I'm still around. Mostly lurking. I am definitely a programmer - and a maker.

I love to make things that do things. In fact, that's my job I get paid for.

Perl is an amazingly powerful tool that helps me get my thing making done (and earn a pay check). Been programming with Perl since 1997. Before then, I was programming with AWK. Perl is another level of powerful. Much as I liked AWK, I would not go back - I would and have rewritten many of my old AWK tools (though that was very long ago).

Perl Monks is a great community. Lots of interesting people doing interesting things. I look forward to being part of this community for many years to come.