user WireMesh engineer    Image snapped by yours truly on a business trip to Samara, Russia. This is the location of the first signalized I/S in Samara, est. 1947 (green sign). Local vodka (Rodnik) store in background... "What?! You don't like photos of intersections?! Pass the orange juice!" <g> What else is there besides trying to model your life after Homer J. Simpson... Besides sitting in traffic 5 days a week, I'm a civil engineer 8-12 hours a day. The remainder of my time is spent with my wife (upgraded girlfriend, I think), tooling around in my Integra GS-R, playing with as many digital toys I can get my hands on, and listening to my nagging parents give me advise. (Don't they already know I know *everything*! <grin>) Of course, these activities are not mutually exclusive... Still trying to find that 6-figure ski bum or couch potato salary. Oh yeah, Perl fits in here too. Why else would I be here! ;) [Albannach|Fellow co-worker/slacker & PerlMonk] As discussed with [Albannach] in the office: "We don't make the rules, we just defeat 'em." [http://engineering.rowan.edu/~neyh4326/billy.html|Great] [http://www.ai.mit.edu/~vona/bass/bass.html| gift] ideas [http://cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic/instigator/index.html|Finer moments of hockey] Upcoming impressive computer animation on the big screen: [http://www.finalfantasy.com|Final Fantasy] and the [http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/Forum1/HTML/003303.html|characters] The best [http://www.themanshow.com/PeriodicTable_w1.html|Periodic Table] I've ever seen! Enjoy! Oops! It appears Comedy Central removed it from its site. Check it out [http://guggemand.dk/flash/PeriodicTable.swf|here] or [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/periodic.php|here]. <H3>Perl & Windows, and Win32 module nodes:</H3> Okay, it's a hodgepodge of information right now...gotta format soon(er or later). <ul> <li>Where to find Perl for: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=2431&lastnode_id=37626">NT server.</A> However, the majority of Windows users' use Perl from <A HREF="http://www.activestate.com">ActiveState,</A> but I could be wrong... <li><A HREF="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=win32">Win32 modules on CPAN</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=113211&lastnode_id=37626">Perl code as a NT service</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=113100&lastnode_id=37626">OLE Automation of Microsoft SourceSafe</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=83733&lastnode_id=37626">Changing directories under Win2k, with Tk browser script!</A> Don't know Tk, then try <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=66160&lastnode_id=37626">this node.</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=15179&lastnode_id=37626">Notes on generating a file listing from a directory</A>, and using <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=114412&lastnode_id=37626">File::Find</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=88726&lastnode_id=37626">Serial port activity,</A> with a different <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=117455&lastnode_id=37626">slant.</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=108708&lastnode_id=37626">FAQ on GUI programming (excellent!)</A>, with <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=12055&lastnode_id=37626">mailing list node</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=56246&lastnode_id=37626">Checking for an idle script</A> <li>Interfacing with a DLL using Win32::API<A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=82429&lastnode_id=37626"> Article 1,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=7809&lastnode_id=37626"> Article 2</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=31876&lastnode_id=37626">Perl Monk review of Win32::API</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=34310&lastnode_id=37626">Perl Monk review of Win32::OLE</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=21793&lastnode_id=37626">Connecting to Microsoft SQL db</A> <li>Interfacing with Microsoft Word: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=83446&lastnode_id=37626">Article 1, </A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=113635&lastnode_id=37626">Article 2</A> <li>Interfacing with Microsoft Excel: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=10799&lastnode_id=37626">Article 1,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=16588&lastnode_id=37626">Article 2,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=117798&lastnode_id=37626">Article 3</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=2641&lastnode_id=37626">Interfacing with Microsoft Access</A> <li>Interfacing with ODBC: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=2715&lastnode_id=37626">Article 1,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=6600&lastnode_id=37626">Article 2,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=10883&lastnode_id=37626">Article 3,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=14774&lastnode_id=37626">Article 4 (with OLE DB slant),</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=117451&lastnode_id=37626">Article 5</A> <li>Interfacing with Microsoft Exchange: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=5166&lastnode_id=37626">Article 1,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=23299&lastnode_id=37626">Article 2</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=8924&lastnode_id=37626">Using fork()</A>, or <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=114578&lastnode_id=37626">Win32::Process</A> <li>Useful utilities: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=10011&lastnode_id=37626">Slashdot header grabber,</A> <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=15641&lastnode_id=37626">"Find Data" tool</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=11224&lastnode_id=37626">Accessing Microsoft Powerpoint files on Windows box via Linux</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=14904&lastnode_id=37626">Accessing shared drives via Win32::NetResource</A>, more with the <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=117537&lastnode_id=37626">Network Neighborhood</A>, and <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=113716&lastnode_id=37626">accessing a remote registry</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=15297&lastnode_id=37626">FTP access</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=16857&lastnode_id=37626">Determining printer information via WinNT</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=114444&lastnode_id=37626">Determining screen resolution</A> <li>Win32API::Registry information: <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=117410&lastnode_id=37626">Article 1 (Extracting PID)</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=113211&lastnode_id=37626">Creating a NT service</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=118099&lastnode_id=37626">Win2k and IIS 5.0</A> </ul> <H3><A HREF="http://www.x10.com">X10</A> & Perl</H3> Wish list of home automation, & I'll be ready with these scripts! <ul> <li>Besides <A HREF="http://www.x10.com">www.x10.com</A>, try <A HREF="http://www.smarthome.com">www.smarthome.com</A> too. (on-line product sources - with which I have no affiliation) <li><A HREF="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=x10">X10 modules on CPAN</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=15345&lastnode_id=37626">Cable modem reset</A>, and <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=24547&lastnode_id=37626">ADSL modem reset</A> <li><A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=65361&lastnode_id=37626">Firecracker module control script</A> <li>and we can't leave out <A HREF="/index.pl?node_id=79027&lastnode_id=37626">Junkyard Wars, Perl Style</A> </ul> 2009-08-04 10:05:05 454 360633 images/userincoming/WireMesh.jpeg Toronto, Ontario, Canada<TR><TD>Mullet status:</TD><TD>Negative </TD></TR> -5 on