Between blotch and blok

.\, = cat's arse on keyboard (note also the cursor ought to be flashing between the "." and "\": Biggle's backside has discovered backspace, or, possibly, left arrow)

Ah, the things global warming is responsible for.

[And, yes, I was completely unable to resist using the title.]

Found via LanguageLog: lolcode.

Whilst I have on a handful of occasions actually wanted to learn to be able to program (for real, as opposed to understanding the syntax, reading code when necessary, which I've done for years) to solve a problem I have, it's never been something I've wanted to do for its own sake particularly (the same could be said of my learning of human languages, too: I'm willing to learn enough to solve a particular problem, e.g. sufficient specialised Italian to read instructions on musical scores, adequate French to process gobbets of Anglo-Norman texts). Essentially, just as it's possible to admire and understand a little of the "grammar" of buildings without being a builder or an architect, I acquire enough knowledge to understand or appreciate but not necessarily to make something of my own.

But...

This I want to learn.

There's something so essentially right about error-handling with "O NOES" let alone ending the program with "KTHXBYE".

Law 0: A robot shall beware of the cat!

Yup, we've built Pedro, Looby Loo and I, with Biggle, who:

• sat in the box lid
• sat on the instructions we didn't need
• sat on the instructions we did need
• sat on the sorted pieces
• sat on my lap on top of the pieces I was sorting
• chased Looby Loo's fingers during construction.

But Pedro is built and the motor's have been fired up sufficiently to flatten the rechargeable batteries. So, it's tomorrow evening for downloading firmware....

[At least the IR tower installed OK.]