The Perl programming language and concurrent processing (Part 2)
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Bi-directional communication example with perl and forks Continue reading
The Perl programming language and concurrent processing with IPC
A simple example how to use the Proc::Fork::Control module with Inter-Process Communication (IPC) Continue reading
Imagemagick
Imagemagick can calculate the best resolution and quality for JPEG type files with the -define jpeg:extent=SIZE optional argument. An example of this would be to reduce the size of a multi-megapixel image by half and targeting a desired maximum file … Continue reading
IMDB::JSON
I’ve just written and published a new module to CPAN for you perl folk. It’s IMDB::JSON which is a simple library that will find, and return data on movies, etc. from IMDB in either perl hash reference data type or … Continue reading
Microsoft Outlook 2016… Sigh…
As part of my day to day work I find my self forced into a Windows 7, Microsoft Office environment. This is already painful enough having to slog through the crippling security restrictions imposed on me by corporate InfoSec and … Continue reading
SSL, Finally!
So I’ve noticed that my el’cheapo hosting provider now provides SSL service for those who enable it, via Let’s Encrypt and I’m taking advantage, so UNIXgr is now an https haver.
Epison scanners and Windows 10
Today, after the July 2018 Patch Tuesday session for my wife’s Surface tablet she started complaining about everything locking up and her computer crashing. This was a problem because she had a large number of documents to scan in, which … Continue reading
Disabling systemd-resolvd service on Ubuntu systems
What is systemd-resolved? systemd-resolved acts as a systemd based DNS proxy system which has intelligent request handling both from a D-BUS interface as well as a DNS server to intercept traditional network lookups. It performs this task by setting a … Continue reading
XPS 13 and M3800
So very recently my beloved 2013 era XPS 13 developer edition finally failed. The HID controller failed and that’s pretty much it for these things. As a result of this I ended up switching back to my spare laptop (well … Continue reading
Kubuntu 17.10
Well I finally decided I wanted to upgrade KDE on my personal machine so I did. I’m very impressed.. Kubuntu 17.10 runs great on my system, I love some of the andriodesk features such as true gamma control, and a … Continue reading