Coder Girl...

[ted leslie]

speaking of women geeks,
i was listening to a 2-3 week old TLLTS  (the linux linc tech show),
podcast yesterday,
and the guest was on because (at least in part) to the fact they are a female geek,

the guest was  "Jeri Ellsworth"
and honestly , she is probably the most techy (not going to say geeky, as she would actaully probably have issue with that),
female I have ever seen.
she has a electron microscope in her basement, and does silcon IC experimentation/creation - for fun!!
and her first job out of school was building 400hp race cars,
and she built pipe bombs for fun as a kid (ok, so we all did that),
but it was a good podcast, one worth checking out, as are all the TLLTS podcasts,
oh, but she doesn't use linux at home :(

-tl

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:49:38 -0400
Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 7/23/09, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Colin McGregor<colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
> >> Ran across the following rap music tribute to a woman programmer:
> >>
> >>  http://php-princess.net/2009/07/21/coder-girl/
> >>
> >> All pleasantly warped, twisted, and good fun...
> >>
> >>
> >> Colin McGregor
> >
> > I Love this =) thanks for sharing!!!
> 
> You are of course most welcome.
> 
> But here I am sitting in ... quasi-awe at how what for me was a quick
> light-weight diversion has exploded into a massive debate on this
> list...
> 
> There is so little in the way of geek humour compared to many other
> trades / professions (did you hear the one about the lawyer who ...).
> So, when someone does a cute / clever bit about geeks (especially
> women geeks) I think it should be promoted / encouraged.
> 
> The fact that the musically style might not be your favourite (and I
> will admit rap is not among my favourite musical genres (but then, I
> am also not a big country music fan)) is quite secondary.
> 
> In other words folks, like the song, don't like it, or whatever, I
> don't care. But please don't bring race into this picture...
> 
> Colin McGregor
> 
> > --
> > Kind Regards,
> > Rajinder Yadav
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