"Software developers are like every other kind of craftsman and artificer; they want, not so secretly, to be artists." -- Eric S. Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming, 2003 (quote appears in chapter 16)
Daphne Eftychia Arthur, guitarist+. Jun. 17th, 2008.
"Software developers are like every other kind of craftsman and artificer; they want, not so secretly, to be artists." -- Eric S. Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming, 2003 (quote appears in chapter 16)
"Software developers are like every other kind of craftsman and artificer; they want, not so secretly, to be artists." -- Eric S. Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming, 2003 (quote appears in chapter 16)
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eftychia at 12:02pm on 2008-06-17Right now[*], the air above my street smells like seawater. (Or, y'know, the Chesapeake Bay.) But the wind is coming from the west -- fairly strongly -- and the harbour is east of here. WTF?
[*] Well, except for a few seconds just after a cement mixer goes through the intersection, when it smells like paraffin. Looks like my guess about the paraffin smell being a variation on diesel exhaust was right.
eftychia at 12:02pm on 2008-06-17Right now[*], the air above my street smells like seawater. (Or, y'know, the Chesapeake Bay.) But the wind is coming from the west -- fairly strongly -- and the harbour is east of here. WTF?
[*] Well, except for a few seconds just after a cement mixer goes through the intersection, when it smells like paraffin. Looks like my guess about the paraffin smell being a variation on diesel exhaust was right.