Logical Poetry

It comes from a book called Structured Programming (1972) by Edsger Dijkstra, a reknown educator in software engineering. I quote:

The classroom experiment described in this section took place at the end of a course entitled "Introduction to the Art of Programming", for which separate lecture notes - with exercises and all that - were written. As at the moment of writing the students that followed this course have still to pass their examination, it is for me still an open question how successful I have been. They liked the course, I have heard that they described my programs as "logical poems", so I have the best of hopes.

Resume

My current resume

Software

Sue Center - A communication environment for people who cannot use a keyboard or mouse.
Notes and Labs for a Perl class.
FotoEase - An easy way to share pictures with friends and family.
Mount Madonna Center - Registration and Mailing List - since 1989.
Musical Staff Paper - Make custom sized staff paper.
Config::Easy Access to a key-value configuration file.
Getopt::Easy Parse command line options in a simple but capable way.
Bash Aliases Utilities to Manage Bash Aliases

My Writings

Sitting and Flossing My Struggles With Discipline
A Northern Quest to Clear the Mind A trip to Alaska
Adventures in the Land of Freedom Political Protest
Prius and SUV My Car
Deranged in Japan A trip to Japan
The Battle at 7th and K Stuttering 1972
Travel Letter from Norway
Linguistic Curiousity Thoughts on Language
Knitting Projects For meditation and gifts.

Family

Children Play Commentary on Life Stages
Sitting With Dad Being with my Dad at the end of his life.
Leif's Last Days A chronicle of the sudden death of my brother.
Memorial Service for Dad Eulogy for Dad & Homily by Pastor Werfelman
My family of origin An extensive photo album.
Bjorn's Ironman for Lung Cancer Research
Growing Up in North Dakota An Elin/Jon co-production.
Piano music that I played at Elin's memorial service on July 3, 2008.
- Beethoven Largo e Mesto - 2nd movement Sonata #7
- Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K. 95
The above recordings were made at home in June 2007.
Eulogy for Elin Given by Rev. Bruce Smith from discussion with Joe.
Obituary for Elin From the Contra Costa Times

Things I Found That I Like

Hypermiling Extreme Fuel Efficiency Techniques
How to Drive Yourself Crazy Mental Health Advice
The Right to Play Certificate Play!
The Hippy Quiz Are you a hippy?
BS Bingo An antidote to boring meetings.
Doonesbury cartoons Easy access and a memory of favorites.
The Company Christmas Party An eloquent plea for tolerance and acceptance.
Shepherd Listen to my favorite Jean Shepherd shows.

Money

Why I'm Not a Day Trader

Technology

Thoreau on the World Wide Web He was quite prescient.

An essay and 4 cartoons that explain why I am a computer professional who is also a Neo-Luddite:

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Calvin and Hobbes
Shel Silverstein
Dilbert
Tom Tomorrow

Am I Obsessive Compulsive?

Do I have OCD? I seem to notice things that others do not.


Take a look for yourself here at 3 items that recently (June 2008) came across my view.

I saw these things right away.