A really insane person who occasionally pretends to be able to write software. ---- And he actually writes software, too. He lives in AucklandCity, NewZealand, and recently completed a degree at MasseyUniversityAlbany. He's also a big fan of the BastardOperatorFromHell, written by SimonTravaglia. He's just started learning ExtremeProgramming (though he's done bits of it before), and he's starting to like it :) Without question, his favourite TV series is BabylonFive, followed by ReBoot :) His favourite movie at the moment is TheMatrix. And he really enjoyed ThePrincessBride. ---- MyersBriggs: INTP (67-11-44-44, at least according to one test) ---- His favourite Wiki pages (in no particular order) are: * RonJeffries * BugsArentVoodoo * LatherRinseRepeat * TaoOfProgramming * ProgrammingIsFun * LlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllLlantysiliogogogoch * HeisenBug * QuotesOnProgramDevelopment * ZeroOneInfinityRule * CowOrker''''''s * DafinitionalHumor * OldRulesWithOutdatedForces He's also getting dangerously addicted to http://www.c2.com/cgi-bin/quickChanges?days=1 Also just discovered http://www.c2.com/cgi-bin/wantedWikiPages, but hasn't decided if he's going to do anything about it yet :) ---- Here's a good quote he found on CreepingFeaturitis: : ''"Engineers are people who love to solve problems. They love solving problems so much, that, given'' : ''no problems at all, they will invent some to solve." -- MichaelFeathers'' (don't know if that's his quote or if he was merely the one who put in on the page...) ---- And here's something else he found lying around... he's not sure if he agrees with it (lacking sufficient information), but it sounded cool: : ''Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk. Nothing that achieves this level of insult to three sets of language zealots in eleven words should ever be removed entirely from Wiki.'' ---- And another one :) : ''Programming is '''hard''' because its closest two traditional jobs would be mathematics and philosophy - except that unlike philosophers programmers need to produce something, and unlike mathematicians programmers have no proof of anything.'' ---- '''If you want to leave any messages for him, please put them between the lines below, and please leave a name or something so that he knows what you're talking about!''' ---- [Insert messages here] Like your quotes, Thanks -- MarcGrundfest ---- CategoryHomePage