Me

Hi. I'm Sam. I'm from the rural Midwest. I like computers. In spite of that, I also like things that are not computers.

Here are some miscellaneous pages about stuff I'm interested in.

• My Computer Setup
• Cool Sites
• Fortunes

Interests

• Linux/Unix operating systems
• System administration
• Programming
• Literature
• The Blues
• Video Games

Last Modified: 2025-01-07

flowchart, n. & v.
	[From flow "to ripple down in rich profusion, as hair" + chart
	"a cryptic hidden-treasure map designed to mislead the uninitiated."]
	1. n. The solution, if any, to a class of Mascheroni
	construction problems in which given algorithms require geometrical
	representation using only the 35 basic ideograms of the ANSI
	template.  2. n. Neronic doodling while the system burns.
	3. n. A low-cost substitute for wallpaper.  4. n.  The innumerate
	misleading the illiterate.  "A thousand pictures is worth ten lines
	of code." --The Programmer's Little Red Vade Mecum, Mao Tse T'umps.
	5. v.intrans. To produce flowcharts with no particular object in mind.
	6. v.trans. To obfuscate (a problem) with esoteric cartoons.
		-- S. Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"