argv@danheller.com

"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."

	This section will take you to all the pictures I've taken in my travels (including cycling trips). There are also sections on people, events, and a collection of artsie-fartsie photos. Visit my Main Photos Page

Try my Java game, Dots. It's the old game you used to play as a kid where you connect-the-dots and score points if you complete a square. Give it a try!

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New short story! Rosie, California (reading time: 60-90 minutes)
George Foster is the last of a dying breed of good, honest politicians, running for re-election for Mayor of San Bolina, California. His opponent is just the opposite: a dirty, mud-slinging profiteer, masquerading as a God-fearing proponent of family values. Can George accept this new way of playing politics, or does he give up and run away from his problems? He finds the answers to both these questions in the small town of Rosie, California.

Previously new short story: The Legacy (reading time: 20-30 minutes)
Imagine what it would be like if you could read someone's mind. Not just what they are thinking, but how they feel, including their experiences, their emotions, their very being. Join Max the dog and his master when, during a routine jogging run, accidentally stumble upon a secret that allows them to do just this.

The following list of amusing anecdotes are things I picked up on the net over many years. Keep in mind: this is satire.

Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.

Arguing: strategies. Seinfeldisms Wisdom Rodney Dangerfield Your Job Marriage Product Labels. Kid Proverbs Tactful Descriptions Theological Engineering Investigating God Job Salary Survey Iraqi TV Shows	Fun Facts Funnier Facts Fascinating Facts Weird Facts One-liners More One-liners Henny Youngman One-liners Amazing Trivia Inspirational Sayings The Gorilla Oxymorons Cold Weather Groaners	Courtroom Questions Rules of the Universe Famous Jewish Names. Jewish Rules. Jewish Singles Ads. Life's Jewish Instructions Death by Analogy. Internet Maxims Net Acronyms New Terms for the 90s. Old Truths Life's Truisms Before/After Love Redefined Words Writing Rules Tombstones

Achieving 99.9% is good enough.

Amazing Anagrams

Bumper Stickers

MORE Bumper Stickers

Quips from comedians

Quickie-Quotes

Quotes My favorites.

More Quotes My favorites.

Beer Quotes from famous people

Sports Quotes

Pooch Quotes

Southern Non-Quotes

Answering Machine messages.

Hindsight is 20/20 vision.

The Beast and his numbers

Chickens: why they cross roads

The Value of Time

Morsels: one-line witticisms

Idiot Test: how dumb are you?

Rhetorical Questions. Don't ask.

Quips from Steven Wright

Warning: Pun Alert

Getting Old

Baby Boomers: Then and Now

Deductive Reasoning

Glossary: Today's Neologisms.

French Sayings: c'est un scream!

The V-Chip in books! Oy.

Your First Mammogram.

Women's T-shirts.

T-shirt Sayings.

Men are Lunatics and Women are Idiots.

Quoting Women

East/West Coast Translation Table

Personal Ads

Funny Signs

Computer Viruses

Cartoon Physics

Big Deal!

Dan Quayle, the scholar.

Congress and Litebulbs

Dogs and Litebulbs

Light Bulbs: A Legal Contract

Test your wits Try these puzzles!

"Experts say..."

The Blues: A How-To Guide

Dr. Seuss: his lesser-known books.

The Heroine Barbarian: an operetta.

English: it's harder than you think.

Sys-Admins and God: do they exist?

School Prayer: A lesson in life

Rosh Hashonna: Throwing of Bread

Translations for personal ad lingo

Chrissie Hynde: Advice to Chicks

Scientology: Proof by proclamation...

Australia: The not-founding of...

Primate Psychology: An Experiment

Los Angeles Driving Test

Ethnicity of Jesus

I used to write a lot of software for the X Window System. After doing that for many years, Tim O'Reilly talked me into writing a couple of books, which started me on a prolific writing career. The following is a list of my published books as well as other works.

Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual

Volume 7: XView Programming Manual (no web page; the book is obsolete)

Foreword for Using Motif with C++

Integrating Personal Computers in a Distributed Client-Server Environment (edited by Raman Khana)
This book is a collection of papers written by various industry experts. My contribution was the email chapter, which covers cross-platform email systems, open systems architectures, and integration of disparate networks. There is no web link available.

Other published works...

argv, 1984

A lot of people ask me why my account name is argv and what it means. Back in 1984, a friend of mine, Don Hatch, and I got onto the computer system at school (UC Santa Cruz) using a security password we weren't supposed to have.

My Work-Study Program

Since the only thing we wanted to do was create new accounts for ourselves that wouldn't be removed at the end of the school year, we had to choose mysterious account names so we wouldn't be recognized. Without thinking ahead on this, we just used the first two words that came to our heads: argc and argv. (For you non-technical people, those are obscure terms that refer to the words that you type when entering commands into a computer.)

We became well-known in our little community for that little stunt, and by the time I got my first job out of school, my reputation had preceded me, so they gave me "argv" as my account name. And it's been that way for every employer I ever worked for. so, I kept it. For more personal info, read my personal history.

All links have expired, so this section is now obsolete.

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All text, photos and nose character animation © 1985-2000 Dan Heller.