From a post on the morning of November 22 —
Steve Martin on his character Ray Porter in the novella Shopgirl (published Oct. 11, 2000)—
"He said, 'I wrote a piece of code
that they just can’t seem to do without.'
He was a symbolic logician. That was his career…."
From more recent entertainment news — the new Disney film Tangled , and a related image—
This one ain't no shopgirl, Ray.
Related material — This journal on the date of the above Guardian story.