http://bricas.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:09:47 -0300 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/catalyst-571-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/catalyst-571-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/catalyst-571-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:09:47 -0300 We're approaching the two-year anniversary of the first release in the 5.7x series of the Catalyst framework. I'm really proud of how 5.7x has gone -- it has given the project some much needed stability that was missing in the early goings. It sti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/catalyst-571-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00fad6955f870004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> catalyst http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/5-more-down.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/5-more-down.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/5-more-down.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 May 2008 08:31:18 -0300 Catalyst 5.7014 is out the door. Hopefully that will stop the flood of questions about a "strange uri_for() behavior." With that done, I've taken out 5 more RT tickets. Two extremely old wishlist items were rejected (RT #26758, RT #24132). This i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/5-more-down.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00fad68ae3090005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl rt catalyst http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/more-catalyst-fixes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/more-catalyst-fixes.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/more-catalyst-fixes.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 May 2008 16:13:27 -0300 I've put the 5-a-day thing away for a bit to focus on other things. Firstly it was trying to get a new release of Catalyst-Runtime out the door (5.7013 hit CPAN on the 17th). One of the last bits preventing that release was some back-compat method... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/more-catalyst-fixes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00fa967831c00003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl rt catalyst http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-may-10.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-may-10.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-may-10.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 May 2008 11:31:34 -0300 My latest five: RT #33158 - rejected (DBIx::Class) RT #25445 - already applied (DBIx::Class) RT #26978 - closed (DBIx::Class) RT #31473 - closed (DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader) RT #29041 - fixed this last year (Catalyst::Plugin::Session::PerUser) <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-may-10.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf6abd20002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl rt http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 11:53:33 -0300 I ventured into some DBIC related bugs this time. RT #32497 - rejected (Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema) RT #31848 - doc fixed (Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema) RT #29282 - duplicate (DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader) RT #23749 - already patched this last... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48d1518ec0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl rt http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-x-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-x-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-x-2.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 18:18:22 -0300 I ended up doing twice my quota for today (it's easy to take care of the low-hanging fruit). A variety of Catalyst::* and DBIx::Class tickets were closed. RT #15941 - rejected (Catalyst::View::TT) RT #32254 - duplicate (Catalyst::Plugin::Authenti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-x-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf62f610003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl rt http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-plus-two.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-plus-two.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-plus-two.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 09:08:35 -0300 The Ubuntu "5-A-Day" campaign has caught my eye. It's turned a heinous task into a bit of a game. It reminds me a little bit of the ESP Game for image tagging (i.e. boring task => game). I don't expect I could ever really take care of 5 bugs ever... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day-plus-two.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf6024d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl rt http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/quick-grab-two-of-everything.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/quick-grab-two-of-everything.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/quick-grab-two-of-everything.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 09:23:36 -0300 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5b52a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5b52a0005-50si" alt="N646265547_2867503_3516" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41d490003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41d490003-50si" alt="N646265547_2874255_1185" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf413d20002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf413d20002-50si" alt="N646265547_2874110_5880" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41dd60003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41dd60003-50si" alt="N646265547_2874115_6509" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5b5ed0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5b5ed0005-50si" alt="N646265547_2867802_8406" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5a4b60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5a4b60004-50si" alt="N646265547_2874487_2263" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48d12cc8b0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48d12cc8b0001-50si" alt="N646265547_2874268_5432" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41e2a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41e2a0003-50si" alt="N646265547_2874270_6730" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5a4e70004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5a4e70004-50si" alt="N646265547_2874522_5542" /></a> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5b61b0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f5b61b0005-50si" alt="N646265547_2874218_1936" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So, we're experiencing the worst flooding we've ever had in 35 years. [1] [2] My $work is only a few blocks from the river, but we've lucked out and haven't had any water in the building. What's even more remarkable is that they didn't shut the p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/quick-grab-two-of-everything.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48cf41e5c0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> flood http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/import-amarok-stats-into-rhythmbox.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/import-amarok-stats-into-rhythmbox.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/import-amarok-stats-into-rhythmbox.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:56:47 -0300 I've been using Ubuntu since Dapper was released. As Hardy is the next LTS release, I decided now would be a good time to blow the whole thing away and start fresh. At the same time, I thought I could give rid of some KDE-based software I've been ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/import-amarok-stats-into-rhythmbox.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00e398f39e5f0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl ubuntu http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/non-blocking-usb-access.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Brian) http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/non-blocking-usb-access.html?_c=feed-rss http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/non-blocking-usb-access.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:47:18 -0300 Dear lazy-perl-web, Has anyone done non-blocking access to USB devices? Device::USB uses libusb 0.1.x -- which only does blocking access. libusb 1.0 is to include callback-based access -- it's under development at least, but no perl bindings exis... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://bricas.vox.com/library/post/non-blocking-usb-access.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e62f541be2b00f48d0b9dad0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perl usb