[bonsaitree]

I'd recognize those Shindo Latour loudspeakers anywhere. That's a serious audiophile system costing more than a typical U.S. automobile.

[bonsaitree]

If anyone lives near SF, you can audition Shindo Labs stuff here: http://tinyurl.com/m2fnnd

[seear]

You'd think that if the hifi was that good it would be hard to concentrate on the code.

[photomatt]

Sometimes, that's why a single song on repeat lets my brain put it in the background.

[elzr]

Exactly! That was curiously one of the things that most surprised me from the article, I didn't know other fellow programmers put the same song over and over. I used to try to fight it, to expand my musical culture, but I see now that there are reasons why I kept doing it.

[akkartik]

Yeah, I too listened to one song on repeat when I hacked. I too felt like the odd one out.

[callmeed]

And in the picture in the print mag, it looks like a panerai watch on his wrist (which I love).

[chaosmachine]

And yet, he's wearing headphones.

[photomatt]

They asked me to wear headphones for the shoot because it was in an original version of the story, I very rarely use those headphones anymore -- they're more from my in-office days.

[ryanwaggoner]

Perhaps it's the middle of the night and he doesn't want to disturb his neighbors.