Re: sticking it to stickies

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From: Mike Macgirvin
Subject: Re: sticking it to stickies
Date: 05:31 on 15 Nov 2005
> I want a way to take really quick notes. I want to scribble down a to-do, write
> down a MySQL log position, write down the length of time it took to build the
> CPANTS database, or whatever.

This is what got me started in computers. I just wanted to jot something 
down - in colors, and save it. I tried to implement it on a TI 99-4A. 
Several months later I got tired of the cassette tape data interface and 
got a brand new Commodore 64 with a floppy disk. ColorFile was the 
program name. It actually worked. But after a year of development and 
software and hardware that grew rapidly obsolete I discovered that I 
already had the perfect ColorFile. To this day I keep a stack of 3x5 
cards and a set of magic markers near my desk.

So I'm starting to see a common thread. This list tends to be populated 
primarily by geeks who primarily use PERL, primarily on Macs. Dang - no 
freaking wonder y'all hates software.

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