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Compiled HTML help for Perl is here, well written and easy to read. The very useful link contains much other stuff too.

Yes, Microsofts web site has some interesting content, such as this article. As I like to print stuff to PDF to read on my PDA, I will usually search all over for a “printer-friendly” link immediately. Alas, while MS pages have one in IE (Internet Explorer),

no such luck in Firefox:

nor the weirdo of browsers, Opera:

So, to print the page, simply add “?pf=true” to the end of the URL so http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/gps.mspx becomes http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/gps.mspx?pf=true
Beat MS at their own game. Hope it helps.

Goheer has created a very nifty utility to greatly improve on the windows task switcher (Ctrl + T) with clickable icons and thumbnails of the open windows. There is also a power toy doing something similar but why use MS when you can avoid it? One more reason not to upgrade to Vista. 

More soon on flickr.

When installing Spamfighter’s web version (downloaded file name spamfighter_web.exe) you may receive the “Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.” error on some systems. Before delving deep into the registry to fix dead *.mst references (which might or might not work), it might be quicker to download the full version instead of the web installer. Also check out the Spamfighter support pages. Hope it helps.