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Uri Guttman | 7 Feb 22:50

[Boston.pm] possible talk for next week

hi all,

i just came up with a possible talk for next week. i have been working 
with a client helping them rewrite a cgi program. yep, i said cgi! they 
use a wacky templating system which requires package globals to access 
data! anyhow, it has slowly been rewritten (still using that templater 
for now) and is much better in a myriad of ways. so i want to show it as 
a before and after talk. we can look at the before and marvel at the 
many poor coding things. and then ooh and aah at the after version and 
it much cleaner code. it still needs work but the change is remarkable. 
the client did almost all the work with my feedback and supervision.

any interest in this?

thanx,

uri
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Adam Flott | 5 Feb 19:43
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[Boston.pm] Winobot, the IRC Bot You Can Party With

http://npjh.com/winobot-the-irc-bot-you-can-party-with.html

I had fun writing this. It does more than party, check lib/Winobot/Features/...

AnyEvent and Hailo are neat.

Code up on Github https://github.com/aflott/winobot
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Bill Ricker | 3 Feb 15:41
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[Boston.pm] February tech Meeting - uh oh 14th ?

Our Second Tuesday is as late as it gets, 14th.

Who would come to a Tech Meeting on Valentines' Day ?
( If so, would you like to present ?)

We have a speaker for March. (He hasn't told me topic yet.)

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Robert Blackwell | 1 Feb 21:35
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[Boston.pm] Pittsburgh Perl Monger visiting Boston

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Robert Blackwell
<robert@...> wrote:
> Hello Fellow Perl Mongers,
>
> I will be taking the RT training from Best Practical on March 5 & 6,
> 2012. This puts me in Boston from Friday March 2nd  to Tuesday March
> 6th.
>
> I am wondering if anyone wants to get together for beer, dinner and such.
>
> Also if you know of any geeky things like a Hacker Space or Linux User
> Group meeting, etc that I should not miss please give me a heads up.
>
> Looking forward to my first time in Boston hope to meet up with some
> Fellow Perl Mongers.
>
> If nothing else I expect a good cup of cocoa from someone.
>
> Thanks
> Robert Blackwell

Whoops!  My apologies for lack of subject.

Robert
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Robert Blackwell | 1 Feb 21:31
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[Boston.pm] (no subject)

Hello Fellow Perl Mongers,

I will be taking the RT training from Best Practical on March 5 & 6,
2012. This puts me in Boston from Friday March 2nd  to Tuesday March
6th.

I am wondering if anyone wants to get together for beer, dinner and such.

Also if you know of any geeky things like a Hacker Space or Linux User
Group meeting, etc that I should not miss please give me a heads up.

Looking forward to my first time in Boston hope to meet up with some
Fellow Perl Mongers.

If nothing else I expect a good cup of cocoa from someone.

Thanks
Robert Blackwell
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Federico Lucifredi | 27 Jan 02:12
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[Boston.pm] The second P

Okay guys,
  I haven't gotten a definite answer on this when I asked a couple of years back, so I'l ask again - flog me as you
may :)

  I have a need to properly learn a certain other "P" language, and I do not mean PHP either.  For Perl, my
favorite "concise" summary is the first chapter of Damian's OO Perl book.  What about the other, unnamed,
language? Guido has written up a short language on the book, but what else has proven popular with people
who already knew Perl to expand their range of dynamic languages - without reading hundred of pages?

 Thanks -Federico

PS: I promise to flog myself if you guys actually come up with a good suggestion!

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Ronald J Kimball | 19 Jan 22:05

[Boston.pm] [job] Perl Feeds Developer, Sallie Mae / Upromise Investments, Newton, MA

Summary of Boston.pm job posting policy:

Job postings may not be posted directly to the list.  Instead, job postings
should be sent to rjk@... and
bob.clancy@...  They
will review each posting, and either post it to the list or return it to
the sender for editing.

For the full job posting policy, see:
<http://boston.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?JobPostingPolicy>

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I am a consultant recruiter for Sallie Mae and we are searching for a
permanent Perl Feeds Developer in the Newtown, MA office.  The position
pays up to 90K with a 10% MIP bonus, matching 401k, profit sharing, benefits
that start 1st day of the next month after you start, and PTO days.  All
candidates should contact me directly by e-mail at
<mike.foster@... or by phone at 610-263-3030 x:
4567.  If you
have any questions please let me know!

Upromise Investments: The leading administrator of 529 college savings
plans. Upromise Investments is dedicated to meeting the needs of our state
clients, their plans, and families saving for college across the
country. We provide a range of service models, from recordkeeping and
administration to full-service program management.  Headquartered in
Newton, Massachusetts, Upromise Investments is a registered broker-dealer,
a member of FINRA, and is registered with the MSRB.
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Nilanjan Palit | 16 Jan 19:25
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[Boston.pm] Perl slide generator script


Looking back in my boston.pm archive, I saw mention of a Perl slide generator script by Damian from way back
when, but there was no name for that module and Googling did not help.  I found 2 modules on CPAN that looked
interesting: mkpres (seems too much work to type all those XML tags) & Perl6::Pod::Slide  (seems more
lightweight, but unsure if it will work with a Perl5 install). Any usage comments on the above modules or
recommendations for other ones would be much appreciated. Output can be html (for presentation) and
preferably also support pdf (or some other single document container) for sharing offline. Support for
images would be a great plus. Thanks, -Nilanjan
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David Larochelle | 16 Jan 03:00
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Re: [Boston.pm] Tech meeting TONIGHT - new Web bug affects multiple languages, but not Perl

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk on Tuesday.

I put a copy of the slides online here:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dlarochelle/2012/01/15/hash-collision-complexity-attacks-perl-vs-other-languages/

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David

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Brad Oaks <bradoaks@...> wrote:

> I was ill today too.  Hope to catch you all next month!
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux@...> wrote:
> > Next Tech Meeting Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7 – 10p.m. MIT E51-376
> >
> > David Larochelle will explain the "new" multi-language web Denial of
> > Service (DoS <http://boston.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?DoS>) threat that
> > doesn't affect Perl (but affects Python & PHP).
> > http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf CVE-2011-4885
> Phuket
> > property <http://www.phuketproperty.com/> Reported 2003
> > http://www.cs.rice.edu/~scrosby/hash/CrosbyWallach_UsenixSec2003.pdfFixed
> > in Perl 2005
> > http://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec.html#Algorithmic-Complexity-Attacks
> >
> > This will be the last time in the "summer" room E51-376. We'll return to
> > old traditional E51-372 for Feb - May. (confirmed)
> >
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Sean Quinlan | 10 Jan 17:39

[Boston.pm] RSVP: Tech meeting TONIGHT

Please RSVP if you are expecting to make tonight’s Boston.pm tech meeting.

Thanks,
Sean

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux@...>
Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Subject: [Boston.pm-announce] Tech meeting TONIGHT - new Web bug affects
multiple languages, but not Perl
To: "Boston Perl Mongers (announce)" <boston-pm-announce@...>, Boston
Perl Mongers <boston-pm@...>

Next Tech Meeting Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7 – 10p.m. MIT E51-376

David Larochelle will explain the "new" multi-language web Denial of
Service (DoS <http://boston.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?DoS>) threat that
doesn't affect Perl (but affects Python & PHP).
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf CVE-2011-4885 Phuket
property <http://www.phuketproperty.com/> Reported 2003
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~scrosby/hash/CrosbyWallach_UsenixSec2003.pdf Fixed
in Perl 2005
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec.html#Algorithmic-Complexity-Attacks

This will be the last time in the "summer" room E51-376. We'll return to
old traditional E51-372 for Feb - May. (confirmed)

Speaking of security ... if your home (or office) router has WPS simple
setup feature, TURN WPS OFF. NOW. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN Brute
Force Vulnerability
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Bill Ricker | 10 Jan 15:22
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[Boston.pm] Tech meeting TONIGHT - new Web bug affects multiple languages, but not Perl

Next Tech Meeting Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7 – 10p.m. MIT E51-376

David Larochelle will explain the "new" multi-language web Denial of
Service (DoS <http://boston.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?DoS>) threat that
doesn't affect Perl (but affects Python & PHP).
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf CVE-2011-4885 Phuket
property <http://www.phuketproperty.com/> Reported 2003
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~scrosby/hash/CrosbyWallach_UsenixSec2003.pdf Fixed
in Perl 2005
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec.html#Algorithmic-Complexity-Attacks

This will be the last time in the "summer" room E51-376. We'll return to
old traditional E51-372 for Feb - May. (confirmed)

Speaking of security ... if your home (or office) router has WPS simple
setup feature, TURN WPS OFF. NOW. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN Brute
Force Vulnerability
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Wi-Fi+Protected+Setup+WPS+PIN+Brute+Force+Vulnerability/12292

Sean is acting facilitator for this session, so please RSVP to the main
list boston-pm@...

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