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HollyKing on 2005-03-10T19:46:44

I sure haven't documented much of a journey here, have I? Let's just say I've been busy. Work has been really busy. I got married. (Thanks, Ovid!) I found out I'm going to be a father.

Last month I had an epiphany that showed me how far I had fallen from my goals. I've spent quite a bit of time examining how I spend my time and where changes are necessary. I'm going to cut out some of the time I spend gaming (but WoW is so shiny!) and use the time to read and work on a project to scratch a personal itch.

For reading my stack is going to start out with:

  1. The Pragmatic Programmer
  2. Perl for System Administration
  3. Automating UNIX and Linux Administration

To get my project rolling I need to finish a few tasks, which are:

  1. Setup Subversion on hollyking.org
  2. Setup Bugzilla on hollyking.org
  3. Setup a project page on hollyking.org
  4. Examine Net::Daemon, Proc::Daemon & other CPAN modules to extract information about writing daemons in Perl.

I'm sure more books and tasks will come up, but this is a good list to get started.

'The Pragmatic Programmer' is worth the read

Lecar_red on 2005-03-10T22:44:03

It is very good book. Very insightful, written by programmers in the trenches. I really like the 'Broken Windows' point.

Re:'The Pragmatic Programmer' is worth the read

HollyKing on 2005-03-11T16:18:33

That's what I've heard. I was able to get through the introduction before we had to leave for the Duran Duran concert last night and I like what I've read so far.

You're quite welcome

Ovid on 2005-03-12T04:50:19

I was honored to be asked to officiate at your wedding. You and your wife make a cute couple.