################################################### # WARNING: Do not edit this file! # If you do the changes will be lost! # Instead edit the corresponding .txt file and run make.pl # # Don't forget to commit the changes to both .txt and the generated # .pod to svn, since others won't run the local make.pl #################################################### =head1 NAME Christmas Lights Webcam =head1 alek (at) komar.org exclaimed: =over =item * Date: Fri May 27 13:21:18 CDT 2005 =item * URL: http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/xmas_webcam =back Alek Komarnitsky (http://www.komar.org/) used mod_perl for his christmas lights webcam that got worldwide attention as bazillions of surfers not only viewed his thousands of holiday lights, but turned them on and off via the Internet. In 2002 and 2003, he had used regular CGI/Perl, which choked under heavy load such as being Slashdotted. So for 2004, he converted to mod_perl and ApacheBench testing showed a 5 fold increase in the number of sustainable connections/second - "why didn't I do this earlier!" While Alek finally had to disclose that it was all a fun little hoax (http://www.komar.org/xmas/hoax/), the use of mod_perl was real and enabled a single 2.4 Xeon running Linux/Apache to continue providing dynamically generated content (complete with images that "appeared" to be changing) despite a ton of interest (http://www.komar.org/faq/slashdot-effect/2004-christmas/). While he doesn't know if Santa uses mod_perl, it was certainly helpful in Alek's attempt to provide some christmas cheer (http://www.komar.org/xmas/email_santa/2004-christmas/) to people around the world. =cut