Programming — iterating over something, a list for example.
Literature — many characters are just another iteration of a previous archetype.
James Clark — a name almost as ubiquitous as John Smith.
There are a plethora of James Clarks on Wikipedia.
Do a Google search and you’ll get an almost infinite number more.
So…
Though I feel pride at having the same name as the legendary programming pioneer, yet, ironically, I still feel the monotony of being only one more in a long line of those with that ubiquitous name.
Or, in other words, when it comes to James Clarks, I am only but…
The Next Iteration.
(copyright 2017, revised 2018)
Image notes:
- One of the many iterations of James Clarks was a top Formula One Race car drivers in the 1960s.
- Some fake code in an imaginary language akin to Applesoft Basic that exemplifies iteration in computer programming.
James Clark -- The Next Iteration 
The trick is not to Google yourself. I thought my name was unique. PAH! 🙂 (The sound a lady made as a guffaw in Beaujoes pizza years ago.) -similar to a foghorn. Everyone stared. Ha!
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Oh but it stroked my ego so the first time I typed in “James Clark Iteration” and… voila! There I was at the top of the list!
(We’ll not mention how far down I was without the “Iteration” addendum. I never found it. I probably could have scrolled down to the molten core of the earth without finding it!)
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Ha! That’s where many of my blog posts reside.
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But, none of them compare to you James! You are one of a kind!
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Aw, shucks, Ma’am. I shor’ do ‘preciate that. Right back at ya’, too, there, Little Missy. Ya’all have a nice day, now, ya’ hear?
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😂 goof ball!
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😁
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It’s amazing the namesakes you find if you look on Google, so it’s good to set yourself apart 🙂
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And tomorrow, you’ll be yet another James Clark.
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Oh wow. Now that was deep. The profundity of your “stuff” continues to astonish me.
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Reblogged this on James Clark — The Next Iteration and commented:
An updated version and an explanation to my new followers.
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