The Stonecutter's Shack

Comcast gave me this space, so I figure I ought to use it.  I'm a writer and a programmer, and a Taoist.  I enjoy Tai Chi, Chee Gung, Taoist meditation, and having fun with my family.  You don't need to speculate, then, on what you might find here.

Family

• Jacob's Web Site -- He's already smarter than I am.  I can only imagine what I'm in for when he gets older...

Writing

• Unpublished poetry and stories
• An article on Open Source Java, published in Linux Magazine, March 2002
  

Programming

Perl

I'm a rabid Perl programmer.  It's the best language ever created, bar none.  But don't take my word for it, learn the most basic bit of it and see if it doesn't pay you back tenfold.

• Odds and Ends -- Perl code I've written (here for the taking, but no warrantee!)
• The Perl Foundry on SourceForge -- (I'm one of the Foundry Guides)
• The Perl Mongers -- A Perl advocacy group.  I head up Tallahassee.pm, the Tallahassee, Florida PerlMongers group.

Here are some Perl modules and applications I've written and maintain

• CodeBank -- A software development / developer community-building system.
  
• Guido -- A Perl/Tk GUI builder I've been working on (We're getting there...)
• ModInfo -- A Perl module for providing metadata about Perl modules using custom commenting styles and XML.
• ConfigDig -- A Perl module for configuring HtDig, a cool Open Source search engine.
  

Visual Basic / VBScript / Active Server Pages

Yes, I admit it, I've been subjected to this unwholesome technology.  But, surprisingly, with a lot of unnecessary sweat and much pulling of hair, you can actually produce some interesting code.

I'll be putting some nice code I somehow managed to produce here when I get them ready.

Tai Chi

• The Taoist Tai Chi Society -- The world's largest non-profit Tai Chi society.
  

"Why the heck did he name it the Stonecutter's Shack?"  I'm glad you asked.  Here's why.