Hello! I’ve normally blogged about Perl goodies, but here I am diverting my efforts into my adventures in WordPress. So here goes : How I migrated a Multi-Site/Network WordPress install into individual sites without a migration plugin. TL;DR : Backup Read more…
Hello again, Here is a fine example of some Perl code to make finding files on your filesystem really, really fast : use File::Find::Rule; File::Find::Rule->file->exec( sub { print “Filename : ” . $_[0], “\n”; print “Path : ” . $_[1], Read more…
Hello again, Following on from my last post about images, here’s a really fast Perl thumbnail generator, so you can create thumbnail images on the fly in your CGI without lots of offline messing about. It’s Image::Epeg, which relies on Read more…
Hello again, I thought I’d bung up probably the best CPAN module ever! Well, not ever, but it’s so jolly simple and it Just Works. Here it is : use Image::JpegTran::AutoRotate; … auto_rotate (“/path/to/$image_name”); … and that is it. Well Read more…
Hello again! In this post I’ll describe how to use the WebService::Freesound Perl module in a simple web app. All files are available on GitHub to download and have a look at. About Freesound.org Freesound.org is “… a collaborative database Read more…
Hi, I’ve recently put up a Perl wrapper for the Freesound.org OAuth2 API, and supporting goodies on CPAN : WebService::Freesound. Go me! Also available on GitHub. Here are some notes on what I did to get it onto CPAN. How Read more…
Hi, I just thought I’d recommend some late night reading, and some excellent reference books from my chums at O’Reilly. These have been invaluable to me as a Perl programmer, ones that have set me off on the jolly journey Read more…
Hello, https://github.com/CaesuraMedia/tagski I’ve just spent some time developing a simple web-based picture tagging page, where you can upload pictures and tag them. It was just an exercise in writing some good ol’ Perl and learning a bit more about Javascript, Read more…
Hello, One of my main interests in computer programming is the Perl Language – easy to learn, available for all platforms (probably), comes free with most Unices and can do just about anything. Even Object Orientated programming – Perl core Read more…