I spend a lot of time dealing with Perl at $WORK (as you can tell by the word "$WORK"). One of my projects is updating our legacy code, which mostly runs on Perl 5.8. When I tried running things under Perl 5.20, some unit tests broke because as of Perl 5.18, the return order of keys … Continue reading I contributed to CPAN!
Category: Work
Extended trips?
I was curious at work today, so I emailed HR: Would it be possible to take an extended vacation at some point? I have vague plans of going on a road trip from here to Key West, Florida. I think it'd probably take a month at least -- it's only 55 hours of continual driving, … Continue reading Extended trips?
Olympics
Yarr! Today was the company summer BBQ, this year entitled the $WORK Olympics (I have no idea where HR got the idea). Like the last two years, it was held in Stanley Park, this time by Second Beach. And as in previous years, there was a big lunch, followed by team games, and then a … Continue reading Olympics
Life of recent
What's been going on, chronological order be damned! Gavin, Div, and I went to see Video Games Live in Vancouver back on... May the 6th (yowza, ages ago). It was our first time going, and it was fun. Not as good as I expected, but enjoyable nonetheless. Plus they played "Scars of Time" from Chrono … Continue reading Life of recent
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Welcome to last week, or, work news!
I meant to post this ages ago, but... heh. This is how I joined the new team. (Names slightly obfuscated.) S---- March 1, 2010 3:17 PM talked to D----k? 3:59 PM meep nfg March 1, 2010 3:59 PM hey, sorry. distractions abound. 3:59 PM yeah, we talked for a while on Friday. 4:04 PM Billing … Continue reading Welcome to last week, or, work news!
MOTD
This has been my MOTD ever since the trip I took to Pittsburgh, New York, and Washington. It gets printed every single time I log into my dev box: Using username "nfg". Authenticating with public key "dsa-key-20090825" Last login: Fri Jan 22 00:27:03 2010 from 192.168.9.39 _ _ _ __ (_) __ _ ___| | … Continue reading MOTD
For Great Justice(!) 