Since I was little, I have always been fascinated by clothes. I liked the way that what I wore could speak and question and have a conversation when appropriate even without words. I liked matching and clashing colors and textures and I liked how I moved differently when I wore dresses. When I grew up I […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Wikipedia Kids
Saturday, September 23, 2017
As a kid I used to spend hours in front of the laboratory computer Wikipedia page hopping while I waited for my parents to finish working. My favorite page was an entry on mermaids. I was accosted by words like “etymology” and “mythology,” names and references to the esoteric and arcane. Obviously I had no […]
Why won’t programmers wear shoes?
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Why won’t programmers wear shoes? I’ve noticed this trend throughout Where Wizards Stay Up Late as well as in my real life observations of computer science majors. There is a peculiar mythology of the iconoclastic genius and his odd but tolerable behaviors. Crowther insisted on only wearing sneakers. Einstein purportedly never wore socks. My father, […]
Printers and Penguins
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
I would like to start by talking about printers. The other day I stood in the library printing paper copies of all the readings for each of my four classes plus one back-up class. As I watched the printer spit paper out at me for a solid two minutes I was reminded when I was […]