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  1. Re:One Big LAME by pudge · · Score: 1 · on Apple Rolls Out AirPort Express, AirTunes
    You want Mac::Glue. That module is fairly slow and unsupported, and won't be extended to talk to AirTunes (unless it is ported to Mac::Glue anyway, likely).
    use Mac::Glue ':all';
    my $itunes = new Mac::Glue 'iTunes';
    my $track = $itunes->prop('current track'); # will always point to whatever is current track
    my $artist = $track->prop('artist'); # will always point to current track's artist
    print $artist->get;
    $itunes->next_track;
    # etc.
    I have an X-Chat Aqua script which does all this; it's fairly trivial to extend it to working for a mod_perl interface, except the part about getting your http server running as the current user, or root (else Apple events won't work). And from there, pretty trivial to extend it to talking to AirTunes ... assuming Apple provides that access in iTunes' aete, which is a pretty big presumption.
  2. Re:not just wifi weaknesses - xor obfuscation by pudge · · Score: 1 · on Security Vulnerability in Apple's AirPort Base Station

    The Users & Groups passwords in Mac OS have the same problem. I wrote a MacPerl script (and a Unix perl script) that can quickly show you the usernames and passwords of all users on a Mac OS system (the MacPerl version gets the users automatically, from the host system, while the Unix version has to guess). Apple never bothered to fix it. Sometimes it seems they don't care about security unless a lot of people scream about it.

  3. Re:not just wifi weaknesses - xor obfuscation by pudge · · Score: 1 · on Security Vulnerability in Apple's AirPort Base Station

    The Users & Groups passwords in Mac OS have the same problem. I wrote a MacPerl script (and a Unix perl script) that can quickly show you the usernames and passwords of all users on a Mac OS system (the MacPerl version gets the users automatically, from the host system, while the Unix version has to guess). Apple never bothered to fix it. Sometimes it seems they don't care about security unless a lot of people scream about it.

  4. Prior Art by pudge · · Score: 4, Informative · on Paging Eliza: Patenting IM Bots
    I wrote aoliza_ripoff.plx one week after this patent was applied for, basing it on AOLiza (in purpose, not code, as I didn't have the AOLiza code) which was written (or, at least, in use) a few weeks before the patent was applied for.

    Then there's Net::AIM, which includes this text, from over a year before the patent was applied for:
    # This script is a simple script that creates an aimbot
    # shamelessly adapted from Net::IRC
    Oops.

    And yeah, I figured that AOL had to have bots running for many years on AOL chats and AIM. That's a no-brainer.
  5. Update by BrianGa · · Score: 3, Informative · on MacPerl 5.6.1 Released
    The official MacPerl site, which includes a downloads page, might be of interest.

    Highlights In MacPerl 5.6.1 shows updates include:

    • Update from 5.004 to 5.6.1 sources
    • Update to GUSI 2
    • New and improved Shuck
    • Many bugs fixed
    • More modules and utilities included
  6. Re:MacOSX = iCrap by rebug · · Score: 1 · on Steve Jobs And The Oh-So-Cool iMac

    There was MacPerl and MacVim, but no bash or mysql that I know of. OS 9 was a fonky thing.

    I had dinner with Matthias Neeracher on Thursday night, by the way. How cool is that?