2008-02-27 Recognize It?

28 years, 4 months, 17 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes and 3 seconds after he was born in a small place on the northern hemisphere, the software maker was lying in bed in an even smaller place on the southern hemisphere. It was three o'clock in the morning, and he couldn't sleep.

The facts were these: At 7.45 in the morning, the software maker had breakfast with the boss of his boss. Usually he doesn't even leave the bed before that time. But it's rude to say no to an invitation for breakfast. And it was free food. At noon he got very tired and had to drink a cup of coffee. As much as he likes sleeping in, he does not like coffee. That's why he isn't used to the things that coffee does to the body. 9 hours, 3 minutes and 18 seconds after his cup of coffee, he was still awake.

So he watched Doctor Who. The Doctor saved the day by using his supersonic screwdriver to turn up the volume of a church organ that blew the bad monster into pieces with wicked sound waves. The software maker was wondering if the BBC got away with it because Doctor Who is a classic, or because nobody else thinks it's ridiculous. He also wondered why he liked the show anyway. Then he wondered how he could get hold of 30 years worth of Doctor Who without spending too much money or breaking the law.

And thus wondering, 9 hours, 58 minutes and 43 seconds after the infamous cup of coffee, he fell asleep.