Things I Would Rather Do than Work with ASP.NET

  • Smell the roses along the way.
  • Go out fishing.
  • Kiss a pretty girl.
  • Drive a taxi.
  • Hold a public presentation.
  • Listen to music.
  • Make music.
  • Write a technical paper.
  • Write a content management system in PHP.
  • Write a haiku in Japanese.
  • Write a haiku in FORTRAN.
  • Learn Erlang.
  • Learn French.
  • Run a mile.
  • Repair a bus.
  • Build a house.
  • Be home sick.
  • Drive a car into a brick wall at low speed.
  • Sit in a bathtub full of scissors.
  • Wash my hair in Coca-Cola.
  • Walk barefoot on nails.
  • Watch Swedish news.
  • Not bathe for a week.
  • Run two miles.
  • Wear a Star Trek costume in a public setting.
  • Write a content management system in assembler for an 8080 processor.
  • Hang out with Ozzy Osbourne.
  • Write a content management system, in binary code, for a Z80 processor that only has 4K of memory, using only a teletype printer and a set of reference manuals, and under incredible time pressure.

3 thoughts on “Things I Would Rather Do than Work with ASP.NET

  1. Dude! I had to do exactly the same thing- make a list and add to it whenever I wanted to punch through the screen- want me to add your pieces to the list at aspdotnet.org.uk?

    My favourite is this one: “Sit in a bathtub full of scissors.”

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