#  You've been working with Slashcode since 2000. How did you get involved with that?

Slashdot based in Michigan, bought by Andover.Net based in Acton MA

lived in Boston

late 1999

Boston Perl Mongers mailing list, before jobs.perl.org

shortly after, bought by what is now VA Software, run by OSTG

# What is the architecture of Slashcode?

LAMP

Apache 1/mod_perl, perl 5.6-5.8, MySQL 4

# Slashcode is the code that powers Slashdot. Which came first, the Slashcode project or Slashdot?

# You are an editor for the Mac section of Slashdot.

    * How many submissions do you have to dredge through each day?

    * Have you had any insanely pissed off submitters who had thier stories rejected?

# Slashcode also powers Use Perl, which is a popular hangout for Perl coders. How did this get started?

The Perl Institute (TPI) - Chip Salzenberg - Perl News - news.perl.org

spring 2000, started use.perl.org, which OSTG generously hosts

# How many hits does Use Perl get each day?

anywhere from 40-120 thousand, with about 35 thousand RSS

# Every comment that I submit on Use Perl notifies me that there will be a delay before it shows up. Is there someone checking and approving these comments before they are public?

# Recently you recruited more editors for Use Perl, which has really increased the amount and currency of news showing up on the main page. Are you still needing any help maintaining the site?

# I've been looking for a good RSS feed of user journals on Use Perl and just can't find one. Is it there hidden somewhere or is Slashcode not RSS enabled?

http://use.perl.org/faq.shtml#TheSite6

# There are more and more Macs now at Perl conferences. You say that you've primarily used Mas OS for over 15 years. Is this because it is what you learned first or is there some other reason?

# You are the current maintainer of MacPerl. With OSX being released, is there a future for MacPerl?

# What is Mac::Carbon?