The Programmer's Cheer

Shift to the left, shift to the right! Pop up, push down, byte, byte, byte!

Would you define OCR?

OCR - Optical Character Recognition: A technology that can take written words and convert them back into computer- readable form, provided they're in the right font, using the correct colors sometimes, at the right point size and pitch, dark enough on the paper, and you're prepared to spend several centuries correcting all the 1's that came out as l's, all the O's that came out as 0's, and all the :'s that come out like ;'s.

Shakespearian Computer Story

Through infinite myst, software reverberates In code possess'd of invisible folly. Wilt thou dare interface with thy Apple Macintosh keypad by toggling my tweaky bosom? Alack! Leave laserjet laughter to the laptop lover. Behold beta beauty in a keyboard's keen kindness. Now yet torment thy melancholy hardware by always vexing the amorous flame of thine model motherboard. This tyrant widget conceals scuzzy games and pleasure treasured dear: Then kiss me. Celestial evil's idolatrous template within AOL will deceive some cybersex users and email "cancel our service." Tis a rare tongue that many maiden bugs command, revealing bounteous distress, trashing bold memory: Click and crash gloriously. Weep not, beauteous Microsoft! Hereafter reboot.