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Fixing SSL problems with Dist::Zilla and github
I’m using Dist::Zilla extensively to test/release the Perl code I write. I had to fix a bug on one of the modules I wrote and I ran into this error when I tried ‘dist test’ on the freshly checked out repo: After some searching I found that IO::Socket::SSL throws this error when it tries to…
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Garmin simple text convertor script
I needed to test some XBee long-range radios. Hmm, how can we make this test useful and fun at the same time? Well, let’s put one end of the radio in the lab connected to a computer, and wander around with the other radio while transmitting the current position obtained from a GPS. Using the…
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Perl vs career
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Writing out a decimal value as a hex string
A function to convert a decimal value to a hex string.
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File decimater
A simple script that allows to strip a certain file by retaining only a subset of the lines of the original file. Usage: Â dcmate <inputfile> <lines_to_skip> There is also a trivial graphical interface to the tool, called ‘dcmatex’. Put the file in the same folder as the ‘dcmate’ script. It requires the Perl::Tk module. Download:…
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Outlook calendar event generator
This script will generate a list of events that can be imported in your Outlook calendar. Comes in handy if you work in shifts that are not week-aligned. You can enter the events quickly in a graphical representation of the days of a specific month. The idea is that you first select a ‘shift’ and…