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

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 […]

This article discusses two classes of regression tests: public ones that are included with published software and private ones that are for the author’s use only. The public ones naturally get more exposure because they impact a wider audience. However, personal-use tests are quite valuable too. In the text below, I explore […]

What is the best way to distribute a GUI application to users?

The three main choices are via an installer, via a standalone executable or via source. These choices vary a lot across platforms. Windows prefers installers, especially .msi files. Macs are quite happy with .app files, which are usually shipped on disk […]

Apple is currently having a contest counting down to 500,000,000 iTunes songs sold. To publicize the contest, they exposed an XML representation of the current count of songs sold. Just out of curiosity, I wrote a Perl program that uses that count information to extrapolate the next winning times. Not too hard […]