Code Flux

Fixed

Chris Dolan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:25:12 +0000

After an embarrassingly long time, I finally fixed this blog’s software so the archived posts are accessible again. I continue to do nearly all of my writing on use.perl.org.

Alternative blogging

Chris Dolan — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:38:47 +0000

To subscribers to this site: Most of my commentary of late has been on Perl, so I’ve been posting on my use.perl.org journal. That is the dominant site for journalling for Perl authors, so I’ve found that I get more eyeballs when posting there. I’ll continue to post here sporadically on non-Perl topics.

FLV to SWF and back

Chris Dolan — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:41:34 +0000

My FLV::Info library now supports fast transcoding between SWF and FLV. Read more...

Improving online presentations:Larry Wall at OSDC

Chris Dolan — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:17:15 +0000

The short version

I’ve posted a iPod-compatible video representation (68 MB, mirror, original; or original flickery QuickTime 55 MB, mirror, original) of Larry Wall’s Perl6 presentation at the OSDC::Israel::2006 conference in February. Enjoy.

The long version

Yesterday, an announcement appeared on usePerl.org offering an electronic representation of Larry Wall’s Perl6 presentation at the OSDC::Israel::2006 conference. That [...]

Firefox Extensions: Greasemonkey

Chris Dolan — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:38:24 +0000

Apple is publicizing another iTunes contest. Like before, they are giving away a prize for every 100,000 songs download or entries submitted. The latter is the typical alternative that all such contests require to claim that they aren’t a lottery or another form of gambling.

In this case, the free entry form allows up [...]