Geeks like the cold...

"Personally, I wouldn't do well in the Central Valley. Too freaking hot. Great for growing things, but geeks need cold weather. Ever wonder why Microsoft writes more code than other places? It's all in the weather. I'm looking out at the pool right now, and boy is that hot tub inviting. Nice sunset. Nice weather. Dang, only 19 days of this left!" [scoble]

For some reason programming while it's raining gives me that nice and warm fuzzy feeling. I remember being a kid one winter when I started to learn how to code. It was a winter that brought a lot of rain. Since there's not much to do outside I sayed inside programming. Somehow it stuck with me. In the Central Valley, where I live [close to Fahrni], we don't get much rain but when it comes I'm sure appreciative.

We have a few good opportunities for geeks here but not much. I remember one time during the boom I heard of talk that Sun was thinking of building an extension in Fresno. Although it never really came through it was exciting to hear. Clovis (a suburb of Fresno) was working hard to make something happen. I'd imagine with the way things are it would be pretty hard to jumpstart.