I would like "The Cookbook of Practical Perl AI ".

Or "Perl, Automation, and Port Control" .

Covering things like data aquisition thru ports, data logging, remote control of relays, web cams and security, X10 and Perl, reading and writing serial, parallel, usb ports, controlling external microcontrollers. Sort of the "perl Coffee Machine" on steroids.

I bet Perl would have done pretty good at the "recently failed" computer controlled cross-country car race competition.