I’ve had a lot of fun with my birthday this year. I tell people that …

I’m going to turn 30 this year.

Then I pause and let them do a double take at the graying color of my hair, and then finish with …

… hexadecimal.

The joke goes over pretty well amongst my geek and programmer friends. However, when used in non-geek company, they just look at me as if I lost my mind.

Perhaps I have.