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Monday, August 5, 2013
Perl Developer - Permanent - London
Job Description:
Perl Developer
Location: London, W12
NET-A-PORTER
What we have to offer is unique; you will be joining a truly Agile team Embedded within the business; this is an opportunity to establish a close relationship with our product owners and users and make a real difference in a fast-paced pure-play retail environment.
Our leading edge infrastructure allows us to deliver value to our business every iteration, which means you will immediately be able to contribute and make an positive impact to our business.
Our success means we are looking for the best software developers to take our platform and product forward. In return you will be exposed to the latest technologies, frameworks & methodologies in application development.
NET-A-PORTER launched in June 2000 and has since successfully established itself as the world?s premier luxury online fashion retailer.?? With its acclaimed editorial format, express worldwide shipping to 170 countries, luxurious packaging and easy returns, NET-A-PORTER offers an unparalleled shopping experience.? NET-A-PORTER is the flagship brand from the NET-A-PORTER group which comprises theOutnet , the most fashionable fashion outlet, and MRPORTER , the global men?s style destination.
The Role:?
- Work closely with other team members and the Business Analysis, Project
- Management, QA and Technical Operations teams
- Develop a good understanding of business requirements
- Write technical specs
- Ensure that work is well-planned, estimated, implemented, tested, and documented
- Build high quality web applications
- Provide 3rd line support of production systems (in-hours)
- Identify and help plan improvements to systems
- Review other team member?s work
- Mentor junior members of the team
- Keep up with industry trends and experiment with new tools, technologies & development methods with a view to adopting best practices that fit the business
Required Skills & Experience:?
- Able to investigate & trouble-shoot technical issues
- Able to rapidly and effectively context-switch
- Operating Systems: Linux & Windows
- Server Side development in Perl
- SQL/RDBMS
- HTML, CSS & Javascript
- Version control systems
Desirable Skills & Experience:
Experience of any of the following will be useful but training will be provided to the right candidate.?
- Able to build high-quality web applications
- Able to develop web-based web-based user interfaces (HTML, CSS) & APIs (JSON & XML)
- Knowledge of CPAN modules and frameworks, particularly:
DBI, DBIx:Class, Catalyst, Template Toolkit and Moose
- Experience building and testing high-availability applications
Understanding of:?
- Perl & Linux conventions
- Message queues (ideally ActiveMQ)
- Perl testing frameworks
- Refactoring
- SQL (ideally Postgres/MySQL)
- Version Control Systems (SVN, SVK, P4, VSS, Git etc)
- Apache/FCGI & MOD Perl
Exposure to:?
- AJAX & Javascript, & JS frameworks (jQuery, YUI)
- Agile development methodologies
- Some knowledge of Java would be useful
We are looking for candidates that:?
- Are passionate about software development
- Are good communicators with good writing skills
- Have a healthy dose of common sense and initiative
- Have a great sense of humour and attitude
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE
Source: http://jobs.techweekeurope.co.uk/101800/perl-developer/
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
PlayStation 4 Leads The Way In Video Game Console Energy Efficiency
Anticipation mounts as the next generation of video game systems are starting to hit the market, promising more realistic graphics, better sound and a more movie-like experience.
Last year, Nintendo released the Wii U, the successor to the Wii. This fall, Sony will release the PlayStation 4, while Microsoft enters the ring with Xbox One.
But with all those shiny new gaming consoles comes a question: Which system is the most energy-efficient system on the market and waste the least amount of energy.
The good people at Enervee?have provided the answer:
With the tests being completed and the numbers crunched, its Sony who comes out the winner.?The PlayStation 4 out of a scale from 0 to 100 (100 being the top mark) received an efficiency score of 100.?Xbox One, was second at 96,?Ouya???an Android operating system micro console ? was third with a score of 78, while the?Nintendo Wii U has a ranking of 67, even below next generation systems.
Older systems??rank even lower on the energy efficiency scale: PlayStation 3 Slim 500GB has a rating of 69; the Wii finishes with 65; Xbox 360 at 63 out of 100; and last on the scale was the PlayStation 3 Slim 320 GB at 62.
While Enervee does give a very through list of environmental performance for electronics, its not the only website out their if you are looking for the greenest video game system or electronics.?Greenpeace every fall publishes their??Guide to Greener Electronics??which provides a comprehensive ranking of the best in eco-friendly gadgets.
Are video games the energy wasting vulture that many within the environmental community complain about? Or as the new generation of systems come out, starting to turn face??What do you people think?
About the Author
Adam Johnston A University of Winnipeg graduate who received a three year B.A. with a combined major in Economics and Rhetoric, Writing & Communications. Currently attempting to be a freelance social media coordinator. My eventual goal is to be a clean tech policy analyst down the road while I sharpen my skills as a renewable energy writer. Currently working on a book on clean tech and how to relate it to a broader audience. You can follow me on Twitter @adamjohnstonwpg or at www.adammjohnston.wordpress.com
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Bob Hope's legacy as entertainer of U.S. troops celebrated at National World War II Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Bob Hope, who grew up in Cleveland and call it his hometown, entertained 11 presidents at the White House, hosted the Academy Awards 19 times and told thousands of jokes to some 10 million U.S. troops over the course of four wars.
Now the long life and legacy of the beloved actor and comedian, who died 10 years ago at age 100, is being celebrated at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, where the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum has brought the "Bob Hope: An American Treasure" traveling exhibition.
More than 160 mementos from Hope's life capture his passion for golf, relationships with presidents, pride in his country and appreciation for military service. The exhibit officially opens to the public Saturday, though a soft opening will be held Friday during regular museum hours.
The exhibit includes vintage photographs of Hope entertaining troops at USO shows overseas, an honorary Oscar statuette and PGA of America money clip. But the highlight is Hope's jokes, which are printed on displays and included in video clips throughout the exhibit.
"It was important to make it funny," said Jack Peter, senior vice president of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, who was in New Orleans for the opening. "That was one of the requests of the family."
And funny it is.
"I left England when I found out I couldn't be king" is the Hope quote in the section of the exhibit about his immigration to America from England as a young boy.
"He was very proud to be an American immigrant, that he was able to come here and succeed, and he wanted to give something back," said Anthony "Tony" Montalto, Hope's longtime accountant, who over the decades became a good friend and remains a trustee of Hope's estate.
There are pictures and jokes of Hope's time spent playing golf with presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and others.
"He's played golf with more presidents than just about anybody," Peter said.
The exhibit also includes a plaque of Hope's induction into the U.S. Blind Golf Association Hall of Fame and his name tag proclaiming him an "active member."
"When I miss a shot, I just think what a beautiful day it is ... then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That's what gives me the strength to break the club," Hope is quoted as saying.
Jokes aside, the exhibit also captures Hope's appreciation for military service. There are pictures of him shaking hands with injured troops, some who had lost limbs but had smiles on their faces. There are pictures and video of Hope entertaining on stage during World War II, Vietnam and other wars.
"This brings another aspect of the war that we're not always able to tell through our permanent exhibits," said Toni Kiser, the National WWII Museum's curator who put the exhibit together. "It was really important to the troops to get rest and relaxation, and not only did they love to be entertained with music and comedy, it was necessary for them to have that down time, to not be in fight mode the entire time."
Hope, it seemed, knew that.
"I have seen what a laugh can do," he is quoted as saying, in the exhibit space with pictures of him with wounded troops. "It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful."
The exhibit will remain on display in New Orleans through Oct. 31.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/08/bob_hopes_legacy_as_entertaine.html
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Feeling left out can lead to risky financial decisions
[unable to retrieve full-text content]People who feel isolated are more inclined to make risker financial decisions for bigger payoffs, according to new research.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/hS7_mWq1qGU/130801180300.htm
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Oil drilling begins despite anti-fracking protests
Cuadrilla exploratory oil drilling in West Sussex begins despite nine days consecutive protests at site
Energy company Cuadrilla has started exploratory oil drilling in West Sussex despite anti-fracking protests entering a ninth day.
The project has been subject to days of delays due to the high-profile protests aimed at preventing the delivery of trucks and equipment to the plant.
A Cuadrilla spokesman said: "We started test drilling at 11.15am, and we will do a 3,000ft vertical well. We will be there for two to three months."
Campaigners fear the project at Lower Stumble, near Balcombe, West Sussex, could lead Cuadrilla to go on to conduct hydraulic fracturing.
The controversial method of ?fracking? involves high pressure liquid being pumped deep underground to split shale rock and release gas supplies.
Opponents of fracking have highlighted concerns about potential water contamination and environmental damage, as well as small-scale earthquakes.
Police have had to throw up a daily security operation around the test site's entrance with more than 30 people arrested since last Friday, mainly on suspicion of obstructing deliveries, including Natalie Hynde, 30, the daughter of the Kinks' Ray Davies and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde.
Natalie Hynde's boyfriend, veteran eco campaigner Simon "Sitting Bull" Medhurst, 55, was also held after the pair superglued their hands together around the gate for around two hours.
This week Cuadrilla's chief executive, Francis Egan, reacted to concerns surrounding the drilling by saying his firm has "no intention of ruining the countryside and won't ruin the countryside".
Mr Egan insisted fracking was safe and would not pose a threat to the public or people's drinking water.
He said "significant" amounts of oil and gas could be made available through fracking in the UK, but acknowledged his firm's activities had been delayed as a result of protests against its exploratory drilling activities in West Sussex.
Source: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/oil-drilling-begins-despite-anti-fracking-5432558
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BBC Sport app comes to Kindle Fire, now lets you filter out Chelsea news
iOS users already had access to the BBC Sport app's customizable "quick links" feature, which provides more direct access to favorite sports, but an update has just taken the idea a bit further. Quick links now work across Android and the freshly-minted Kindle Fire version too, and they additionally allow you to filter news according to which football club(s) you want to follow and which bits of multi-million-pound transfer gossip you'd rather just ignore. Other, more general improvements include refreshed indexes for a total of 41 different sports and greater prominence given to major tournaments like Formula 1 and the Ashes. If you want to check out the app on a Kindle Fire or Fire HD, you'll need to be in the UK -- an international version is still in the works and will be "available soon." There's a hat-trick of relevant download links below.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Internet, Amazon
Source: Amazon Appstore, Google Play, iTunes
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ZbGFzQmxeow/
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IBIS Can Do What the Da Vinci Does (But for 90 Percent Less)
If Playing God taught us anything, it's that surgeons with shaky hands and crippling prescription painkiller addictions are not long for their profession. That's why robots like the Da Vinci
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Kiks Add Stickers and Third-Party Games - The Next Web
Kik, the messaging service with more than 50 million registered users, has been vocal with its plans to introduce third-party games and content at some point, and now the moment has come after the?Canada-headquartered startup quietly updated its iOS?and Android apps to add stickers and its first third-party game (from Zynga).
Rich-emoticon-like stickers are fast becoming a global craze,?having netted Japanese app Line?$17 million in revenue?earlier this year, while Path has seen financial gains from stickers too. Social gaming platforms ? which hook titles in to messaging apps to allow for multi-player games and social sharing ? are also generating money, and Line?s own gaming service is a major reason it is tipped to make $85 million in revenue during Q2 2013.
It isn?t just Line that is making money. Korea?s Kakao Talk grossed $311 million from games alone in the first half of 2013. These successes led Tango to become the first US-based messenger to introduce games in June, although Kik?s games platform is more open than to the others? because it is HTLM5-based.
Zygna, while a company in turmoil, remains a huge name in the mobile gaming space, and this is the first time that it has created a game for a mobile messaging platform, Kik confirms.
Kik has provided its own games?for some time, and titles from TreSensa, a one-year old company that specializes in HTML5 (cross-platform) games and recently raised a $1 million angel funding round, will come soon, according to the app update.
The Zynga game is ?One Word?, in which users solve word puzzles based on images. Scores and challenges can be shared with friends on Kik. It isn?t a blockbuster like other Zynga games, but it is an interesting partnership and the exclusivity hints at more releases in the future.
Kik?s sticker shop is somewhat hidden and can be accessed within the emoticon section of a chat window.
Currently the service offers three sticker packs, one for free and two others priced at ?1.49 (it appears to be $1.99, but we can?t confirm US pricing just yet.) The sets include South Park, which look like another exclusive for Kik.
Landing a Zynga exclusive is certainly a very interesting development. Zynga has made (and arguably lost, to a point) its fortune on social gaming, so its decision to explore messaging apps is a sizable validation for the industry as a content platform, and obviously also Kik as a service.
The startup made a move towards games and content when it launched its HTML5 ?Cards? platform last November, allowing users to pull up YouTube videos, sketch, search images and more from inside the app. Speaking at the time,?Livingston admitted the move was a first step towards finally monetizing the service.
Kik isn?t providing comment on its new app update ? although it has confirmed some aspects of the new features to us ? but Livingston has made it very clear that gaming is a part of Kik?s future in the past. During an interview with TNW back in April,?he said:
The success of Kakao Talk and our own game shows the potential. Every games company in the world has reached out to us, and we?re working with a number of gaming companies to build a mobile-only platform.
April saw the company net $19.5 million in fresh funding to power its move into content, and we shall see how this is used to further today?s developments.
With stickers and gaming primarily finding adoption and drawing revenue in Asia to date, it will be interesting to see how Kik?s user base ? which is predominantly in North America and Europe ? will receive the new features.
Facebook added free stickers to its service this year, and it just launched a new program that sees it work closely with game makers on mobile.
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