"calibre is a one stop solution to all your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design and works well on Linux, OS X and Windows. calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to ebook conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer. "
- Earle Martin
"One of the many reasons I love Perl is that the vast library of existing code written for almost every purpose ([CPAN](http://search.cpan.org/)) means that you can get almost anything you want in one line, including all of the non-starter examples in this post. That's without any obfuscation or golfing either, before someone suggests it is."
- Earle Martin
"Here in London, a few years ago the Underground (subway) switched from calling people "passengers" to calling them "customers" for some reason. I've never liked that; it suggests they're more interested in money than the experience of travelling in the system."
- Earle Martin