When God created woman, he worked late on the sixth day.
An angel came by and asked, “Why spend so much time with her?”
The Lord answered. “Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?”
- She has to function in all possible situations.
- She has to be able to embrace several children at the same time.
- Be capable of a hug that can heal anything from a crushed knee to a broken heart.
- She has to do it all with only two hands.
- She heals herself when she is sick and can work 18 hours a day.
The angel was impressed: “With only two hands … impossible! And this is the standard model?”
The angel came closer and touched the woman.
“But you made her so soft, sir.”
“She’s soft,” said the Lord.
“But I have made her strong. You can’t imagine what she can endure and overcome.”
“Can she think?” asked the angel…
The Lord answered, “she can’t just think, she can reflect and negotiate.”
The angel touched her cheeks…
“Lord, it seems that this creation is leaking! You’ve placed too many burdens on her.”
“It’s not leaking. These are tears”, the Lord corrected the angel.
“What’s that for?” asked the angel.
The Lord said, “Tears are her way of expressing her grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her sorrow and her pride.” …
That made a big impression on the angel, “Lord, you are a genius. You’ve thought of everything. A woman is really wonderful.”
The Lord said: “Indeed she is.
- She has power that amazes a man.
- She can cope with problems and carry heavy loads.
- She holds happiness, love and opinions.
- She smiles when she wants to scream.
- She sings when she feels like crying, cries when she is happy and laughs when she is afraid.
- She fights for what she believes in.
- Her love is unconditional.
- Her heart is broken when a loved one or a friend dies, but she finds strength to go on living.”
The angel asked, “So, she’s a perfect being?”
The Lord replied: “No. She only has one disadvantage. She often forgets what she’s worth”.
Recently, I stumbled upon an advertisement for this object. It is a gadget called Blink(1), which can be plugged into a USB port and which has two color LEDs, one on top and one on the bottom, that can be controlled by a piece of computer software to show any color in any brightness. The gadget is costing around 40 swiss franks and it has a nice piece of control software, which can be used to make the gadget light in many different useful ways. For example, IFTTT (If This Then That) can be used to make it light in various colors upon given conditions, or URLs, files or scripts can be called to define color combinations, or a mailbox can make it light up if a given number of new mails arrive, or if the mail of your significant other arrives or if the mail has a certain subject line. Or you warn of a low battery, or when the CPU load exceeds a certain percentage.
I wanted to build a device that can light in different colors, and where the colors can be controlled from a computer. My idea was to hook it up with a computer, who then should signal some state by lighting the appropriate color. For example, while building and compiling a program, the lamp should blink in blue color. When the build is finished, the lamp should light either in green (when the build ran fine) or red (when something went wrong).