He sees you down by the water line
Know what you’re thinking all the time
He sees the rising of the waves
When the tide starts rolling in
He lets you know it’s gonna be o.k.
He sees you dancing in the moonlight
His arms around you hold ya tight
And if those clouds should start to break
He’ll be standing out in the rain with you
And though it’s hard to believe
He believes in you
God is watching over you
As always
You are loved
Whatever you go through
He’s right beside you
God is watching over you
As always
And if you think He’ll ever leave you
You better think again
Phil Joel: God Is Watching Over You Lyrics
Songwriters: Bourgeois, Mark Grey; Urry, Philip Joel;
My Utility Belt… Err Bag
On July 30th, SysAdmin Appreciation Day, I was walking around New York enjoying the sights and silently complaining about my bag. For all practical purposes it is my man purse, my tech kit, and emergency ration container. SysAdmin day and the depths (and weight) of my kit made me wonder what everyone else had in their bag.
When Coding Horror posted What’s On Your Utility Belt I figured it was time to share my utility belt. It may hang around my shoulder, but hey, if I had as much money as Bruce Wayne I’d probably have a utility belt too!
Protected: Seaside Park Beach Pics
You can download my pics by clicking this link:
http://www.digitalbucket.net/browse/1186091cc6f40b1b/beach
They are all stored in a single ZIP file for easy downloading.
If you have any pics from the day to share please upload them here:
SysAdmin Day 2010 in NYC
If you detected a hint of apprehension in my last post you weren’t mislead. So let the record be set straight – SysAdmin Day 2010 was a blast. My feeling toward the SysAdmin meet up is similar to the feeling after having installed a program upgrade for a user and having it be accepted with open arms and minimal follow-up support. Especially when in the back of your mind you were expecting the follow-up to be an afternoon of “Well the old program did x, y, and z like a, b, and c” with a few “Are you sure you can’t leave the old program installed?” mixed in for cheer. Dilbert sums up an accurate representation in the following clip of such a situation.
But I digress, SysAdmin Day was awesome on so many levels. First, it was encouraging to meet such a diverse group of admins from departmental IT techies to gurus at Google and Etsy. Regardless of system size and complexity everyone was open to talking shop or kicking back and meeting new people. There were numerous people from all over the world who attended the meetup because they were in the city for DebConf (I had no idea Perl was still so, alive! *wink*). Second, it helped foster the desire to give back to the community and made me just a little more thankful for some of the open source projects I’ve come to love and depend on. Last, well, I may not frequent bars but The Ginger Man was great (a large part due to the company). My only regret was not being able to hear better above the crowd noise and having only a couple short hours to know a bit more about my fellow IT workers.
Star Wars Subway Car?! Call Me Luke!
Lucky thing I wasn’t there because I’d have rescued Leia. Of course, if I did that I’d rather be Han Solo because… well, yeah.
All I’ve seen on the subway is a violinist and some awesome break dancers.