»In which we wonder: art or technology?

I appreciate the skilfull application of colour and symmetry to a project of technology, and wonder: is it art? Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder; lately I have visited some galleries and museums which make me wonder about the optical receptors these people must have, for I see little beauty in a scrap-heap of cardboard on the floor, or a "sculpture" of pasta and glitter, or a piece that looks exactly like the bunch of keys I have in my pocket.

However, I enjoy looking at pictures of neatly-cabled datacenters and server racks, and am thankful that I do not run cable or crimp connectors. Nor shall I, now that slackers has moved out of my closet and into a real colo.