Brilliant and, as you suggest, quite entertaining for those of us of a geekish disposition. Thanks for posting the link.
Some of his other talks are also excellent. Look for one called Art of Code. Amongst other things, he describes a language called Rockstar he invented over a few beers one night, which allows software to be written in the style of heavy metal lyrics. Any language in which the statement "shatter my heart into pieces with your lies" is not only valid syntax but performs a fairly complex operation (disassembling a string into an array of words) can only inspire admiration.
Jeremy
