user growlf  < shakes the dust off his log in keys > Uh, ahem. wow... been a while. Guess I better read a bit and catchup. <TABLE border="1" width="100%" bordercolor="#808080" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <TR> <TD width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">My Favorite Nodes:                   (last updated 2001/12/02)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%"> <UL> <LI>My own posts <UL> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=120220|Fetchall-Answer]</LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%"> <UL> <LI>Home Nodes of Interesting people/ideas - (until you have time to look through ALL the Monk's home nodes, these are some of the best and from the best) <UL> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=6415|Kudra]'s home node. Longtime friend, and a major babe. Totally breaks the mold of us programmer types being geeks. Gives me hope that I can be cool like her some day *grin*</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=footpad|Footpad]'s home node. My brother. .. an awesome dude, a bastion of reason, and an all around swell guy.  As one of his favorite authors states of Zaphod, "He is just this guy, you know?"</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=scott|Scott]'s home node. I like his apparent ideals</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=17000|Ovid]'s home node. Good stuff to look through and (from what Kudra has said of him) a swell guy.</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=3607|Petruchio]'s home node. Good natured fellow with quite the sense of humor. He is quick and liberal with good answers too.</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=14909|ybiC]'s home node. Friendly guy with lots of links and good help for questions.</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=82147|Zaxo]'s home node. Hey - just read all his posts, ok?  One of the most friendly and helpful monks so far.</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=116014|pjf]'s home node. Friendly, helpful and funny. Also lives in Australia - (that gets 10 points all by it's self in my book.)</LI> <LI><A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=21732">BooK</A>'s home node.  Obfu master!  He wrote the YAPC shirt code too.  If I keep studying his and [http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=82147|Zaxo]'s code I may YET understand Perl's obfu capabilities. </LI> <LI><A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=6041">turnstep</A>'s home node.  Hey, my list of cool nodes is NOTHING!  Ya gotta check his node for all the nifty areas of the Monestary, </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%"> <UL> <LI>Rants and Idea(l)s <UL> <LI>[id://50777|A fit on NIH] - Not only is it posted by my big brother, but also is my personal views. Sure I look at the module code as well - but his points are the very ones I use when discussing with a client the benifits of even using perl to begin with.</LI> <LI>[http://www.arachnoid.com/boycott/|Boycott Windows XP] (gleaned from [http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=108447|demerphq]'s pages) And there are many other reasons as well. I'll post more as I find good documentation on them. Mainly security failures in MS's policies within the products.</LI> <LI><A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=20942">Chip (on the shoulder) Monks</A> - Thanks [http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=17000|Ovid]! I could never have said it this well!  This should be the first thing new members see, in my book - just to help set the pace.</LI> <LI><A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=110166">Name Space</A> - ...and this should become the second link for new members *grin* (though I still need to do my own..)</LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%"> <UL> <LI>Humor <UL> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=my%20%40chickens|Chickens] - by pjf - just read the thread.</LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%"> <UL> <LI>PM Tools & Reference <UL> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=java%20chatterbox|Java Chatterbox] - way better than the node on the side, and it updates automatically.</LI> <LI> <A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=63816">framechat</A> - Another terrific Monk-chat client.  A toss up which is better.</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=best%20nodes|Best Nodes] - Thanks pjf for the tip on this one.</LI> <LI><A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=9488">Worst Nodes</A>  - I am still not sure I want to fully support this one.  Somehow I think it perpetuates the garbage I detest so much.  If you agree, /msg me.</LI> <LI>[http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=108949&user=footpad|Links] - explanations and examples on how to do them in posts.</LI> <LI><A href="http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=3989">Super Search</A> - What a search oughta be!  </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Welcome To The Monestary!</TD> </TR> </TABLE> 2009-07-31 17:41:58 643 359641 images/userincoming/growlf.gif 51 Somewhere in northern AZ</TD></TR><TR><TD>Alternate:</TD><TD>Hoplessly Lost. No. Seriously.. where the heck am I?</TD></TR><TR><TD>ICQ:</TD><TD>35708525</TD></TR><TR><TD>SKYPE:</TD><TD><a href="skype:growlf?call">growlf</a></TD></TR><TR><TD>MSN/YIM:</TD><TD>garth_johnson@hotmail.com</TD></TR><TR><TD>eMail:</TD><TD><A href="mailto:growlf@biocede.com">growlf@biocede.com</A></TD></TR><TR><TD>Hair:</TD><TD>Brown (waist length)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Eyes:</TD><TD>Blue-gray</TD></TR><TR><TD>Height:</TD><TD>6'2"</TD></TR><TR><TD>Weight:</TD><TD>235 lbs</TD></TR><TR><TD>Complexion:</TD><TD>A bit scragly as of late..</TD></TR><TR><TD valign=top>Age:</TD><TD>Old enough to know better... and used to still have the energy *sigh* -7 on on