New Flowers

Well the flowers turned out pretty well considering that I have a brown thumb at times!  I may actually buy some more of these to fill in more of the gaps.

Little helper


Little one came up to mom and asked for a screw driver. Then she pointed at the door and her finger was pointed at a screw. Maybe she has watched a little too much Handy Manny!

New Front Flower Bed


Well after battling the wind and allergies, the flower bed is now done. Well almost. We still have a few more bags of mulch to put down. We got top soil and the natural Golden Canadian rock for Minick’s Materials. The rubber mulch and Boxwoods came from Home Depot. We got the other plants from TLC. Now we get got to get them to grow.

Using a Phone a Friend

One of those other rare moments with little one happened today.   As I told her something she didn't want to hear (no hitting), she decided that she was calling Mommy.   So she got up and told me she was going to tell mommy on me.   She came back from her room with phone in hand letting mom know that I was mean and not nice.   If only she could dial the phone, I might have to worry.   It would also help if you could understand everything that she is trying to say as well.   :P

Perl Snips – The Beginning

This is the start of a series of articles that I will be writing for perl. I will start with some basics and progress from there. The end of the road should will get us into using various modules to aid in automation of tasks.

In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.   He created light to separate the darkness, and called light Day and dark night.  On the Second Day, God created an expanse between the waters, and called the expanse sky.  On the Third Day, God created dry ground which he called land, and the separated water below the sky, he called seas.  God then called out for the land to produce vegetation of all kinds.  On the Fourth Day, God created lights in the expanse of the sky to separate day and night, and let them be used to as signs to mark seasons, days and years.   God made a greater light to govern the day, and a lesser light to govern the night, and stars to fill the expanse.   On the Fifth Day, God created living creatures in the seas and the skies.   On the Sixth Day, God created living creatures on the land, and created man in our image.  On the Seventh Day, God rested from all his work.

On the Eighth Day, God created Perl to aid man in all their repetitive tasks.   …….   Well maybe not, but some might argue it is not that far off.   So, welcome to Perl Snips!   I am hoping to do several of these little articles, kind of like series.   I will start off with just some basic stuff, but I will start branching out to actual code sniplets to do things like ftp, email, various windows queries, etc.   I am not sure how often I will create these articles, but I will endeavor to make one every few weeks at least.   If you have any questions or comments, you can feel free to register for an account and post in the forums.   So now as they say, “On with the show”!

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