Re: CRUDdy DBIC question

2012-01-23 Thread Zbigniew Łukasiak
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Bob MacCallum uncool...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the Perl question. We have a database model where the master copy of the data is file based. Is there some DBIx::Class magic which does some kind of nested update_or_create_or_delete?  For example, an

Re: OT: HTTP server that binds tcp6

2012-01-23 Thread Jesse Vincent
On Jan 18, 2012, at 6:42 AM, Roger Burton West wrote: I have a handy short program which is built on top of HTTP::Server::Simple. That's fine, but now people want IPv6 support. Is there a convenient server backend which offers this? I've just been looking at POE::Component::Server::HTTP

Re: CRUDdy DBIC question

2012-01-23 Thread Toby Wintermute
On 20 January 2012 01:00, Bob MacCallum uncool...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the Perl question. We have a database model where the master copy of the data is file based. Is there some DBIx::Class magic which does some kind of nested update_or_create_or_delete?  For example, an object might

YAPC::Europe is 20-22 August in Frankfurt

2012-01-23 Thread Nicholas Clark
YAPC::Europe now has dates! It's Monday 20th to Wednesday 22nd August (in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) It's at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität, which isn't that far from the central station, and (like the rest of Frankfurt) is 120km from the lie that Ryanair fly to. Location:

Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Smylers
Hello. Anybody like to recommend a laptop? (Or a sane website for searching for laptops by criteria I care about, rather than first making me pick which sub-brand of laptop I want or define what sort of customer I am?) I'm hoping that finding somebody who already owns something along the

Re: OT: HTTP server that binds tcp6

2012-01-23 Thread Roger Burton West
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 03:51:17PM -0800, Jesse Vincent wrote: I _believe_ there's a subclass of HTTP::Server::Simple that supports v6 well up on CPAN. There are also patches to HTTP::Server::Simple in a ticket in rt.cpan.org. The patches on CPAN don't work with the current Debian/stable

Re: [ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 26th January 2012

2012-01-23 Thread Leon Brocard
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:06:58PM +, Leon Brocard wrote: The next technical meeting will be on the 26th January 2012 from 7pm to 9pm (you may arrive earlier, please sign in at the reception). You have to sign up to attend, see below. It will be hosted by NET-A-PORTER.COM and held at

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Andrew Jones
On 23 January 2012 12:51, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: The ThinkPad X220 also looks plausible. Anybody able to report on the touchpad? Or whether they off warranty extensions to 4 years? I have the X220. The touchpad seems OK to me. I can only compare it to the Asus Eee 901, as they are

RE: CRUDdy DBIC question

2012-01-23 Thread Chris Jack
Bob MacCallum uncool...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the Perl question. We have a database model where the master copy of the data is file based. Is there some DBIx::Class magic which does some kind of nested update_or_create_or_delete? For example, an object might initially be written

Re: CRUDdy DBIC question

2012-01-23 Thread Bob MacCallum
Thanks everyone for the replies - for some reason I only saw them today. On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Chris Jack chris_j...@msn.com wrote: You could use something like DBM and there's a section in the Perl Cookbook on using tie with objects but... I really question the desirability of

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Smylers
Andrew Jones writes: On 23 January 2012 12:51, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: The ThinkPad X220 also looks plausible. Anybody able to report on the touchpad? Or whether they off warranty extensions to 4 years? I have the X220. The touchpad seems OK to me. Thanks. My main problem

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Joel Bernstein
On 23 January 2012 19:17, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: I realize that I stupidly omitted to state that I'll be running Ubuntu on whatever I buy. Surely not on a Macbook Air though? It ships with a far superior desktop OS. /joel

Re: YAPC::Europe is 20-22 August in Frankfurt

2012-01-23 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
Yay! On another note, how do I stop myself from showing up wearing this awesome T-shirt: http://hipsterhitler.com/store/batter-of-the-bulge-t-shirt/ -Mallory On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:36:21AM +, Nicholas Clark wrote: YAPC::Europe now has dates! It's Monday 20th to Wednesday 22nd August

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Smylers
Joel Bernstein writes: On 23 January 2012 19:17, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: I realize that I stupidly omitted to state that I'll be running Ubuntu on whatever I buy. Surely not on a Macbook Air though? Yes. I'm currently running Ubuntu, on a laptop which needs replacing. It's

Re: YAPC::Europe is 20-22 August in Frankfurt

2012-01-23 Thread Joel Bernstein
On 23 January 2012 19:37, Mallory van Achterberg stommep...@stommepoes.nl wrote: On another note, how do I stop myself from showing up wearing this awesome T-shirt: http://hipsterhitler.com/store/batter-of-the-bulge-t-shirt/ Nice shirt, but they used too many typefaces. Should've stuck with

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
Hi, Whenever you find what you like, let us know. When looking for a 13 laptop last fall things sucked... if you wanted Linux. I ended up with a Sony Vaio VPC SB2 series, with problems. Why: Many of the cheaper laptops I would have considered ran Optimus. Optimus is great... if you run Windows.

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Peter Edwards
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:51:48PM +, Smylers wrote: Hello. Anybody like to recommend a laptop? Most of our team are using Mac Book Air or Pro. That's been a painless experience, good for development, also great for face to face demos and feedback from internal customers. Two developers

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 06:47:12PM +, Smylers wrote: Joel Bernstein writes: On 23 January 2012 19:17, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: I realize that I stupidly omitted to state that I'll be running Ubuntu on whatever I buy. Surely not on a Macbook Air though? Yes. I'm

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Smylers
Mallory van Achterberg writes: Hi, Whenever you find what you like, let us know. Will do. Dell are currently un-impressing with their sales team. A Senior Business Consultant had recently mailed asking if I had any IT requirements (presumably cos they have my address from previous purchases),

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Smylers
Nicholas Clark writes: On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 06:47:12PM +, Smylers wrote: I'm not looking to change OSes right now though, and would rather put up with the infelicities I'm used to rather than have a whole bunch of unfamiliar ones inflicted on me. The cynic in me can't resist

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 08:50:45PM +, Smylers wrote: Thanks for the advice -- dis-recommendations like this are also useful. (Also I've never been keen on giving Sony money since the root-kit audio CD incident, thought that's probably irrational of me to hold that against an entirely

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Peter Edwards
On 23 January 2012 19:17, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: I realize that I stupidly omitted to state that I'll be running Ubuntu on whatever I buy. Surely not on a Macbook Air though? Use VirtualBox full screen and then deploy/break/OMFG/reinstall of Ubuntu won't b0rk

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Dirk Koopman
On 23/01/12 22:00, Peter Edwards wrote: On 23 January 2012 19:17, Smylerssmyl...@stripey.com wrote: I realize that I stupidly omitted to state that I'll be running Ubuntu on whatever I buy. I have found that Acer laptops work reasonably well under Ubuntu (or Xubuntu as I use). They

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread Kieren Diment
On 24/01/2012, at 9:56 AM, the hatter wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Smylers wrote: Is two-finger scrolling any good (when it works, obviously)? I've never had a system where that was an option. It will become instinctive in a very short time. You will curse and swear and question the

Re: Laptop Recommendation

2012-01-23 Thread David Dorward
On 23 Jan 2012, at 22:56, the hatter wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Smylers wrote: Is two-finger scrolling any good (when it works, obviously)? I've never had a system where that was an option. It will become instinctive in a very short time. You will curse and swear and question the