I finally found a job. A 4 month job, on a company that sells intranet software for hospitals. This is a good Unix/Perl job : basically, I'll have to be the local Perl guru to check the CGI/mod_perl developments they do, and to help them to package and test their software (I'll also have to do some development). And, good news in those days, my contract will allow to work on open source software.
Besides this, I began to read the Mahabharata, the ancient indian epic poem. Great book indeed, probably one of the most beautiful stories ever told, and one of the most amazing and complex productions of the human mind.