Mandatory::Introduction

I started out as a Java programmer, teaching myself the language while working as a TA at my college

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.

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.

But while I was eager to put my Java skills to work, my then-hiring manager plainly told me at my interview:

"You know we could give a flying fsck about Object Orinted programming, right?"

... So *that* and the fact that we used Perl at the side project that I had just joined, I turned into a Perl programmer. The rest is history

In 2004, I for some reason decided I should live in Japan, expatriate. Whatever. It's been kind of weird.

Currently::Hacking::On

• Recently I've been pretty heavily involved in the Perl DateTime project. Here are the list of modules that I currently maintain:
• Class::DBI::LazyInflate
• Class::DBI::Loader
• Class::DBI::Pg
• Class::DBI::Plugin::DateTime
• Class::DBI::Plugin::Senna
• Data::Average
• Data::FormValidator::Constraints::Japanese
• DateTime::Format::Pg
• DateTime::Calendar::Chinese
• DateTime::Calendar::Japanese
• DateTime::Format::Japanese
• DateTime::Format::Pg
• DateTime::Event::Chinese
• DateTime::Event::Lunar
• DateTime::Event::SolarTerm
• DateTime::Util::Astro
• DateTime::Util::Calc
• File::Extract
• File::MMagic::XS
• Senna
• Text::AutoLink
• Text::MeCab
• Tie::Senna
• WWW::JASRAC
• Xango
• XML::RSS::Liberal
• XML::RSS::LibXML
• My attempt to rebuild Nikki-Site as a 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...
• Sometimes I hack into AxKit internals, and very occasionally provide minute patches to it and related modules, such as XML::LibXML::Common and Params::Validate

Frequently::Used::Modules

• XML::LibXML
• XML::LibXSLT
• DateTime
• Params::Validate
• AxKit
• Apache
• Storable
• Text::Template

Been::There

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.

Geek::Code::Perl

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