Free Currency Converter API in Perl

February 10, 2011

Here’s a handy little way to convert currency using the iGoogle Gadget API. It’s free… until they decide they don’t like it. Enjoy! #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use LWP; my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new; my @currencies = qw( KWD BHD OMR LVL GBP JOD EUR KYD CHF AUD CAD USD BND SGD NZD TND BGN TRY [...]

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Music Monday – Atomic Tom, Take Me Out

January 2, 2011

I like this song. I discovered it after seeing this video.

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Detect Disposable Email Addresses with Perl

December 1, 2010

I have the secret to detecting disposable emails! I’ll give you a hint: it uses Perl. Ok, Perl’s not really the secret ingredient– it’s the list of disposable email domains contained within my code (below). But I needed to make a tool to detect disposable email addresses, and I just happened to use Perl. If [...]

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Unlimited = Unnecessary

November 9, 2010

I don’t need an unlimited data plan for my iPhone. Apparently. Yes, I’m just as surprised that I’m not one of the tiny fraction of users known as “data whores.” Well, that’s $180 a year.

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Home Shopping Saga: Price Update 3

October 31, 2010

Price continuing to fall on my index property. Bonus Points: Did you notice that the price of the house in the bottom right hand corner of the picture also changed dramatically in price– to the tune of $100K? Yep. It was on the market and sold for about $100,000 less than it was listed for. [...]

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That’ll be $112,259. Cash, check, or charge?

September 1, 2010

I stopped by the national debt clock in Manhattan a couple weeks ago. I think the IRS may want to consider doing some debt restructuring… since they never declared Chapter 7 Bankruptcy when I recommended it in 2008. Ok, seriously. All joking aside, this photo reminds me of a must-watch documentary called I.O.U.S.A. (Available to [...]

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Home Shopping Saga… Price Update 2

August 31, 2010

It would appear that prices are still dropping in the Bellevue real estate market. My index property has gone down in value since May by $7,500. Here’s a great article that reminded me of this little tracking project (courtesy of my boss).

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Don’t Litter… Except on Sundays

August 21, 2010

I went to New York earlier this week and noticed this very somewhat funny sign, which asks me not to litter between 8-8:30am, except on Sundays, when I can apparently litter all day without worry. Am I missing something?!

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School’s Out

August 3, 2010

Holy cow! This is so true. School is more like a robot factory than a place of inspiration. Here’s a neat story from her speech that we’d do well to remember: There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, “If I work very hard [...]

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Things I care about

July 25, 2010

There should be an unlimited party system in the United States. The two party system presents a false choice. The problem is not broken campaign promises; It is that I am relieved when they are broken. Nuclear energy is the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is clean, it is abundant (or could be), [...]

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