well said. I love writing code, but not all code is the same. There are interesting and challenging programs, which I get to do rarely but not never, and there are mundane code-monkey programs which is what I am usually paid to write. Interesting!=useful (frequently, anyhow), so it makes complete sense.

There is also the factor that even a good programming job will most likely have you spending a decent amount of your day in meetings, doing documentation, testing, etc. Stuff that isn't fun or interesting but very necessary to get paid for writing software.

So I guess I would say that if I won the lotto I'd do the same thing, but pay someone else to do all the boring and mundane parts while keeping all the fun and interesting stuff to myself.

not really. most halfway competent cyclists can put out 200W for hours on end.

Good ones can continuously generate around 5W/kg: http://www.sportsscientists.com/2010/07/power-outputs-from-tour-de-france.html

No, but they were designed by engineers. Not built.

Engineers design the product, then they design the process (by which the product is mass produced.) Then laborers build it.

I was one of the few people who PAID for SoundJam... it WAS that good. iTunes has been nothing but a continuing series of disappointments. Uglier interface, no extra features that I even remotely care about.

when will it be out of beta? Will it be releasing on-time?

college?

Old enough to have typed on a typewriter as a child, so twice.

As an interesting note, the iPhone auto-enters a period when you double space, so the tradition is still partially alive, at least.