Computing, Propser and Payroll Tax and a dash of gaming

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An extraordinarily dull past several days. Have spent a great deal of time converting html websites pages to php, which was tiresome but necessary. In the process have learned more about sed which is a really useful and powerful tool. Sat two CCNA module tests on Tuesday; router configuration and Cisco Disovery Protocol. Having scored a seriously lacklustre 80.4% for the first test I decided to concentrate on the second and received a more acceptable 95%.

Finished my marketing and media course for Prosper Australia with very positive feedback. Tomorrow they're putting my ideas into practical action with a planning day. In all probability they'll be launching a campaign against payroll tax (which really is one of the most stupid taxes on the planet).

In an attempt to entertain myself, I'm still working my way through Icewind Dale II whilst damien_wise and I have corresponded about graphic MUD development. He knows some good programmers, so perhaps something will eventuate out of this.

Comments

[belegdel.livejournal.com]

You can use Perl on the command line much like sed and awk. But more powerful, more ecclectic and more dangerous.
All those things being the mark of a true geek tool :)

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Yes, I got to use a few command linePerl commands in the process along the lines of (iirc)

perl -pe "s/.html/.php/g" *.php

You know what? I think I liked it too. Kinky, huh?

[belegdel.livejournal.com]

I think I reached the pinnacle of my perl kinkiness when I was using negative look-ahead assertions and knew what it meant and got a kick out of it.

If you really want kink, look at some entries in Perl "obfuscated code" competitions. *boggle*

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

The very idea of a product to help this proces...

http://www.stunnix.com/prod/po/overview.shtml