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dru145
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<b>The Photo</b><br><br>
My 2 year old son. Super Perl Monk in the making.<br><br>
<br><b>The Name</b><br><br>
Dru is my nickname. The 145 were the first 3 numbers that popped into my head when picking a yahoo username.<br><br>
<br><b>New Year's Rsolution</b><br><br>
Read all of [perlman:perl], read and comprehend all of [isbn://0596000278|The Camel].<br><br>
<br><b>Me</b><br><br>
I work full time as a Senior Network Security Analyst playing with firewalls, intrusion detection systems and what not. I learned Perl to automate all of the daily mundane jobs I was having to perform manually. Most of my scripts deal with firewall logging and checking system resources. I've been programming with Perl hardcore for 6 months now and I've developed a strange fetish for it. I feel I've only learned about 20% of what Perl has to offer. I am also a part time student trying to obtain a bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Science. I have a 2 year old son who makes me go to the Teletubbies and Mr. Roger's web page every 5 minutes. I just got an idea for another Perl script, got to go....
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<b>Favorite Band:</b> <a href="http://www.toolband.com/" target="_blank">Tool</a><br>
<b>Favorite TV Show:</b> <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/junkyard/junkyard.html" target="_blank">Junkyard Wars</a><br>
<b>Hobbies:</b> <a href="http://www.newyankee.com/" target="_blank">Woodworking</a> and <a href="http://cartalk.cars.com/" target="_blank">Automotive Repair.</a><br>
<b>Favorite Book:</b> <a href="http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=6ATBIEZF4Q&mscssid=BEKBRC3CCV308JD26VEDH020KDB9C2RA&isbn=1402809654" target="_blank">
Into Thin Air</a> by Jon Krakauer<br>
<b>Favorite Movie:</b> <a href="http://movies.go.com/movies/S/shawshankredemptionthe_1994/index.html " target="_blank">Shawshank Redemption</a>
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<b>Random Quotes</b><br><br>
<i>Life is a lesson. You learn it when you're through - Fred Durst</i>
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<i>When there is a will, there is Perl - me</i>
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<b>Nodes That I like:</b>
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<li>[Newest Nodes] - More stuff to waste your day on.
<li><a href="http://www.tinymicros.com/pm/index.php?goto=MainPage" target="_blank">Perl Monks Stat Page</a> - For all of you stat majors.
<li>[Best Nodes] - It's your time to shine.
<li>[Worst Nodes] - For me to poop on.
<li>[Book Reviews]- Check it out before spending a whopping $20 on another O'Reilly Book.
<li>[Super Search]- Use this before posting a question.Even though you have to wack it a few times to get it to do what you want. (Blam!) Take that Super Search.
<li>[turnstep] - A must for all newbies. I wouldn't be the monk I am today without this node.
<li>[Library] - Some good stuff.
<li>[outside links] - Links for anything remotely related to Perl.
<li>[tilly] - List of good nodes.
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<b>Other Usefull Stuff</b>
<li><a href="http://perlmonks.thepen.com/119085.html" target="_blank">Search Perlmonks</a> - a better way to search Perlmonks.
<li><a href="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/perlreftut.html" target="_blank">Reference Tutorial</a> by [Dominus]
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<a href="http://www.manning.com/getpage.html?project=johnson&filename=forum.html" target="_blank">Andrew Johnson's Online Forum</a> (aka [id://49266]) for his excellent book [isbn://1884777805|Elements of Programming with Perl]
<li>[Ovid]'s
<a href="http://www.easystreet.com/~ovid/cgi_course/index.html" target="_blank">CGI course</a>
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