[Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Christopher Morgan
I'm looking for an affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl. I spoke with pair.com, who said mod_perl is only available on their dedicated servers, which cost $200 - $400 per month. Does anyone know of a better deal? I signed up with pair.com for a while, and liked them, but it was often

[Boston.pm] Using Perl to communicate to a Palm device

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
Has anyone here used Perl to communicate to a Palm device? What I am primarily concerned with is updating the calendar with a specific event. I have a scheduling system, calendar system, and event's registration system that I'd like to create functions for. Basically someone would view an event the

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Simon Wilcox
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Christopher Morgan wrote: > I'm looking for an affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl. I > spoke with pair.com, who said mod_perl is only available on their dedicated > servers, which cost $200 - $400 per month. Does anyone know of a better > deal? mod_perl is a

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 09:57:03AM -0400, Christopher Morgan wrote: > I'm looking for an affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl. I > spoke with pair.com, who said mod_perl is only available on their dedicated > servers, which cost $200 - $400 per month. Does anyone know of a better > d

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Christopher Morgan
Thanks to all for the suggestions -- I'll do some digging! - Chris ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Tom Metro
Simon Wilcox wrote: > mod_perl is a security nightmare in a shared environment which is why you > will need to go the dedicated route. I haven't had a need for mod_perl in a shared hosting environment, but before recommending my favorite shared hosting provider that I use with clients, I figured

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:15:53AM -0400, Tom Metro wrote: > I've often wondered if this greater power in mod_perl has been a > hindrance rather than a help to the Perl web development community. > Would we have been better off if, in addition to mod_perl (for the rare > cases when you do need

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Christopher Morgan
David et al, What alternatives to mod_perl would speed up running cgi scripts but not require a dedicated server? -- Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Cantrell Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:49 AM To: L-boston-pm Subject:

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Dan Boger
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:00:13PM -0400, Christopher Morgan wrote: > David et al, > > What alternatives to mod_perl would speed up running cgi scripts but > not require a dedicated server? I've been using CGI::SpeedyCGI (aka persistent perl) for a bit now, and am quite happy with the results. -

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:00:13PM -0400, Christopher Morgan wrote: > What alternatives to mod_perl would speed up running cgi scripts but not > require a dedicated server? In many cases - not coding like a dumb bastard :-) -- David Cantrell | Benevolent Dictator Of The World Good advice

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Drew Taylor
On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Christopher Morgan wrote: > What alternatives to mod_perl would speed up running cgi scripts > but not > require a dedicated server? Off the top of my head there's fastcgi (popular w/ the rails/lighttpd folks), speedycgi, and pperl. [I'm not sure if pperl can be

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Christopher Morgan
David, The ADB (Association for Dumb Bastards) is going to hear about this!(:->) - Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Cantrell Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:53 AM To: boston-pm@mail.pm.org Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Afford

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Uri Guttman
> "CM" == Christopher Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CM> David, CM> The ADB (Association for Dumb Bastards) is going to hear about this!(:->) i bet you joined as a member and are now the president! :) actually the US prez is also a member! uri -- Uri Guttman -- [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Uri Guttman
> "DT" == Drew Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DT> On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Christopher Morgan wrote: >> What alternatives to mod_perl would speed up running cgi scripts >> but not >> require a dedicated server? DT> Off the top of my head there's fastcgi (popular w/ the ra

Re: [Boston.pm] Using Perl to communicate to a Palm device

2005-10-26 Thread Uri Guttman
> "AB" == Alex Brelsfoard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AB> Has anyone here used Perl to communicate to a Palm device? What I AB> am primarily concerned with is updating the calendar with a AB> specific event. I have a scheduling system, calendar system, and AB> event's registration sy

Re: [Boston.pm] Using Perl to communicate to a Palm device

2005-10-26 Thread Kenneth A Graves
On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 10:00, Alex Brelsfoard wrote: > Has anyone here used Perl to communicate to a Palm device? > What I am primarily concerned with is updating the calendar with a specific > event. > I have a scheduling system, calendar system, and event's registration system > that I'd like to c

Re: [Boston.pm] Using Perl to communicate to a Palm device

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
Uri, I found http://www.pilot-link.org/ . This sounds like what you're talking about. I'll take a look at see what I can find. Kag, I found p5-Palm right after I sent my email. Do you know how easy it is to update the Palm's Calendar through this module? Thanks, both of you. --Alex On 10/26/05,

[Boston.pm] [job] Senior Software Engineer - Harvard's Division of Continuing Education

2005-10-26 Thread Ronald J Kimball
Senior Software Engineer (Unix/Linux Software Developer for Distance Education) Harvard's Division of Continuing Education Cambridge, MA Salary Grade 58, Full Time Reports to the Software Development Manager for Distance Education. Duties and responsibilities The person in this role will be respo

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Tom Metro wrote: > I've often wondered if this greater power in mod_perl has been a > hindrance rather than a help to the Perl web development community. > Would we have been better off if, in addition to mod_perl (for the > rare > cases when you do need low-level a

[Boston.pm] XML::XPath

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
OK, so I'm new to handling XML in Perl. I think I've got most of what I need figured out, but I'm running into some difficutly in handling one situation. Each DOC has more than one KEYWORD entry. How do I pull out multiple KEYWORDs from this XML file using this style code? use XML::XPath; my $file

Re: [Boston.pm] Affordable web hosting service that offers mod_perl?

2005-10-26 Thread Ben Tilly
On 10/26/05, Sherm Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Tom Metro wrote: > > > I've often wondered if this greater power in mod_perl has been a > > hindrance rather than a help to the Perl web development community. > > Would we have been better off if, in addition to