I clicked the link with my spine pre-cringed, ready for cheesy hacker poetry. Instead I found a lovingly crafted epitaph in stylish, uninterrupted verse. I immediately looked to see the other poetry. I was shocked that there were only two others posted --- I refuse to believe that someone who wrote this and <i>The Little Bank of San Pietro dei Fiumi</i> (also beautiful) has only written three poems. Post more, Mister Jorgensen!
TIL that an english sonnet is not at all the same thing as a french one (I was confused at first, because in french a sonnet is a <i>very</i> strict form of poetry, which is not respected at all here). So thanks for that, and beautiful text, by the way :-).
I wasn't sure if "Steve Jacks" was an admirer or some clueless middle manager at a newspaper meeting not wanting to talk about "C" because everyone is running "PCs" these days.<p>But here's his original letter:
<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-18/news/chi-111018jacks_briefs_1_vending-machine-unix-traffic-light" rel="nofollow">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-18/news/chi-11101...</a>