Perl Computers & Programming

View your printer's secret dots (fingerprints)

How to view your printer's secret dots (fingerprints)

Instead of watch CSI, employ your own technology investigation skills at home by determining your printers fingerprints. They don't have "real" fingerprints, but all printers do have a secret code ...

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Access blocked websites

How to access blocked websites

Subvert that pesky firewall and access the sites that make work tolerable! MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, err.... porn. Go for it, with this handy trick from JimmyR.

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Check & fix your address on Google Maps

How to check & fix your address on Google Maps

This may be a no-brainer for some people, but I had no idea you could change where an address showed up on Google Maps. I don't know how many times I've seen that little green arrow pointing to the wrong ...

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Build a mineral oil cooled computer

How to build a mineral oil cooled computer

Fish are out. Computer guts are in. That's the new aquarium. In today's technological world, nobody wants to see little fishies swimming around anymore. They want to see the inner pride of their computer ...

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Fix a wet laptop

How to fix a wet laptop

We're all prone to dropping our cell phones into the toilet, but our computers… noooooo. It's impossible, right? Nope, think about all of those hazardous liquids and conditions that might seriously damage ...

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How to work with arrays in Perl

Work with arrays in Perl

A comprehensive Perl Tutorial covering how to work with arrays when Perl scripting including how to create, print, grow, shrink and empty an ...more

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How to create a method=get web form with Perl

Create a method=get web form with Perl

This is Perl Tutorial shows how to create a form for the web where method=get and how to parse the form and print out data.

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How to create arrayas of arrays

Create arrayas of arrays

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create and use multidimensional arrays of arrays.

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How to create arrays of hashes with Perl

Create arrays of hashes with Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create and use multidimensional arrays of hashes.

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How to create function templates with Perl

Create function templates with Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create function templates using closures. This is a bit like generating subroutines on the fly.

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How to create hard references to variables in Perl

Create hard references to variables in Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create hard references to variables, arrays, hashes and subroutines and how to de-reference those references ...more

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How to create hashes of arrays with Perl

Create hashes of arrays with Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create and use multidimensional hashes of arrays.

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How to create hashes of hashes with Perl

Create hashes of hashes with Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create and use multidimensional hashes of hashes.

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How to create references using the symbol table in Perl

Create references using the symbol table in Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to create references and de-reference ...more

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How to determine data type with the ref operator in Perl

Determine data type with the ref operator in Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to use the ref operator to determine the ...more

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How to download a website using Perl

Download a website using Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to use several modules to download multiple web pages to HTML files to view offline on your computer or to ...more

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How to pass multiple arrays to sub by reference in Perl

Pass multiple arrays to sub by reference in Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to pass and return multiple arrays to a ...more

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How to read arguments passed to subroutines in Perl

Read arguments passed to subroutines in Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows some of the ways to read arguments passed to subroutines.

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How to read typed input in Perl with STDIN

Read typed input in Perl with STDIN

This Perl Tutorial shows how to read typed input with STDIN.

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How to store dta structures on a disk with Perl

Store dta structures on a disk with Perl

This Perl Tutorial shows how to store data structures on disk with the storable module and how to retrieve them later.

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How to upload a Perl script to a server

Upload a Perl script to a server

This Perl Tutorial shows the steps to take to upload a perl script to your server. Ascii mode, chmod files and folders.

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How to use closures when Perl scripting

Use closures when Perl scripting

The Perl Tutorial explains the use of closures to initialize a subroutine with data before using it and retain the scope of lexical ...more

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How to use function calls inside regular expressions in Perl

Use function calls inside regular expressions in Perl

This Perl Tutorial demonstrates how to use function calls and ...more

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How to use hash functions when Perl scripting

Use hash functions when Perl scripting

This Perl Tutorial series shows you how to use has functions including: 1.)The exists, defined and delete functions. 2.)How to reverse the ...more

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How to use regular expressions when Perl scripting

Use regular expressions when Perl scripting

This Perl Tutorial demonstrates some regular expressions such as matching the beginning and end of a line, match a digit, match a word ...more

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Perl (107 how-to videos)

Human Powered Ferris Wheel

According to Google's (albeit rough) translation from French to English: "A big wheel in India that does not work with an engine but using human power. Men throw themselves in front of the wheel ...

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

Geek-Shooting Rubberband Machine Gun

It's the idea that counts. This geeky rubberband machine gun is pretty sweet looking... but I wish it had a little more force. The gun can very quickly shoot (200!) rubberbands, but it just tumbles ...

4 Years in the Making: Insane Papercraft City

Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean".  The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...

Jetman Flys Over Atlantic with DIY Wings - Plummets!

Yves Rossy, AKA Jetman, attempted to fly across the Atantic from Morocco to Spain yesterday. His homemade, jet powered wings "span 8 feet and are powered by four kerosene-fueled jet engines ...

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