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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
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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