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Jeremy Zawodny was kind enough to give my changeblog a nod, so I thought this would be as good a time as any to finally post my updated Perl Blogging Techniques presentation. :)
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The changeblog is about to get some updates, as well. I have started to re-write the chatMonkey server for a multi-user gaming/chat application using POE. Fun!

Read his comments.

Posted by at 11:49 PM | Permalink

RESFEST was simply amazing (again).

I will be updating this page with as many links to the content I saw at the show as I can. If anyone knows where I can get "Japanese Tradition: Relationships" I will be forever thankful. :)

Michel Gondry info and videos.
The Other Final: A story about a match between FIFA's 2 worst soccer teams. Great. Review 1
Mulit - an Absolut sponsored Bollywood parody. This thing is great. If not for the unfindable "Japanese Tradition: Relationships," Mulit would have been my vote for best film of that program.

I'll see what else I can dig up shortly.

Posted by at 9:43 PM | Permalink

Inspired by a look at XML::RSS::JavaScript by Ed Summers, I decided to crank out an MT template to do the same thing.
Here are the short steps, more details (probably it's own page) to follow:
1) Create a new template file. I call mine "Javascript Syndication." Name the output file rss.js
2) Create a new MT plugin (I called mine mt-rss-javascript-encode.pl) in your MT plugins directory. The code should look like this:

package MT::Plugin::FormatForJavascript;
use MT::Template::Context;

MT::Template::Context->add_global_filter(js_encode => sub {
    (my $s = shift) =~ s/'/\\\'/g;
    return $s;
});

1;

That should just about do it. Then, to use it, give someone the following snippet of JS:

<script Language="JavaScript" src="rss.js" />

Here is an example: Sorry. The embedded script in an entry was freaking out my RSS feeds. You can see the results in the "Recent Code Changes" section on the side of the screen.

Posted by at 11:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I was glad to have RESFEST back in Chicago after a hiatus last year. The programs were all well attended so hopefully they will be back again next year.

I am going to try to dig up some links to movies/director/music info for you all and have a blow-by-blow of the fest. My laptop battery was not cooperating with me this weekend, so these posts are coming post-fest.

Posted by at 1:39 PM | Permalink

ResFest opens in Chicago tonight and I will be posting as I can scam wifi (thank you Apple Store!).

Nice to get out and about....

Posted by at 10:59 AM | Permalink