user BooK <P>Me nodes by <a href="/index.pl?node=Perl+Monks+User+Search&usersearch=BooK&orderby=reputation%20DESC">reputation</a>. Me <a href="http://tinymicros.com/pm/index.php?goto=PlotChart&nodeid=21732">XP changes</a>. (<a href="http://www.axis-of-aevil.org/photos/yapc2003/IMG_1656.html">photo by Elaine 'aevil' Ashton)</a> </P>        <P>I am a core member of <A HREF="http://paris.mongueurs.net/">Paris.pm</A> and <A HREF="http://lyon.mongueurs.net/">Lyon.pm</A>, where some of us try to <A HREF="http://paris.mongueurs.net/assombri/">obfuscate</A> <A HREF="http://paris.mongueurs.net/aplusplus.html">even the simpliest things</A>. We also decided that it was too difficult for us to distinguish between the two blue camels; so we named them [id://31583|Fido & Amelia].</P> <P>I translated chapters 3 to 9 of [http://www.ora.com/catalog/pperl3/|Amelia] [http://www.editions-oreilly.fr/catalogue/pperl3.html|in French] for [http://www.editions-oreilly.fr/|O'Reilly France]. ([tortue] translated chapters 10 to 14.) I'm also writing <a href="http://articles.mongueurs.net/magazines/">Perl articles</a> (in French) for <a href="http://www.linuxmag-france.org/">GNU/Linux Magazine France</a>. Recently, I worked on the French translation of <i>Perl Best Practices</i></P> <P>We created the non-profit organization [http://www.mongueurs.net/|Les Mongueurs de Perl] to do something about the popularity of Perl in France, and in French speaking countries. Check [Mongueurs] to see all the french-speaking monks I know of.</P> <p>I am the author of [cpan://Log::Procmail], [cpan://WWW::Gazetteer::HeavensAbove], [cpan://HTTP::Proxy], [cpan://Acme::MetaSyntactic], [cpan://Net::Proxy] and part of the small team that used to work on [cpan://Games::Golf] (but that last project sort of failed). I am also a big fan of [cpan://libwww-perl], but that's probably because I looked too much at the code...</p> <p>My recent pet projet is [cpan://Pod::POM::View::HTML::Filter], which let's one apply stacks of filters to the content of a =begin/=end block. The <a href="http://articles.mongueurs.net/">monthly articles written by Les Mongueurs de Perl</a> are rendered with it.</p> </P> <hr> <P> <A HREF="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1336/sam04030017/">Runner-up</A> at the <A HREF="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1289/sam04020032/">4th Obfuscated Perl Contest</A> (category "Make believe you are another language"), I planned to make even better for the <A HREF="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1273/sam05020012/">5th</A>. And in some ways, I did, being the most cited individual in the <A HREF="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1336/sam05030014/">awards</A> and ending 3<SUP>rd</SUP> ex-æquo with myself -- 4 times! </P>  <p>To make a short story shorter: <a href="http://perlgolf.sf.net/">Perl Golf</a> rules!</p> <P> A few nodes here were savagely obfuscated by me:</P> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <TR><TD VALIGN=TOP> <UL> <LI TYPE=SQUARE>[id://29401] <LI TYPE=CIRCLE>[id://31015] <LI TYPE=DISK>[id://31571] <LI TYPE=CIRCLE>[id://32896] <LI TYPE=DISK>[id://41310] <LI TYPE=SQUARE>[id://45852] </UL> </TD><TD VALIGN=TOP> <UL> <LI TYPE=CIRCLE>[id://55464] <LI TYPE=DISK>[id://58776] <LI TYPE=SQUARE>[id://59718] <LI TYPE=DISK>[id://59888] <LI TYPE=SQUARE>[id://83742] <LI TYPE=DISK>[id://89199] </UL> </TD><TD VALIGN=TOP> <UL> <LI TYPE=CIRCLE>[id://100807] <LI TYPE=SQUARE>[id://133971] <LI TYPE=DISK>[id://164964] <LI TYPE=CIRCLE>[id://164973] </UL> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P>Some time ago I longed for [id://57400]. Well, I know JAPH have their use, but it's time someone sets them apart from <i>pure</i>, artistic obfuscation.</P> <hr> <P>I attended every YAPC::Europe, every French Perl Workshop and every OSCON Europe to date.</P> <UL> <LI>I did attend [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2000/|YAPC::Europe 2000] along with [stefp], [grinder] and [tortue]. And gave a [http://paris.pm.org/assombri/yapc-2000.html|lightning talk on obfuscation].</LI> <LI> [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2001/|YAPC::Europe 2001] in Amsterdam with [OeufMayo], [sniper], [tortue] and a few other [http://paris.mongueurs.net|Paris mongueurs] and gave two talks there. Alas, [grinder] couldn't come. Anyway, you can have a look at my [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2001/proceedings/26/|talks' slides].</LI> <LI> I gave two lightning talk at [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2002/|YAPC::Europe 2002] in Munich. One about what became [cpan://WWW::Gazetteer::HeavensAbove] and the other about [http://www.mongueurs.net/|Les Mongueurs de Perl].</LI> <LI> In 2003, I was part of the team who organised [http://yapc.mongueurs.net/|YAPC::Europe 2003]. Pink is all my fault! </LI> <LI>During [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2004/|YAPC::Europe 2004], I caused the famous "[http://use.perl.org/~BooK/journal/20963|fishnet incident]"...</LI> <LI>The climax of the [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2005/|YAPC::Europe 2005], was when several French mongers jumped on stage wearing fishnets. I wowed that would be my last encounter with fishnets ever! </LI> <LI> By [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2006/|YAPC::Europe 2006], I had found my purpose in YAPC Europe: silly auctions. During the 2006 auction, [http://use.perl.org/~BooK/journal/30854|I sold my arms]. </LI> <LI> For [http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2007/|YAPC::Europe 2007], I'll have some new tatoos. :-) </LI> </P> <hr> <P>Nodes of interest:</P> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=5> <TR><TH>Perl (here)</TH><TH>Perl (elsewhere)</TH><TH>Obfuscation</TH></TR>  <TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><UL> <LI>[id://48379] <LI>[id://48718] <LI>[id://9108] <LI>[id://31147] <LI>[id://21442] <LI>[id://88222] </UL> </TD><TD VALIGN=TOP><UL> <LI>[http://prometheus.frii.com/~gnat/yapc/2000-stages/|Stages of a Perl Programmer] <LI>[http://tinymicros.com/pm/|Perl Monks stats] <LI>[http://193.251.11.11/pgc/|Perl Geek Code] <LI>[http://www.crusoe.net/~jeffp/YAPE/OGRE.cgi|OGRE] <LI>[http://www.sysarch.com/perl/sort_paper.html|A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting] <LI>[http://www.stonehenge.com/perl/googlecolumnsearch|Search Merlyn Web Techniques columns] </UL> </TD><TD VALIGN=TOP><UL> <LI>[id://45213] <LI>[id://22319] <LI>[http://www.assurdo.com/|assurdo] <LI>[http://www.catseye.mb.ca/lala/index.html|Cat's Eye Language Lab] <LI>[http://www.catseye.mb.ca/esoteric/index.html|Esoteric Programs and Languages] <LI>[http://www.foad.org/~abigail/Perl/Talks/Japhs/|Abigail's talk on JAPHs] <LI>[http://perl.plover.com/obfuscated/|MJD 5th Obfuscated Perl Contest entry] </UL></TR> </TABLE> <P> That's enough for now, but you can always try and reach me at book(at)mongueurs.net... </P><P> <HR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=7 BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=2> <TR><TD> <A HREF="http://www.ebb.org/cgi-bin/ungeek.cgi?geekCode=Version:%203.12%20GCS/IT%20d%2b%2b$(-)%20s:%20a-%20C%2b%2b%20UBL%2b%2b%20P!%2b%2b%2b>%2b%2b%2b%2b%20L%2b%2b%20E---%20W%2b%2b%20N%20o%2b%20K-%20w%20O?%20M-%20V%20PS%20PE-%20Y%2b%20PGP%20t%2b%205?%20X%20R%20!tv%20b%2b%2b%3e%2b%2b%2b%20DI%2b%20D%2b%20G%20e%2b%2b%2b%20h>---%20r%2b%2b%3e%2b%2b%2b%20y?"> <TT>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<BR> Version: 3.12<BR> GCS/IT d++$(-) s: a- C++ UBL++ P!+++>++++ L++ E--- W++ N o+ K- w O? 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X R !tv b++>+++ DI+ D+ G e+++ h>--- r++>+++ y?<br> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</TT></A> </TD><TD> <a href="http://193.251.11.11/cgi-bin/pgc/pgc_decode?code=P%2B%2Bc--P6-R%2B%2B%2BM%2B%3E%2B%2BO%2B%2BMA%2B%2BE%2B%2BPU%2BBD%20C%2B%2BD--(!)S-X?WP%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2BMO%2B%2BPP!n-CO%2BPO%20o%2B%2B%2B%2BG%2B%2BA-OLC%2BEe---Ev%2BEon%2BEot-uL%2BuB%2Bw%20m!&version=0.01"> <TT> -----BEGIN PERL GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<BR> Version: 0.01<br> P++c--P6-R+++M+>++O++MA++E++PU+BD C++D--(!)S-X?WP++>+++MO++PP!n-CO+PO o++++G++A-OLC+Ee---Ev+Eon+Eot-uL+uB+w m!<br> ------END PERL GEEK CODE BLOCK------</TT></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> </P> 2013-06-17 04:29:08 3059 360362 291837 118 <a href="http://paris.mongueurs.net/">Paris</a>, <a href="http://www.mongueurs.net/">France</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">CB client:</td><td valign="top"><a href="/index.pl?node_id=3184&displaytype=raw">Full page Chatterbox</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/?node_id=110166">Name Space:</a></td><td><a href="/?node_id=123175">BooK</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Scratchpad:</td><td><form action="/index.pl" method=get><input type="hidden" name="node_id" value="108949"><input type="text" name=user value="BooK"></form></td></tr><tr><td valign=top>CPAN/PAUSE</td><td><a href="http://search.cpan.org/author/BOOK/">BOOK</a></td></tr><tr><td valign=top>use Perl;</td><td><a href="http://use.perl.org/~BooK/">BooK</a></td></tr><tr><td valign=top>T-shirt:</td><td><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=100807">The <i>other</i> YAPC::Europe T-shirt</A></td></tr><tr><td>Favorite cheese:</td><td valign="top">Roquefort</td></tr><tr><td>Favorite game:</td><td>Strip bataille navale</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Favorite arcade game:</td><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.mame.dk/gameinfo/pbobble/">Puzzle Bobble</a></td></tr><tr><td>Favorite pinball:</td><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.xmission.com/~daina/images/db/godzilla.html">Godzilla</a>, Sega Pinball, 1998.<tr><td valign="top">Request for information:</td><td>If you know anything about getting a working version of NeWS (or the NeWS/X11 port) on any *BSD or Linux system, please /msg me! 2 on 90