Nagiosgraph 1.0.0 Offers New Approaches
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more »Perl: Retouching Photos Retouching with Perl
Aug 31, 2008In many cases, whole series of digital images need the same kind of modifications, which forces the photo-grapher to repeat the same steps time and time again in GIMP. Have you ever considered retouching in Perl?
more »Perl: Call Waiting Alternative call waiting service with Perl
Jul 15, 2008If you can’t get through to your home number, a script can check the line status and send a signal to you via the Web to tell you when the line is free.
more »Perl: Perl Debugger Digging down into Perl hood with the debugger
Jul 11, 2008The Perl interpreter, perl, doesn’t often crash, but if it happens, not even the excellent Perl debugger will be able to help you.
more »Perl: Monitoring MAC Addresses Monitoring LAN devices with Perl
Jul 11, 2008They say darkness is the friend of thieves, but the Perl daemon in this month’s column illuminates dastardly deeds, exposing hidden activities and alerting the admin when things seem to be going awry.
more »Perl: Linux-based Gardening Do-it-yourself, Perl-controlled irrigation system
Jul 10, 2008In this month’s Perl column, we will introduce a system to water your plants while you are away from home. With a little help from Perl, a friendly, Linux-based irrigation system waters your plants twice a day.
more »Perl: X10 Module A remote control to reset your router
Jul 08, 2008My low-budget router has just crashed, and there is no way to reset the beast remotely via a network. Never fear – an X10 module, controlled by a web GUI with an Ajax interface, can actuate the mains switch.
more »Perl: Optical Character Recognition Do-it-yourself OCR with Perl modules
Jul 07, 2008SecurID tokens use an authentication system by RSA Security to give the user a valid key for logging onto the target system. A home-grown optical character recognition tool in Perl monitors the key generator.
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