Dave Cross
@davorg.davecross.co.uk
Geek. Lefty. Atheist. Skeptic. Rationalist. Secularist. Humanist. Republican (UK Meaning!). Music lover. Writer. Genealogist.
Another update to the WIP version of "Data Munging with Perl [2ed]". It's possible this might be the last update before the actual publication.
perlschool.com/books/data-m...
perlschool.com/books/data-m...
Data Munging with Perl - Perl School Publishing
<p><strong><em>Data Munging with Perl is back</em>. After 25
years.</strong></p>
<p>A lot has changed since Data Munging with Perl was published in 2001.
We don’t munge the same data we did then, and ...
perlschool.com
October 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Another update to the WIP version of "Data Munging with Perl [2ed]". It's possible this might be the last update before the actual publication.
perlschool.com/books/data-m...
perlschool.com/books/data-m...
I've just set up a mailing list for people who want to keep up to date with Perl School.
The second edition of "Data Munging with Perl" is close to publication and there are other books in the pipeline behind it, so now is a good time to make sure you stay in the loop.
Sign up at perlschool.com
The second edition of "Data Munging with Perl" is close to publication and there are other books in the pipeline behind it, so now is a good time to make sure you stay in the loop.
Sign up at perlschool.com
Perl School Publishing - Perl eBooks written by experts
Perl eBooks written by experts
perlschool.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I've just set up a mailing list for people who want to keep up to date with Perl School.
The second edition of "Data Munging with Perl" is close to publication and there are other books in the pipeline behind it, so now is a good time to make sure you stay in the loop.
Sign up at perlschool.com
The second edition of "Data Munging with Perl" is close to publication and there are other books in the pipeline behind it, so now is a good time to make sure you stay in the loop.
Sign up at perlschool.com
I've just updated the WIP version of "Data Munging with Perl [2ed]". It's getting close to being finished now. Get it from LeanPub.
leanpub.com/datamungingw...
leanpub.com/datamungingw...
Data Munging With Perl [2ed]
leanpub.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I've just updated the WIP version of "Data Munging with Perl [2ed]". It's getting close to being finished now. Get it from LeanPub.
leanpub.com/datamungingw...
leanpub.com/datamungingw...
I think I'm starting to get half-decent at throwing a few AI tools together and making videos :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDPs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDPs...
Oneirina – Meet Cute (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Oneirina
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I think I'm starting to get half-decent at throwing a few AI tools together and making videos :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDPs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDPs...
The Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheFreddyShow
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I've just updated the work-in-progress version of "Data Munging with Perl" that you can buy from LeanPub. The plan is to have the book published in time for the London Perl Workshop (on 21 Nov).
datamungingwithperl.com#updates
datamungingwithperl.com#updates
Data Munging with Perl
Techniques for data recognition, parsing, transformation and filtering. Second edition, by Dave Cross.
datamungingwithperl.com
September 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I've just updated the work-in-progress version of "Data Munging with Perl" that you can buy from LeanPub. The plan is to have the book published in time for the London Perl Workshop (on 21 Nov).
datamungingwithperl.com#updates
datamungingwithperl.com#updates
The 2026 London Perl Workshop has been announced. 21 November at Zoopla's office in Shad Thames.
act.yapc.eu/lpw2026/
act.yapc.eu/lpw2026/
London Perl & Raku Workshop 2026
The London Perl & Raku Workshop
act.yapc.eu
August 28, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The 2026 London Perl Workshop has been announced. 21 November at Zoopla's office in Shad Thames.
act.yapc.eu/lpw2026/
act.yapc.eu/lpw2026/
When five years of unrelated hacking accidentally turns into a useful web platform.
perlhacks.com/2026/08/acci...
perlhacks.com/2026/08/acci...
Accidentally Building a CPAN Web Platform - Perl Hacks
Sometimes you design a system. And sometimes you make a series of vaguely related decisions over five years and eventually realise that, quite by accident, you've designed a system. I think I've just ...
perlhacks.com
August 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
When five years of unrelated hacking accidentally turns into a useful web platform.
perlhacks.com/2026/08/acci...
perlhacks.com/2026/08/acci...
I built a thing that makes it easy to link to Amazon products for international audiences.
dev.to/davorg/why-i...
dev.to/davorg/why-i...
Why I Built Amazon Store (So I Don't Have to Pick a Country)
I run a handful of small content sites — Perl School, Readabooker, Mercurial Albums, and a few...
dev.to
August 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I built a thing that makes it easy to link to Amazon products for international audiences.
dev.to/davorg/why-i...
dev.to/davorg/why-i...
I walked the length of the National COVID Memorial today. Which gave me the opportunity to finally make this video that I'd been planning for months for one of Oneirina's songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_jO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_jO...
I Still Miss You - Oneirina
YouTube video by Oneirina
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I walked the length of the National COVID Memorial today. Which gave me the opportunity to finally make this video that I'd been planning for months for one of Oneirina's songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_jO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_jO...
I didn't want to get drawn into the pointless media speculation about the Sussexes' return to the UK. So, instead, I wrote a complete timeline of their story (so far...)
blog.lineofsuccession.co.uk/p/prince-har...
blog.lineofsuccession.co.uk/p/prince-har...
Prince Harry and Meghan: A Decade of Change
A Timeline, 2016–2026
blog.lineofsuccession.co.uk
August 21, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I didn't want to get drawn into the pointless media speculation about the Sussexes' return to the UK. So, instead, I wrote a complete timeline of their story (so far...)
blog.lineofsuccession.co.uk/p/prince-har...
blog.lineofsuccession.co.uk/p/prince-har...
Flat White Cosmology
Oneirina · Flat White Cosmology · Song · 2026
open.spotify.com
August 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Here's the newsletter I sent out to subscribers last weekend.
(Warning: contains opinions on AI)
onething.davecross.co.uk/p/publishing...
(Warning: contains opinions on AI)
onething.davecross.co.uk/p/publishing...
Publishing Books
And using LLMs to help
onething.davecross.co.uk
August 15, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Here's the newsletter I sent out to subscribers last weekend.
(Warning: contains opinions on AI)
onething.davecross.co.uk/p/publishing...
(Warning: contains opinions on AI)
onething.davecross.co.uk/p/publishing...
Ok. I'm getting back on track with "Data Munging with Perl" 2ed. Last night, I published another WIP update to LeanPub (for people who can't wait for it to be finished). And this morning, the new website went live.
datamungingwithperl.com
datamungingwithperl.com
Data Munging with Perl
Techniques for data recognition, parsing, transformation and filtering. Second edition, by Dave Cross.
datamungingwithperl.com
August 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Ok. I'm getting back on track with "Data Munging with Perl" 2ed. Last night, I published another WIP update to LeanPub (for people who can't wait for it to be finished). And this morning, the new website went live.
datamungingwithperl.com
datamungingwithperl.com
Ten Years Without The Starman (proof of concept)
YouTube video by Dave Cross
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM
For the next week or so (and then, to a lesser extent, for the rest of August), there will be a lot of Edinburgh Fringe content here.
standup.co.uk/2026/08/04/e...
standup.co.uk/2026/08/04/e...
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 is about to begin
The Edinburgh Fringe starts on Friday. Here is what StandUp.co.uk will be covering, the key Comedy Awards dates and our tips for making the most of the festival.
standup.co.uk
August 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
For the next week or so (and then, to a lesser extent, for the rest of August), there will be a lot of Edinburgh Fringe content here.
standup.co.uk/2026/08/04/e...
standup.co.uk/2026/08/04/e...
More AI nonsense. I've made my first full-length music video for one of Oneirina's older songs. Made with a combination of Suno, Veo and CapCut.
It's a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wq5...
It's a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wq5...
Oneirina - Waterloo Sunrise
YouTube video by Dave Cross
www.youtube.com
August 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
More AI nonsense. I've made my first full-length music video for one of Oneirina's older songs. Made with a combination of Suno, Veo and CapCut.
It's a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wq5...
It's a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wq5...
The 2026 Mercury Music Prize nominations were announced on Friday and I've finally had time to add them to Mercurial Albums.
mercurialalbums.com
mercurialalbums.com
Mercurial Albums - Mercurial Albums — Mercury Prize shortlists and winners
Mercurial Albums - Mercurial Albums — Mercury Prize shortlists and winners
mercurialalbums.com
August 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The 2026 Mercury Music Prize nominations were announced on Friday and I've finally had time to add them to Mercurial Albums.
mercurialalbums.com
mercurialalbums.com
I thought a little more deeply about the NMS support request I received earlier this week.
perlhacks.com/2026/08/the-...
perlhacks.com/2026/08/the-...
The Future Isn’t Evenly Distributed - Perl Hacks
"The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed."— William Gibson I was reminded of that quote this week when I received a support request for a Perl CGI script I helped write about twe...
perlhacks.com
August 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I thought a little more deeply about the NMS support request I received earlier this week.
perlhacks.com/2026/08/the-...
perlhacks.com/2026/08/the-...
Sometimes I wonder if I spend too much time working on what is, after all, a silly little AI music project.
oneirina.com
oneirina.com
Oneirina
Oneirina makes cinematic, nocturnal pop shaped by London streets, half-remembered nights and the stories we tell ourselves on the way home.
oneirina.com
July 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Sometimes I wonder if I spend too much time working on what is, after all, a silly little AI music project.
oneirina.com
oneirina.com
I haven't seen "The Odyssey" yet. All this "see it as Nolan intended" marketing is starting to annoy me. I live within walking distance of one of the three cinemas in the UK that can show the preferred format, but that's sold out until early September.
July 19, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I haven't seen "The Odyssey" yet. All this "see it as Nolan intended" marketing is starting to annoy me. I live within walking distance of one of the three cinemas in the UK that can show the preferred format, but that's sold out until early September.
In another life, I was pretty involved in the London stand-up comedy scene. I went to the Edinburgh Fringe a few times about 25 years ago. I'm going back this year, and I've been perusing the program...
standup.co.uk/2026/07/12/e...
standup.co.uk/2026/07/12/e...
Eleven Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows I want to see in 2026
From Ahir Shah and Nish Kumar to Kristen Schaal and the breakout stars of SNL UK, these are the Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows at the top of my 2026 list.
standup.co.uk
July 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
In another life, I was pretty involved in the London stand-up comedy scene. I went to the Edinburgh Fringe a few times about 25 years ago. I'm going back this year, and I've been perusing the program...
standup.co.uk/2026/07/12/e...
standup.co.uk/2026/07/12/e...