ceci n'est pas une Pipe

[learnedax]

laura47 mentioned this, and I am surprised I hadn't run across it before: Larry Wall on... well, Perl, of course, but mostly architecture, poetry, Utena, etc. If you're allergic to Perl you might not be interested. Then again:

How long till Bujold becomes required reading in high school? Far too
long, in my opinion. Horrors. We wouldn't want our students actually
enjoying what they read. It's not--it's not Real Life.

As if the Lord of the Flies is real life. Feh.

Larry continues to rule, or possibly rock.

Comments

[laura47.livejournal.com]

larry wall sounds adorable. and like a fanboy. :)

i really liked the article.

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

adorable perhaps, but a fanboy? i don't see it. larry's more of an equal-footing type. fanboys are all Modernists, you know.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Most celebrities are fanboys of other celebrities, which is one of the reasons things like the Awards shows still happen -- they like hanging out with each other the same as we would.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Having never had any real notion of what Postmodern and Modern and all that actually mean, it was actually kinda informative (and really damn amusing; I like things that make me laugh out loud at work :). It also made me think about the differences between intellectuals and geeks. If an intellectual tried to explain postmodernism to me I'd be fucking lost, but Larry Wall is a geek and his explanation made sense. Maybe because I get all of his references. Especially Utena. Damn that series rocked my socks.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

May I just say, this post has the Perfect Title. I appreciate that sort of thing :-)

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I tend to overuse the phrase, but, well, it's Larry's fault this time.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

The trash poems hit home, too. :-P