Ferret tagged me to come up with five things that haven't previously been published. This was harder then I expected. I kept thinking about things from the past - such as my childhood - and about other people I am close to.
Anyway, here goes:
1) I really enjoy public speaking. This might seem odd, because I am usually a quiet person.
2) I have got into the habit of doing logic problems just before I go to sleep. I don't necessarily expect to finish them at one bedtime. At the moment I am working my way through a collection of 16x16 sudokos.
3) I don't diet. I never count calories or carbs or fat grams or whatever. I just eat what I want, when I want it and don't eat what I don't want when I don't want it. However, my BMI is firmly in the normal zone.
4) You can see a thatched cottage from my kitchen window. Two other houses that are close to mine were built before 1775: over 200 years before ours.
5) I have forgotten more about the vi text editor then most people ever know.
(Vi is the standard text editor for the UNIX operating system, and I worked for a company that was writing software to test the operating system. I had to write the test case for vi, and it had to test every option in the specifications. Unfortunately, I have forgotten most of them. Linux and MacOS are both based on UNIX.)
I won't be tagging anyone specifically, but if you want to do this on your blog, feel free to count yourself as tagged.
I love your facts. I am another vi fan, but I know I don't use a fraction of it. Tet who I live with, does know vi. I think he was thinking about doing a talk on it at a conference at some point. It is the one true way :)
ReplyDeleteI do of course think you are really weird now, liking public speaking! I wouldn't have thought it of you :)
I hardly use vi these days, and I seem to use about three options. I like knowing that the other options are there though.
ReplyDeleteI put in about the public speaking because most people wouldn't expect it of me. My school provided us with more oppurtunities then most schools, so I think I got over any fear of it quite young.
Wow, vi... haven't used it since I finished work, so about 10 years. :)
ReplyDeleteI used to work on the Help Desk for the Unix based system we ran and so was very familiar with it.
I am very jealous of your non-dieting. Admittedly I'm not dietng either but my BMI is not doing so well. :D
Cool facts, thank you.
Wow, vi... haven't used it since I finished work, so about 10 years. :)
ReplyDeleteI used to work on the Help Desk for the Unix based system we ran and so was very familiar with it.
I am very jealous of your non-dieting. Admittedly I'm not dietng either but my BMI is not doing so well. :D
Cool facts, thank you.
Wow, vi... haven't used it since I finished work, so about 10 years. :)
ReplyDeleteI used to work on the Help Desk for the Unix based system we ran and so was very familiar with it.
I am very jealous of your non-dieting. Admittedly I'm not dietng either but my BMI is not doing so well. :D
Cool facts, thank you.