July 9, 2007 by phillip.

I spent a little quality time with my kids today and I caught an episode of Futurama. The robot character (Bender) floats off into deep space and encounters a cluster of stars that talk and light up while talking. He believes them to be God or a digital version thereof. The key moment that made me think in this episode is a saying I’d known a variant of for a long time.

“When you do things right it can almost seem like you’re not doing anything at all.”

As far as life goes many people would never say I’m boring but I do want to be the “boring” IT guy because nothing big should ever seem like it’s happening. I pride myself on that very premise.  Everything just looks easy and just works.  It has caused way too many problems for me in the past as people don’t know that you’re doing so much work to make everything just work.

Many may not understand what you do.  Many may not think you’re doing anything but rest easy and enjoy your family and friends on the weekend because you’re doing things right.  That’s why I love all the inspiration from the people out there that are reading and supporting my blog.  We’re learning new things and becoming better people and IT people at the same time.

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July 9, 2007 by phillip.

As you may have noticed. I haven’t posted in about a week. Unfortunately, I have been sick with the flu. This is horrible during a beautiful California summer. On top of the fact that I rarely ever get sick I didn’t remember how to cure myself of what to do while I’m sick. I’ve had tons of ideas and book reviews in the works but found myself totally brain dead, dehydrated, and sleeping all the time.

As you may guest I’m not good at being sick. I was totally restless and kept a couple books next to the bed, laptop at the ready, and magazines to boot. In the last 5 days I’ve used absolutely none of them. My brain has just started to form coherent thoughts so I will be back with more interesting posts on software, operating systems, tips and tricks, and all kinds of fun life lessons.

Not being sick many times, this has been a life lesson for me. When I do honestly get totally sick I’m going to give in and not fight it. Forcing yourself to think during those times is totally counter-prodcutive.

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