Ralph's Quote Collection

Some of my favorite bits of wisdom and humor are collected here for your reading pleasure and edification.

Short Quotes

Short quotes I've gathered from various places.

Slang Terms

Amusing slang terms, technically oriented.

Pi Poems

Handy on Pi-day every year: 3/14 (best read at 1:59)

Klingon Programers

Top 12 things heard if you worked with a Klingon Programmer.

Heisenbug

A defintion.

On Keeping an Open Mind

Quotes to remind one to pay attention to new ideas.

Anagram Fun

Some humorous anagrams of my name and a web site to create them.

Is Bill Gates the Anti-Christ?

Some distinctly non-scientific information.

Yankonics

A new language dielect for New England...

The DEC Holy Grail

Somewhere in Maynard....

Work Smart

This may ring familar with software developers...

The Evolution of a Programmer

An amusing collection of source code examples.

If HAL were a Pentium

A humorous rewrite of the 2001 script.

Rating the Dinosaurs

A humorous rating of several popular creatures.

Administratium

A new element is discovered.

Baby Man Page

Finally, the necessary details.

If Operating Systems Were Beer

A humorous analogy.

If Operating Systems Were Airlines

Yet another humorous analogy.

The Technical Seuss

What if Dr. Seuss wrote technical manuals?

Twas the Night Before Christmast

Bill takes control of Christmas...

Diary of a Cat

Life from the other side...

Y Chromosome Map

A humorous fake chromosome map