Re: Microptomisation games

2003-03-04 Thread Jason Clifford
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, darren chamberlain wrote: my $left = shift; # this/self my $right = shift; # the other obeject my $rev = shift; # have the args been reversed by perl? But you can do that anyway: my ($left # this/self $right # the other obeject

Re: Freelance cooperatives (was: Recruitment Consultant Database)

2003-03-04 Thread Nick Woolley
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:25 pm, Paul Makepeace wrote: [herding cats] (I'd like to see a moritorium on using this phrase. It was kind of funny the first hundred or so times, now it just seems to be rather unimaginative and cliche'd - not a trait I usually associate with programmers.

Natwest module

2003-03-04 Thread Peter Sergeant
I've today written the first half of a perl script to screen-scrape Natwest's Online Banking. All the authentication parts are implemented, but now I've lost interest (no pun intended). This should probably exist as: Finance::Bank::Natwest If anyone would like to take up the torch, take my

Re: Natwest module

2003-03-04 Thread Mike Jarvis
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 04:07:48PM +, Peter Sergeant wrote: I've today written the first half of a perl script to screen-scrape Natwest's Online Banking. All the authentication parts are implemented, but now I've lost interest (no pun intended). This should probably exist as:

Bank Of America (was: Re: Natwest module)

2003-03-04 Thread Russell Matbouli
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:05:36PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: Related by banking, but in no other way, I need to write the code to process CC payments with BoFA. The interface looks pretty straightforward, but if anybody else has already written it, I'd love to steal from you. Putting bofa in

Re: Bank Of America (was: Re: Natwest module)

2003-03-04 Thread Mike Jarvis
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 05:10:53PM +, Russell Matbouli wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:05:36PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: Related by banking, but in no other way, I need to write the code to process CC payments with BoFA. The interface looks pretty straightforward, but if anybody else

Re: Freelance cooperatives (was: Recruitment Consultant Database)

2003-03-04 Thread Graham Barr
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:50:21PM +, Nick Woolley wrote: I also have other friends who have companies and do work for them occasionally. The main reason I'm asking this question about cooperatives is because working on one's own can be damn hard, and the lesson seems to be to I know

Re: Freelance cooperatives (was: Recruitment Consultant Database)

2003-03-04 Thread Peter Sergeant
seek out like-minded company, for inspiration and moral support if nothing else. I'm looking for successful examples to follow, and potential allies. Well I have been thinking about making the jump for a long time, but I am finding it very hard todo so. But eventually I want to start my