Slashdot | Slashdot's Setup, Part 2- Software
http://meta.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/22/145209 some details about software setup for slashdot
Perl
Unicode-processing issues in Perl and how to cope with it (ahinea.com)
http://ahinea.com/en/tech/perl-unicode-struggle.html some tips on how to handle UTF8 in perl
SoundEx - Phonetic Search Algorithms - How To - Source Code: C, JavaScript, Perl, VB - Creativyst(R) Software - Explored,Designed,Delivered.(SM)
http://www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/SoundEx1/SoundEx1.htm how to do a soundex search