HyperZonk

User since:	Jul 11, 2001 at 19:19 UTC (20 years ago)
Last here:	Oct 23, 2005 at 22:01 UTC (15 years ago)
Experience:	1089
Level:	Friar (9)
Writeups:	82
Location:	San Francisco, CA
User's localtime:	Feb 28, 2021 at 22:18 -07
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Started programming when I was 12 (1980) in BASIC and Z-80 assembly.

Started programming perl ... oh, I forget, a while ago.

I have since written some extremely sloppy code for many different uses.

Like a online quote generator (lo-end relational database) and some search engines.

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.

HyperZonk for more personal stuff, if you're really that bored ...

My Favorite Nodes

Principle versus Personalities addresses important issues for the our community's well-being. IMO, of course.
Moron Users is an important thing for every programmer to try to keep in mind, even when we're frustrated (so hard).

My Favorite Monks

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 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):

toma Ever helpful, ever friendly
scottstef Great person, also helpful
LD2 Very smart, very friendly
tye A true wizard, yet always helpful with newbies
JSchmitz This guy can even monger code when he's drunk and has a great sense of humor even when he's sober
MeowChow Great sense of humor, awesome Perler
tilly This guy can do anything in Perl, and is also helpful (even if he does get grumpy at times ;)
CheeseLord Another great sense of humor combined with skill
japhy Ditto
epoptai Another master of Perl, always helpful, wrote framechat which is worthy of mention by itself
lemming Helpful and a great personality, too
footpad Helpful and an advocate for Perl beginners ;)
ChemBoy Yet another master with a sense of humor
Zaxo How did I forget Zaxo? ...
petral Really brilliant, but always helpful and nice

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.

One last important 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.

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don't blame me for this idea, it's CheeseLord's fault! Err, no, virtualsue's fault! No, no, wait ... ummmm ...