Background
Perl Programming
Submitted: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 @ 12:00:00 AM CDT
I've been programming with the Perl programming language for the past 10 years. I've created quite a few projects, both academically and commercial. Most of the code I write, I release under the terms of the GPL license, as I believe in giving back to the open source community which has given the world so much.
I am a CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) author, and you can check out my CPAN page by clicking on this [Link]
I am also a Freshmeat user, and have some projects published there (albeit they have not been updated in a long time, and the download links may no longer work, but one day that will be fixed also hehe). You can check out my Freshmeat page at this [Link]
You may also be interested in the Projects section here, as I plan on putting all of my open source projects up here.
Linux
Submitted: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 @ 12:00:00 AM CDT
I have a long history with the Linux operating system. Starting right after the release of the original 2.0 series of kernels, I was introduced to the Linux operating system. I was just 12 years old at the time.
I later went on to be one of the original five developers involved with the Gentoo Linux project. [Link]
I have learned a great deal in the last 12 years of using Linux, both professionally and academically, and now hold multiple Linux certifications.
I look forward to what the future of Linux has to bring to the people of the world, from developing countries to Fortune 500 companies.
Asterisk
Submitted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 @ 05:47:48 AM CDT
While running my own business doing Linux consulting, I got to implement and support a wide variety of Linux systems, including Asterisk [ Link ] phone systems. Asterisk is an open-source Private Branch Exchange (PBX) software product originally created by my personal friend Mark Spencer [ Link ] [ Link ], and now maintained commercially by the company that Mark founded, Digium [ Link ], as well as many individuals worldwide.
Asterisk is an extremely viable alternative to traditional, high-cost PBX systems. In many cases, it's also a great deal more flexible in features and configurability. I've used Asterisk as my own PBX while running my company, ShellShark Networks, both internally and as a leased service to residential and commercial entities needing VoIP phone services. In my current job, I'm replacing all of the company's traditional Mitel [ Link ] and Toshiba [ Link ] phone systems to mid-grade HP [ Link ] servers running Linux and Asterisk. As the company is essentially an outbound call center, you can imagine how much they depend on the voice quality and overall stability of a phone system, and Asterisk fits like a glove.