bzip2 -9
Makes all my big files smaller
compression is fun.
gcc -S
Use -masm=intel
AT&T sucks
[ed: To make this one scan, pronounce the first line ‘gee-see-see dash ess’ and the middle line with ‘em-ay-ess-em in-tel’]
Slowly swapping core
Pages faulting all around
Compression is hard
Fast tippy-typing
With some long pauses between
Counting syllables
GNU Emacs is great
Lisp defuns and sexps dance
In virtual space
Yellow diamonds shine
Twinkle like alien suns
Lined up in the night
Headphones and TV
The National on the Ceeb
Real journalism
[Ed: I happen to live on a ridge south of Havre with some big windows facing north, which I face when working at my main development computer and listening to a small TV set. I can get the CBC fairly well on rabbit ears, and I can see the lights of town when the sun goes down.]