Schonhose

Every once in a while I take a break from the computer to watch some television. Some of the shows I like to watch are “CSI”, “My name is Earl” and “House, M.D.”.

I really love the character Gregory House, played by the wonderful Hugh Laurie. Funny thing is that House and myself share some similarities. The most notable similarity between us is best captured in words by House’s best friend in the show, Wilson.

Some doctors have the messiah complex — they need to save the world”, House has “a Rubik’s complex” — he needs “to solve the puzzle”

“Rubik’s complex”, now I finally have a name for it. “Solving puzzles” is what I love doing. And that doesn’t mean the puzzles like Sudoku or the actual Rubik’s cube, but puzzles in programs. Why a program isn’t working or producing the expected results, that really interest me. When something is actually working right all the time it is kind of boring.