Quick tip: git push origin hamster?
Dec 24, 2015 by David Farrell
Making git do you what mean with symbolic references
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Run only one instance of a program at a time
Nov 4, 2015 by David Farrell
Lockfiles can provide race condition-free solutions
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Simple, secure backups with Perl
Aug 27, 2015 by David Farrell
Creating encrypted, compressed archives
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Rip music from anywhere with Audacity
Jul 30, 2015 by David Farrell
Open source software makes it easy
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Hello perldoc, productivity booster
Feb 26, 2015 by David Farrell
Get to know perldoc to find Perl answers faster
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Advanced slideshow maneuvers
Nov 13, 2014 by David Farrell
Get the most out of your markdown-driven presentations
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Hello berrybrew, the Strawberry Perl version manager
Oct 10, 2014 by David Farrell
A fruitier perlbrew for Windows
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Get GNOME 3 popup alerts for IRC
Jun 9, 2014 by David Farrell
Don’t miss your IRC chats and messages
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Create professional slideshows in seconds with App::revealup
Jun 6, 2014 by David Farrell
App::revealup converts markdown to slick HTML slide shows
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Secure your passwords with KeePass and Perl
Mar 24, 2014 by David Farrell
File::KeePass makes it easy to work with KeePass database files
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Is PearlBee Perl's next great blogging platform?
Feb 17, 2014 by David Farrell
We review the new open source blogging platform
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The easy way to build stand-alone Perl apps
Jan 5, 2014 by David Farrell
Making dependency-free Perl applications is simple with App::FatPacker
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Schedule jobs like a boss with every
Dec 22, 2013 by David Farrell
Introducing every, the cron scheduling app written in Perl
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How to schedule Perl scripts using cron
Oct 11, 2013 by David Farrell
Cron is a job scheduling program available on UNIX-like platforms. Most system commands can be scheduled including the execution of Perl programs. Once a job is setup, cron will run it as scheduled even if the user is not logged in, which can be a great way to automate sysadmin tasks or repetitive jobs. This article describes how to run Perl scripts with cron.
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Request Tracker
Nov 28, 2001 by Robert Spier
If you’ve ever had to do user support, then you’ll be familiar with the following scenario: A question comes in from a user, and you write an e-mail reply. However, by the time you’ve hit “send,” another member of…
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A Simple Gnome Panel Applet
Mar 27, 2001 by Joe Nasal
Table of Contents Program overview Initialization The callbacks Conclusion Gnome is the desktop environment of choice on my home Linux system because it is feature-packed and user friendly. Gnome is also flexible, and thanks to the Gtk-Perl module and…
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Programming GNOME Applications with Perl - Part 2
Nov 28, 2000 by Simon Cozens
Programming GNOME Applications with Perl, Part Two -> Table of Contents The Cookbook Application The Main Screen Columned Lists Displaying Recipes Where We Are, And Where We’re Going Notes on the Last Article Last month’s article examined how to create…
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Programming GNOME Applications with Perl
Oct 16, 2000 by perldotcom
-> Table of Contents Architecture Introduction Hello, World Adding a Menu Bar Adding an About Box Adding More Chrome Final Program GNOME is the Unix desktop. It’s a framework for writing graphical applications with Unix, providing drag-and-drop, interapplication communication,…
