgier corners of my programming career. You may know that one of my hobbies is genealogy. You might also know […]
Last July I wrote a post threatening to cull some of my unused CPAN modules. Some people made sensible comments and I never got round to removing the modules (and I’m no longer planning to) but I marked the modules in question as “HANDOFF” and waited for the rush of volunteers. As predicted in my […]
