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For the nerds on HN, Uncle Roger, by Judy Malloy.

https://people.well.com/user/jmalloy/uncleroger/partytop.htm...

The poetry was accidental. She was limited to 50 characters, and so she turned the lines into poetry. Judy said she was not a poet when she wrote Uncle Roger, but became one after it was done.

A perspective of the old Silicon Valley, when it was about the silicon, from the eyes of a woman. It's familiar yet so different. Things like this:

    Jeff kept talking about custom chips.
    He got very excited.
    I looked into his eyes which are brown.
    I wanted him to keep talking.
    "What is a custom chip?" I asked.
It just captures that feeling when I ask my wife about wastewater treatment or medical incinerators.


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