179 to go

My playground In the last 2 years, I have been to 15 countries…..far less than many of my backpacking counterparts that I have met. However, throw in 2 trips to Alaska, which can be every bit as expensive and adventurous as international travel, and the fact that I lingered in many of the places for [...]

How many roads?

“How many roads must a man walk down….before you call him a man?” Bob Dylan asked that question years ago. I don’t know either, but I intend to walk all of them and will become a better man in the process. Now I find myself on an old familiar road, which sometimes is nice. As [...]

Blast from the past

PERL stands for “Practical Extraction and Report Language” and is a UNIX scripting language that can take over the internet (as well as the world) in the hands of a master. Pearls are the white pretty things that come from seafood and women like to wear them. Usually. When I wrote about the “Beijing PERL [...]

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