TITLE: Disconnected Thoughts to End the Month
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: November 30, 2008 10:04 PM
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... and a week of time away from work and worries.

There is still something special about an early
morning run on fresh snow.  The world seems new.

November has been a bad month for running, with
my health at its lowest ebb since June, but even
one three-mile jog brings back a good feeling.

I can build a set of books for our home finances
based on the data I have at hand.  I do not have
to limit myself to the way accountants define
transactions.
<A HREF="http://www.canhamrogers.com/HDEB.htm">
   Luca Pacioli</A>
was a smart guy who did a good thing, but our tools
are better today than they were in 1494.  Programs
change things.

S-expressions really are a dandy data format.  They
make so many things straightforward.  Some programmers
may not like the parens, but simple list delimiters
are all I need.  Besides, Scheme's <TT>(read)</TT>
does all the dirty work parsing my input.

After a week's rest, I imagine something like one
of those
<A HREF="http://www.godspeaks.com/AboutTheBillboards.asp?SayingID=7">
   signs from God</A>:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
That "sustainable pace" thing...  <BR/>
I meant that.  <BR/><BR/>
-- The Agile Alliance
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'd put Kent or Ward's name in there, but that's
a lot of pressure for any man.  And they might not
appreciate my sense of humor.

The Biblical story of creation in six days (small
steps) with feedback ("And he saw that it was good.")
and a day of rest convinces me that God is an agile
developer.
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