Gekitsuu's Geekery

One of the things I am using my blog for is a reason for me to code. The more ideas I can come up with the more experience I will get writing Perl. I've recently removed all my fractals from deviantART for many reasons but I've written my own gallery program so that I can display them here. I've also been trying to participate more in www.perlmonks.org I've submitted some code there. If you're into Perl that's one of the best resources I've found for discussions about Perl and Perl code. I have been exercising the past few weeks in an effort go get myself into better shape and so far the only setback is that I seem to keep developing foot problems. So far nothing serious enough that I can't continue so I plan to keep pushing; I'm assuming it's just my body grumbling that I'm being more active. I plan on getting a gym membership to help me during the week. My wife and I had when we lived in Fairfax and both loved the place. The gym I'm referring to is Lifetime Fitness I can tell you from personal experience that they are a bit more expensive than the others but they are the best gym I've ever been in. The bonus for me is that they are open 24/7 and since I work nights that means I can take my lunch break and go work out. I heard from my boss today that it's not likely II'll get to go to the Oreilly Open Source Convention which is disappointing but not entirely unexpected. I was hoping to attend the Perl track and it would have been a lot of fun but I just can't justify paying for it out of pocket. I've started to come to the realization that I don't need classes or books I just need to practice and find problems to solve to improve my skills to where I want to be as a developer. I am going to make a concerted effort to make this a daily blog but time doesn't all ways allow for such things so I'll leave it at that, a desire to be consistent.