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Author: Peter Karman (Page 55 of 76)

Maker of lunches.
Teller of stories.
Singer of songs.
Crafter of code.
Kicker of darkness.

Catalyst

Catalyst is a MVC framework for Perl web application development. It’s similar in concept to Ruby on Rails (for Ruby) and Apache Struts (for Java). It’s been on my TODO list for nearly a year. I’ve started using it this week and am very impressed.

Here’s a good introductory article on what Catalyst is and an example application (using Ajax! so sexy!).

Other useful Catalyst links:

I call it “cattle-lust” just for fun. There’s a certain mad cow in every web developer.

Eugene McCarthy

Today is Eugene McCarthy’s 90th birthday. It’s also my 34th birthday. MPR broadcast a retrospective on McCarthy’s life today on my midday commute to my accountant’s office. Death, taxes, birthdays, politics, and two men named Eugene (that’s what the E in pek stands for). I found the stories about the Vietnam vets’ interactions with McCarthy to be especially moving.

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