Object::eBay version 0.1.0

After more than a year, I've released a new version of Object::eBay to the CPAN. The module should be available on your local CPAN mirror sometime soon. Until then, you can browse the source or view the changes.

These changes are part of the preparations for a new feature on Video Game Price Charts. When the feature is released (hopefully by the end of June), I'll announce it on the VGPC blog.

VPN Tracker 5 and Adium

VPN Tracker 5 has a feature that lets you automatically run an arbitrary shell script or AppleScript when you connect or disconnect a VPN connection. I have a client who has a VPN and an internal Jabber server. Before I disconnect from their VPN, I want to tell Adium to disconnect from the Jabber server. To do that, do this:

1. In VPN Tracker, select the VPN connection and choose the Actions tab
2. Under VPN Shutdown Actions, choose Execute AppleScript.
3. Save this script as a file somewhere:

   tell application "Adium" to go offline account "michael@chat.example.com"

4. Click Path and select the file
5. Now you can click the Execute button to make sure it worked

This works with VPN Tracker version 5.2.2 and Adium version 1.2.5