Stories for 2008-02-19

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In this issue:
    * 2008 Winter Scripting Games
    * Fourth Italian Perl Workshop
    * New CPAN Distributions for February 18, 2008

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| 2008 Winter Scripting Games                                        |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Monday February 18, @01:33 (User Journal|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/18/0615248              |
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Microsoft is running the [0]3rd annual Scripting Games competition, and
this year they added a Perl division alongside VBScript and Windows
PowerShell:

The games have already begun on Friday, but the deadline for the first 2
events isn't until Wednesday morning, so it is not too late to enter and
get a perfect score!

All Perl entries will be judged by running them with ActivePerl
5.10.0.1002, so you can start using all the new 5.10 features if you
want.

The competitors pack is a self-extracting ZIP file containing additional
data files needed for some challenges. It is provided as an .exe file
(probably so it could be digitally signed), but you can unpack it with
normal "unzip" too (this is just a subtle hint that the actual challenges
are not platform specific; you just need to remember to prefix the path
to any of the data files with C:/Scripts/ before you submit your
scripts).

I'll be providing sample solutions and a [1]running commentary for the
Advanced Perl Division to the scripting guys at Microsoft, who will
publish them from each events page after the deadline.

So let's show them that there are a sufficient number of Perl users that
it is worthwhile keeping a Perl division in the Scripting Games for the
upcoming years! :)

BTW, you also have a chance to win a Perl Dev Kit license if you enter
the contest for at least a single event!

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/18/0615248

Links:
    0. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/funzone/games/default.mspx
    1. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/funzone/games/games08/experts.mspx


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| Fourth Italian Perl Workshop                                       |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Monday February 18, @12:36 (Events)     |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/18/1724258              |
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The organization for the 4th Italian Perl Workshop is underway. The
workshop will be held in Pisa, on September 18 and 19. Entrance will be
free of charge, and there might even be complimentary coffee breaks.

While we complete the "official web site" (based on Act, of course), you
can read the CFP and start planning your trip (talks will be primarily in
Italian, but this never stopped anyone)

This story continues at:
    http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/18/1724258

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/18/1724258


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| New CPAN Distributions for February 18, 2008                       |
|   posted by pudge on Monday February 18, @18:30 (Module Listings)  |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/18/1530206              |
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  * [0]ApacheLog-Parser-v0.0.1 -- parse apache 'combined' log format
  * [1]App-Addex-0.014 -- generate mail tool configuration from an
    address book
  * [2]App-Addex-AddressBook-Apple-0.007 -- use Apple Address Book as the
    addex source
  * [3]App-Addex-AddressBook-Apple-0.008 -- use Apple Address Book as the
    addex source
  * [4]Bundle-Thread-1.02 -- A bundle of modules for supporting threads
    in Perl
  * [5]CGI-LZE-0.25
  * [6]CGI-LZE-Blog-0.25
  * [7]Carp-Clan-6.00 -- Report errors from perspective of caller of a
    "clan" of modules
  * [8]Catalyst-Controller-Atompub-0.3.4 -- A Catalyst controller for the
    Atom Publishing Protocol
  * [9]Catalyst-Model-ISBNDB-0.21 -- Provide Catalyst access to
    isbndb.com
  * [10]Class-Accessor-Classy-v0.9.0 -- accessors with minimal
    inheritance
  * [11]Config-IniHash-3.00.00 -- Perl extension for reading and writing
    INI files
  * [12]Config-Validate-0.2.5 -- Validate data structures generated from
    configuration files. (Or anywhere else)
  * [13]Config-Validate-0.2.6 -- Validate data structures generated from
    configuration files. (Or anywhere else)
  * [14]Crypt-OpenSSL-CA-0.17 -- The crypto parts of an X509v3
    Certification Authority
  * [15]Crypt-SSLeay-0.57_01 -- OpenSSL support for LWP
  * [16]DBD-Pg-2.0.1_2 -- PostgreSQL database driver for the DBI module
  * [17]DBI-LZE-0.25
  * [18]Data-Consumer-0.09 -- Repeatedly consume a data resource in a
    robust way
  * [19]Data-Validate-Domain-0.09 -- domain validation methods
  * [20]Devel-Fail-MakefilePL-1.010 -- a distro that always fails the
    `perl Makefile.PL` stage
  * [21]Devel-Fail-MakefilePL-1.011 -- a distro that always fails the
    `perl Makefile.PL` stage
  * [22]File-Fu-v0.0.1 -- file and directory objects
  * [23]Games-Roshambo-1.01 -- Perl OO Rock/Paper/Scissors
  * [24]HTML-Menu-TreeView-0.86
  * [25]HTML-Template-Default-1.04 -- unless template file is on disk,
    use default hard coded
  * [26]HTML-Template-Default-1.05 -- unless template file is on disk,
    use default hard coded
  * [27]HTML-Template-LZE-0.25
  * [28]HTML-Template-LZE-Editor-0.25
  * [29]HTML-Template-LZE-Main-0.25
  * [30]HTML-Template-LZE-Pages-0.25
  * [31]HTML-Template-LZE-TabWidget-0.25
  * [32]HTML-Template-LZE-Window-0.25 -- html window
  * [33]Hyper-Developer-0.06 -- Hyper Developer Tools
  * [34]IO-Lambda-0.10 -- non-blocking I/O in lambda style
  * [35]Image-Size-3.1.1 -- read the dimensions of an image in several
    popular formats
  * [36]LEOCHARRE-Dev-1.04
  * [37]Language-MPI-2008.0217 -- 2008.0217 Message Parsing Interpreter
  * [38]Lingua-Translit-0.02 -- transliterates text between writing
    systems
  * [39]M3-ServerView-0.04 -- Perl extension for communicating with M3
    ServerView
  * [40]Mac-Pasteboard-0.000_04 -- Manipulate Mac OS X
    clipboards/pasteboards.
  * [41]Mail-SpamCannibal-0.90 -- A tool to stop SPAM
  * [42]Net-SIP-0.42 -- Framework SIP (Voice Over IP, RFC3261)
  * [43]POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-PAUSE-RecentUploads-0.03 -- PoCo::IRC
    plugin for reporting recent uploads to "/pause.perl.org" in http::
  * [44]POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUploads-0.03 -- a non-blocking POE
    wrapper around WWW::PAUSE::RecentUploads.
  * [45]POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUploads-0.04 -- a non-blocking POE
    wrapper around WWW::PAUSE::RecentUploads.
  * [46]POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUploads-Tail-0.04 -- tail recent
    uploads to PAUSE.
  * [47]POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUpoads-0.03
  * [48]POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUpoads-Tail-0.04
  * [49]POE-Component-WWW-YouTube-VideoURI-0.06 -- Non-blocking POE
    wrapper around WWW::YouTube::VideoURI with download abilities.
  * [50]Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.28 -- Front-end module to collect system
    statistics
  * [51]Thread-Queue-2.04 -- Thread-safe queues
  * [52]Thread-Semaphore-2.05 -- Thread-safe semaphores
  * [53]WWW-WebDevout-BrowserSupportInfo-0.01
  * [54]WebService-Yelp-0.02 -- Yelp.com API Client Implementation
  * [55]XML-RPC-0.7 -- Pure Perl implementation for an XML-RPC client and
    server.
  * [56]XML-Rules-1.00 -- parse XML & process tags by rules starting from
    leaves
  * [57]re-engine-TRE-0.03 -- TRE regular expression engine

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/18/1530206

Links:
    0. http://search.cpan.org/~ewilhelm/ApacheLog-Parser-v0.0.1
    1. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/App-Addex-0.014
    2. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/App-Addex-AddressBook-Apple-0.007
    3. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/App-Addex-AddressBook-Apple-0.008
    4. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Bundle-Thread-1.02
    5. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/CGI-LZE-0.25
    6. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/CGI-LZE-Blog-0.25
    7. http://search.cpan.org/~jjore/Carp-Clan-6.00
    8. http://search.cpan.org/~takeru/Catalyst-Controller-Atompub-0.3.4
    9. http://search.cpan.org/~rjray/Catalyst-Model-ISBNDB-0.21
   10. http://search.cpan.org/~ewilhelm/Class-Accessor-Classy-v0.9.0
   11. http://search.cpan.org/~jenda/Config-IniHash-3.00.00
   12. http://search.cpan.org/~cmo/Config-Validate-0.2.5
   13. http://search.cpan.org/~cmo/Config-Validate-0.2.6
   14. http://search.cpan.org/~domq/Crypt-OpenSSL-CA-0.17
   15. http://search.cpan.org/~dland/Crypt-SSLeay-0.57_01
   16. http://search.cpan.org/~turnstep/DBD-Pg-2.0.1_2
   17. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/DBI-LZE-0.25
   18. http://search.cpan.org/~yves/Data-Consumer-0.09
   19. http://search.cpan.org/~neely/Data-Validate-Domain-0.09
   20. http://search.cpan.org/~mthurn/Devel-Fail-MakefilePL-1.010
   21. http://search.cpan.org/~mthurn/Devel-Fail-MakefilePL-1.011
   22. http://search.cpan.org/~ewilhelm/File-Fu-v0.0.1
   23. http://search.cpan.org/~cthom/Games-Roshambo-1.01
   24. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Menu-TreeView-0.86
   25. http://search.cpan.org/~leocharre/HTML-Template-Default-1.04
   26. http://search.cpan.org/~leocharre/HTML-Template-Default-1.05
   27. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-0.25
   28. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Editor-0.25
   29. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Main-0.25
   30. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Pages-0.25
   31. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-TabWidget-0.25
   32. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Window-0.25
   33. http://search.cpan.org/~acid/Hyper-Developer-0.06
   34. http://search.cpan.org/~karasik/IO-Lambda-0.10
   35. http://search.cpan.org/~rjray/Image-Size-3.1.1
   36. http://search.cpan.org/~leocharre/LEOCHARRE-Dev-1.04
   37. http://search.cpan.org/~hanelyp/Language-MPI-2008.0217
   38. http://search.cpan.org/~alinke/Lingua-Translit-0.02
   39. http://search.cpan.org/~marwil/M3-ServerView-0.04
   40. http://search.cpan.org/~wyant/Mac-Pasteboard-0.000_04
   41. http://search.cpan.org/~miker/Mail-SpamCannibal-0.90
   42. http://search.cpan.org/~sullr/Net-SIP-0.42
   43. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-PAUSE-RecentUploads-0.03
   44. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUploads-0.03
   45. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUploads-0.04
   46. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUploads-Tail-0.04
   47. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUpoads-0.03
   48. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WWW-PAUSE-RecentUpoads-Tail-0.04
   49. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WWW-YouTube-VideoURI-0.06
   50. http://search.cpan.org/~bloonix/Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.28
   51. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Thread-Queue-2.04
   52. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Thread-Semaphore-2.05
   53. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/WWW-WebDevout-BrowserSupportInfo-0.01
   54. http://search.cpan.org/~jdr/WebService-Yelp-0.02
   55. http://search.cpan.org/~daan/XML-RPC-0.7
   56. http://search.cpan.org/~jenda/XML-Rules-1.00
   57. http://search.cpan.org/~avar/re-engine-TRE-0.03



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