user HyperZonk <h3>Err ...</h3> Started programming when I was 12 (1980) in BASIC and Z-80 assembly.<br><br> Started programming <b>perl</b> ... oh, I forget, a while ago.<br><br> I have since written some extremely sloppy code for many different uses.<br><br> Like a online quote generator (lo-end relational database) and some search engines.<br><br> I'm easily bored, so I have a lot of hobbies: perl, bass guitar, sound recording, graphic design, graffiti (yes, that's me; no, I don't do it, I take pictures of it), and other ways of wasting time.<br><br> [http://www.millerthought.com/hyperzonk|HyperZonk] for more personal stuff, if you're really <b><i>that</i></b> bored ... <hr> <h3>My Favorite Nodes</h3> [96658|Principle versus Personalities] addresses important issues for the our community's well-being. IMO, of course.<br> [97961|Moron Users] is an important thing for every programmer to try to keep in mind, even when we're frustrated (so hard). <hr> <h3>My Favorite Monks</h3> Darn, that's a hard one. Pretty much everyone I've come across has been friendly and helpful. Advice: hang around, see who is helping others with [Seekers of Perl Wisdom|questions] and who is fun and helpful in the Chatterbox. But here are some of the people I've gotten to know (in no particular order): <ul><li>[toma] Ever helpful, ever friendly <li>[scottstef] Great person, also helpful <li>[LD2] Very smart, very friendly <li>[tye] A true wizard, yet always helpful with newbies <li>[JSchmitz] This guy can even monger code when he's drunk and has a great sense of humor even when he's sober <li>[MeowChow] Great sense of humor, awesome Perler <li>[tilly] This guy can do <strong>anything</strong> in Perl, and is also helpful (even if he does get grumpy at times ;) <li>[CheeseLord] Another great sense of humor combined with skill <li>[japhy] Ditto <li>[epoptai] Another master of Perl, always helpful, wrote [framechat] which is worthy of mention by itself <li>[lemming] Helpful and a great personality, too <li>[footpad] Helpful and an advocate for Perl beginners ;) <li>[ChemBoy] Yet another master with a sense of humor <li>[Zaxo] How did I forget [Zaxo]? ... <li>[petral] Really brilliant, but always helpful and nice </ul> I could go on and on (as a matter of fact this list keeps growing when I remember or meet new people), but these are the people who I've had particularly good experiences with.<br><br> One last <strong>important</strong> mention: [merlyn] has taught me and many other people more about Perl than we ever thought we'd know. I don't know him all that well, but if he says something about Perl, you should probably listen.<br><br> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="http://www.pilpre.com/briac/cheesering2.gif"> <P><SMALL><TT> &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=previous">previous</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=next">next</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=random">random</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=list">list</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=next5">next5</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=prev5">prev5</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=first">first</A> ] - &#91 <A HREF="http://www.pennine.com/cgi/cheesering.cgi?start=HyperZonk&go=last">last</A> ]</TT></SMALL></P> <P><SMALL>don't blame me for this idea, it's [CheeseLord]'s fault! Err, no, [virtualsue]'s fault! No, no, wait ... [ar0n|ummmm] ...</SMALL></P></DIV>    2005-10-23 18:01:42 1088 359640 images/userincoming/HyperZonk.jpeg 82 San Francisco, CA -7 80