As of February 15^th 2002, I'm in the UK and available for some short-term contract work/consultancy. I am resident in Bristol but have a preference to work in London. My ideal work is with the Web, and right now I'm most productive using Perl. However, that's far from a strict requirement...

To be clear, "available for some short-term contract work/consultancy" is another of me saying I'm not interested in any permanent positions. Unless I can be convinced very quickly it will change my life...

I have a primarily unix/Web/perl application development background as well as nearly half my professional career spent as a unix system administrator (Solaris & Linux, mostly). I have had my own server online since 1996 (more details on this at paulm.com/hosting).

My interests technically are wide ranging: in this last year I have written Java servers, Mac OS X GUI development, BSD networking code, Oracle/mail server integration, and even a C# and .NET project (I haven't quite been written a check for that last one, but it's close). I'm heavily involved in a variety of open source projects, non-profits & commit a fair chunk of time to those communities in the form of mailing list discussions, developer assistance and organizing and participating in social events. I have a healthy list of references from people in a variety of roles and positions.

More about me, my resume with more details on projects and positions. Or just go ahead and contact me.