I very much enjoy Regex. The complex elegance in a single line of code.

I have spent 15 years developing my in-house app in VB. I can code in C but I like the readability of VB. I compare the VB haters to Harley Davidson riders who look down at my full dress Suzuki. The bike is no better/worse, but the club mentality makes them feel superior. I am a proud VB coder!

I wear these most every day: COWIN E7 Active Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones ~ 60-70 through AMAZON. I also stream "brown noise" through an app called AMBIO, to help focus and drown out more sound. This is the only way I can concentrate on coding in my office. People who drop in the office also see the headphones on and tend to turn and come back later.

I had CAPSELA when I was young. It was a building set with plastic orbs with gear sets and connectors that you could build all sorts of things. I learned a lot and got my engineering mind moving. I just bought a bunch for my three year old son on ebay.