user lestrrat <div style="font-family:Arial,serif"> <h3>Mandatory::Introduction</h3> <p> I started out as a [http://java.sun.com|Java] programmer, teaching myself the language while working as a TA at [http://www.wustl.edu|my college]</p> <p> I thought I was going to be a Java programmer when I graduated. Then I realized that for some reason I couldn't get a job as a Java programmer, because I couldn't find any entry level openings. ... and this was in 1999. Go figure.</p> <p> Then after a series of what can only be described as disasters, I ended up in the Sillicon Valley, and I was fortunate enough to have an acquaintance at a very nice company, which is where I'm still employed.</p> <p>But while I was eager to put my Java skills to work, my then-hiring manager plainly told me at my interview:</p> <blockquote> <em>"You know we could give a flying fsck about Object Orinted programming, right?"</em> </blockquote> <p> ... So *that* and the fact that we used Perl at the [http://www.nikki-site.com|side project] that I had just joined, I turned into a Perl programmer. The rest is history</p> <p>In 2004, I for some reason decided I should live in Japan, expatriate. Whatever. It's been kind of weird.</p> <h3>Currently::Hacking::On</h3> <ul> <li> Recently I've been pretty heavily involved in the Perl DateTime project. Here are the list of modules that I currently maintain:</li> <ul> <li>[cpan://Class::DBI::LazyInflate]</li> <li>[cpan://Class::DBI::Loader]</li> <li>[cpan://Class::DBI::Pg]</li> <li>[cpan://Class::DBI::Plugin::DateTime]</li> <li>[cpan://Class::DBI::Plugin::Senna]</li> <li>[cpan://Data::Average]</li> <li>[cpan://Data::FormValidator::Constraints::Japanese]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Format::Pg]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Calendar::Chinese]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Calendar::Japanese]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Format::Japanese]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Format::Pg]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Event::Chinese]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Event::Lunar]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Event::SolarTerm]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Util::Astro]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime::Util::Calc]</li> <li>[cpan://File::Extract]</li> <li>[cpan://File::MMagic::XS]</li> <li>[cpan://Senna]</li> <li>[cpan://Text::AutoLink]</li> <li>[cpan://Text::MeCab]</li> <li>[cpan://Tie::Senna]</li> <li>[cpan://WWW::JASRAC]</li> <li>[cpan://Xango]</li> <li>[cpan://XML::RSS::Liberal]</li> <li>[cpan://XML::RSS::LibXML]</li> </ul> <li> My attempt to rebuild [http://www.nikki-site.com|Nikki-Site] as a [http://www.axkit.org|AxKit]-based website was completed in April 2003. Boy it took me a long time. I plan on re-doing it yet again. This time we have a solid RDBMS backend, so it should be much easier...</li> <li> Sometimes I hack into AxKit internals, and very occasionally provide minute patches to it and related modules, such as [cpan://XML::LibXML::Common] and [cpan://Params::Validate]</li> </ul> <h3>Frequently::Used::Modules</h3> <ul> <li>[cpan://XML::LibXML|XML::LibXML]</li> <li>[cpan://XML::LibXSLT|XML::LibXSLT]</li> <li>[cpan://DateTime]</li> <li>[cpan://Params::Validate]</li> <li>[cpan://AxKit|AxKit]</li> <li>[cpan://Apache|Apache]</li> <li>[cpan://Storable|Storable]</li> <li>[cpan://Text::Template|Text::Template]</li> </ul> <h3>Been::There</h3> <p>Lived in: Japan, Brasil ( with an 's' ), Portugal, USA ( /Mid?West/ ). However, I'm now heading back to Japan, which I've almost never lived, and certainly never since my adulthood. We'll see what's there.</p> <h3>Geek::Code::Perl</h3> <pre> <a href="http://www.xmltwig.com/cgi-bin/pgc/pgc_decode?code=P%2B%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2B(%2B%2B)$c--P6-R%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2B$M%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2B$O%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2B$MA%2B%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2BE%2B%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2BPU%20BD%20C%20$D%20S%2B%2BX%20%3E%2B%2B%2B%2BWP%2B%2B%3E%2B%2B%2B%2BMO?(%20)PP!n-CO--PO!o%2BG%20%3E%2B%2BA--OLC-OLCC-OLJ%2BEe-Ev%2BEon!uL%2BuS%2Bw-m!&version=0.01"> -----BEGIN PERL GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 0.01 P+++>++++(++)$c--P6-R++>++++$M+>++++$O+ +>++++$MA+++>++++E+++>++++PU BD C $D S++X >++++WP++>++++MO?( )PP!n-CO--PO!o+G >++A--OLC-OLCC-OLJ+Ee-Ev+Eon!uL+uS+w-m! ------END PERL GEEK CODE BLOCK------ </a> </pre> </div> 2009-07-30 11:08:25 2908 0 154558 301 Tokyo Asia/Tokyo