Perl module Device::SerialPort is our friend.
As is Clipboard, IO::All, Spiffy
Trying to talk to a Sartorius precision balance. Speaks over Serial/USB cable.
Dang, there was supposed to be more here to serve as documentation. Now, months later, I have forgotten it all…
Here is at least the shell of the code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Data::Dumper;
use DBI;
use Device::SerialPort;
use Time::HiRes qw(usleep);
use CGI;
$query=new CGI;
print [...]

A long circuitous path, but in the end — sucess!
Started off with darwinports, but that only got us 0.6.8 (current as of this writing was 0.6.27).
Then tried Fink. That got us up to 0.6.13
dating
Tried that version agains a LG phone. It wrked, but the LG phonewasn’t a GSM phome, and thus didnt understand the [...]

When last we left this project, most things were working except freetype/truetype text used in dynamic graphs and maps

 On paper, this seems easy. Just move 70 GB of images and a dozen database tables to a brand new mac, and we’re done.
Well, not quite…
Step 1: prepare the mac out of the box
This was mostly straight-forward; however, I did a couple of things a little different hoping it would minimize problems down the road.
 
First, [...]

Script problems and solutions discussed with Sean Dempsey.

Finished LDAP-mediawiki configuration, taught it how to authorize based on LDAP ou, added documentation o same to wiki project log

Script consulting for Rob@CTL (perl and php issues)

client asked
Hey all… I need to run a shell script on Zoo via PHP, and was trying to use the PHP exec() function. The script will manipulate some images using ImageMagick. Everything works fine when calling the script from the command-line. I’m having trouble, however, running it via PHP The .sh file is owend [...]

Student asked about 
I need to find the "virtual directory value relative from the root" ofmy website.
Long reply:
‘"virtual directory value relative from the root" of my website. ‘ may have several interpretations, and may have different values and meanings depending upon the context and the server environment.
For example, you could use the PHP Magic Constant
    [...]

Colleauge had troubles amking wiki go. I found solutions (bad version of LocalSettings.php).

Solved mediawiki/php/systems problem for cmoran

Worked on dynamically generated SMIL file to display rando student works on the big CMD 50" plasma display.

Client asked
I am working with two grad students who have created 3 Perseus surveys, and they areready to go.  They would like to use php to restrict who can take each survey.  Thestudents are from both UVM and St. Mike’s.  They want to know if php could use emailaddresses instead of netid’s.  Thanks.

Short answer is [...]

updated these scripts to accept a simple start date and end date.
I have also added a script (and data, too!) for the Proctor Maple Research Center
Basic scripts:

Colchester Reef
Mansfield West
Diamond Island
Proctor maple

Referenced as-is, they return the last 24 data points for each station.
Optional parameters:
    n_points   :  return this many data points    date       :  return data for [...]

Helpline wrote
They have a quiz on their website (cdci\prlc\quiz) that was developed 6yrs. ago. He would like to change an auto msg. that follows the quiz. He goes to PHPquiz admin. when he hits save error msg. says denied.
The problem stems from who owns" the files in the ~cdci/prlc/quiz/ folder. Advised client and helpline