What a day!
Well, you know I like lots of action during a day. it would be boring to write about, or for you to read, but it was interesting to live.
My sister and I had a Facebook chat about code. See, all this time I thought she was mostly a statistician, and really she does programming. I was thus able to have her go look at my “Non-Specialist’s Guide to Computer Languages” and check it for accuracy. I was asked to write that this morning, and it provided a nice punctuation to a day otherwise rather heavily filled with chocolate — not real chocolate, just virtual chocolate. With a bit of shouting.
Tomorrow is weddings and, I hope, whole foods. Also lunch with the Computer Guy, if we are not instead under a foot of snow, as the weather people are hoping.
I should probably go out and buy peanut butter and granola bars just in case. Otherwise, when the power goes off for a week, we’ll be sadly eating Triscuits leftover from Christmas.
You have only just found out she is a programmer!! I think the two of you need to talk more! Most of what little formal programming training I have was designed by your sister. She was also my lecturer when I took her course on computer game programming.
@sighkey –
I think there are two things going on there. First, we mostly talk about our kids. Second, tech guys assume no one will know what they do and leave it at that. I knew of course that she had gone to school for computer science, but never got into more detail on it. In fact, until I became a computer guy myself, I didn’t know (or care) what a programmer did. When people ask me what I do, I usually say I’m a writer.
In my sister’s case, of course, the thing I did know about — that she taught statistics — is right up there with computer programming and Freshman Comp on the Dull and Confusing list, so it’s no wonder we mostly talk about the kids.
Wonderful to know that you worked with your sister yesterday; that’s terrific. Meanwhile, it would be a very good idea to stock up on food you don’t have to cook — more than just peanut butter and granola bars — because the weatherpeople are positive we’re going to get sleet and snow and freezing rain and power outages. Your county government has declared a state of emergency.
@fibermom –
lol I can understand why talking about kids more interesting than talking about stats and programming I guess. I think there may be a cultural difference as well. Even though I have now seen how big the US is, it is difficult for kiwis to imagine how those distances contribute to the distribution of family. I understand intellectually the idea of moving states to get education but of course here, even if siblings moved away from family to go to varsity the greatest physical difference between universities is between Auckland and Otago. You can fly between the two in a few hours. Also siblings tend to go to the same varsity so they don’t lose touch which each other even if they have moved away from home.
It does explain a mystery though. I always wondered why you apparently never thought of asking her about some of the programming snags you hit. And not computer ‘guy’ – that’s reinforcing stereotypes 🙂 – you’re a computer ‘gal’.
@ozarque –
Fortunately they were wrong — we never even broke out the granola bars.