Remind me to talk to you about 'bricklaying' code versus proper code some time. People don't appreciate the artistry involved in writing code. I literally get endorphins sometimes when I am making progress - it's fun. Really. And the output is completely objective - if your code doesn't work, it's obvious.

This channels me into talking about inner beauty automatically creating outer beauty. If something is beautifully constructed then it will work better. I believe this principle operates on everything from software to other forms of engineering to music to the attractiveness of a human.

A girl can look nice in the distance but if, when you start talking to her, she is not very bright, the attraction (for me, certainly) fades rapidly. If you do not have consistency or morals or intelligence or humour your face begins to look like a confusion of rubber and I need to go and talk to someone else.

(P.S. I'm loving posting to this blog via the livejournal robot! Finally - pith without having to wait for a browser...)