| I love Perl. I am a Perl programmer. I worked for Front Range Internet, Inc. as a systems administrator before changing careers and becoming a Perl trainer for Tom Christiansen Perl Consultancy. I coauthored The Perl Cookbook with Tom Christiansen, and I have dreams of writing another (also to be published by O'Reilly and Associates). When not writing (i.e., all the time) I edit for The Perl Journal, and help organize The Perl Conference. | I play the banjo, and can fool people for a little while on the guitar and mandolin. My favourite banjo player is Bela Fleck. You think the banjo is only played by redneck hicks and inbred hillbillies who like to teach hog calls to tourists? You need to get out more. While you're out, catch a concert by Tony Furtado or Tony Trischka. | |||||
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| I am a geek. I use Unix ( FreeBSD). I like emacs, dodge vi, and become visibly aroused by Infocom adventure games. I had a Commodore 64 before everyone was seized by fits of nostalgia for the SID chip. I'm such a geek I devoted a corner to being a geek, even though you'd already gathered the vast depths of my geekiness from the other corners. | I enjoy life, which is why I no longer post to the Usenet newsgroup talk.bizarre but do hang out with some of the oldbies (going to Burning Man, for instance). My hobbies include reading, collecting shellfish from the bay where I grew up, pornography, recreational drugs, and piracy. My favourite authors include Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and P.J. O'Rourke. Yes, admitting to liking Terry Pratchett carries the same stigma as being a 14-year-old spotty boy named Nigel with no friends and a silly laugh, but I do not fear your taunts. | |||||
If you want to contact me, you may:
Nathan Torkington
PO Box 1212
Fort Collins
CO 80522
USAgnat@frii.com