Toastmasters H1/H2 Contest 3/14/2009

Toastmasters district 4, areas H1 and H2 contests for the International Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest (I won 2nd place in the Area H2 Int’l Speech Contest)

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2008 Toastmasters District 4, Area H2 Fall Contests

The Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests for 2008 Toastmasters District 4, Area H2, held on September 6, 2008. I represented my club (Oracle Speakers) in the Evaluation contest.

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Come see me speak at the BayLISA Meeting on April 21, 2005

I will be giving a presentation on Regular Expressions at BayLISA in Cupertino on April 21. Come out and see it! Here are the details: Whether running a simple grep command or writing a big Perl program, a thorough understanding of regular expressions is an essential skill for any system administrator. The talk will describe the history, syntax, and best practices for regular expressions; how a well-written regular expression can dramatically improve the speed of pattern matching; and give tips for using regular expressions in Perl programs.

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