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tmoertel
<p><em>Espresso makes the world go 'round.</em>
<h4>Boring bio stuff</h4> I've been writing software for
about twenty years, in just about every programming language since <a
href="http://www.6502.org/">6502 assembly</a> was considered "hip,"
but mainly in C, C++, C#, Java (when I can't avoid it), Perl, Ruby, and <a
href="http://www.haskell.org/">Haskell</a>. Of them all, I only
<em>like</em> programming in the last three.
<h4>Stuff I write</h4>
I post it to my blog: <a href="http://blog.moertel.com/">http://blog.moertel.com/</a>.
<h4>Fair warning</h4> I am an advocate of
functional programming and will, at some time or another, talk to you
about "monads."
<p>(<em>Laugh!</em> That's supposed to be funny.)
<h4>Perl background</h4> I started writing Perl code circa
1996 but until 2003 had drifted away, mainly because my clients
prefer other languages and because my free-time hackery went to
Haskell. But, thanks to my pal <a
href="http://pgh.pm.org/cgi-bin/wiki/index.cgi?CaseyWest">CaseyWest</a> and the Pittsburgh Perl
Mongers, I'm happy to say that I have once again caught Perl Fever.
Here's to hoping there's no cure! (<em>Lifts glass.</em>)
<h4>Stuff that I've written on PerlMonks that is probably more interesting than its rating implies</h4>
<p>Here are some nodes that are interesting yet attached to threads that for unrelated reasons have low ratings and are ignored. (Most recent first.)
<ul>
<li> [id://411332]
<li> [id://406707]
<li> [id://402295]
<li> [id://399664]
<li> [id://398709]
</ul>
<h4>Talks for Pittsburgh Perl Mongers</h4>
<p> Here are the instances when innocent, unsuspecting people were
made to suffer one of my talks:
</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>2007-06-14 </tt> <a href="http://blog.moertel.com/articles/2007/06/21/talk-fun-with-numbers-r-and-perl-and-imdb-data">Fun with Numbers: R and Perl (and IMDB data)</a>
<li><tt>2006-03-08 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talks/Embedding+an+XHTML-template+language+into+Perl">Fun with Embedded DSLs: Embedding an XHTML template language into Perl</a>
<li><tt>2005-04-13 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talks/Ruby+and+Ruby+on+Rails+%E2%80%93+A+Perlish+First+Impression">Ruby and Ruby on Rails – A Perlish First Impression</a>
<li><tt>2005-03-09 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talks/Fun+with+AutoCurry">Fun with AutoCurry</a>
<li><tt>2005-03-09 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talks/Radio+VCR+plus+iPod+equals+NPR+to+Go">Radio VCR + iPod = NPR To Go</a>
<li><tt>2004-09-08 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talk+-+Free+Unit+Tests+In+Perl+with+LectroTest">Free Unit Tests in Perl with LectroTest</a></li>
<li><tt>2004-03-10 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talk+-+Fun+with+Asterisk+and+Perl">Fun with the Asterisk PBX and Perl</a></li>
<li><tt>2004-02-11 </tt> <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Talk+-+Haskell+for+Perl+Hackers">Haskell for Perl Hackers</a></li>
<li><tt>2003-04-09 </tt> Functional Templates in Perl (<em>slides removed to protect the innocent</em>)</li>
</ul>
<p>
<h4>Perl stuff</h4>
<p>
If you don't have ready access to <a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/start/2004-04-22/1#Greatest_espresso_picture_ever">espresso</a>, maybe some of this code will hold you over 'till you can get the real thing:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Tom%27s+Perl+code">Some tiny tools</a> that I find handy. Data analysis, statistics, a bit o' hackery, graphing, etc.</li>
<li><a href="http://community.moertel.com/LectroTest">LectroTest</a>, an automatic, specification-based testing system for Perl</li>
</ul>
<h4>Other stuff</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.moertel.com/">Blog</a>
<li><a href="http://blog.moertel.com/pages/about-tom">My bio (page on my blog)</a>
<li><a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/PXSL">Parsimonious XML Shorthand Language</a>
<li><a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/A+Coder%27s+Guide+To+Coffee">A Coder's Guide to Coffee</a>
<li><a href="http://community.moertel.com/ss/space/Programming+Fun+Challenge">Programming Fun Challenge</a>
</ul>
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