» Wednesday, 30 December A.D. 2009
a geek's lament
Somebody more skilled in humorish things than I needs to write a piece in the style of A college admission essay. In this piece, the author would set forth his geek credentials. Examples:
- I have a four-digit Slashdot user id.
- I installed Slackware when it only had 12 diskettes.
- I won an argument with Ulrich Drepper.
- I -funroll-all-loops.
- I taught Chuck Norris everything he knows.
- I know Bruce Schneier's password.
- I have successfully rickrolled somebody.
- I survived the Eternal September.
- I have ascended with every character class.
...and so forth, perhaps more outlandishly than I have done above. After a suitably long listing of all these feats of geekdom in suitably stylistic prose, the essay should conclude with:
“But I have not yet figured out the usefulness of Google Wave.”
posted by Nate @ 10:51PM