All about Dancer
Dancer is a web development framework, similar to Symfony and Zend but written in Perl. Josette’s blog has a three part interview with Sawyer X, one of the core developers on Dancer.…
Enabling IPv6 on the Raspberry Pi
By default, the Raspberry Pi doesn't come with IPv6 enabled. This isn't a problem for most people, as IPv6 adoption is still low and many home routers don't support it.…
WordPress 3.9.2 released
A new version of WordPress has been released this week: 3.9.2. This is a security release, so everyone is urged to update as soon as possible. There are no database…
Disabling output buffering in Perl
In one of my Perl modules, WWW::BrokenLinks, I wanted to push lots of small log messages to standard output, which I would then redirect to a file. Unfortunately, the combination…
Reinstate logging after upgrading to Debian Wheezy
Recently I noticed that Postfix had stopped logging information about emails which I sent through my VM (I run mutt locally over SSH in a screen session). On closer inspection, it turned…
WordPress 3.9
A new release of WordPress has come out in the past fortnight, taking the blogging software up to version 3.9. I've finished upgrading my sites and haven't noticed much of…
My first CPAN module
Last Friday I uploaded my first module to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). For those who haven't used Perl before, CPAN is a repository of thousands of reusable modules providing…
Sending email in Perl
If you've been writing Perl for a few months, chances are good that at some point you will need to send emails from your scripts. As always with Perl, there's more…
WordPress 3.8.2
A new version of WordPress was released this week, which includes some important security updates. If you're running a WordPress site, you should upgrade as soon as possible. There don't…
Raspberry Pi at the University of Manchester
This academic year (starting September 2013), the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester (where I obtained my BSc and MPhil degrees) gave a Raspberry Pi to each new undergraduate…