I've seen how hard it can be to get a good IT job (or any IT job). It's strange, because the positions are out there in some cases, it's just incredibly difficult to find them.

I hesitate to give advice on which certifications you 'need', as every company and situation is different. However, I will say it depends on your planned career path. If you want to work on firewalls and switches, then yes, get your CCNA. If you plan on doing more server-side work, get your MSITP, and possibly…

Here's one:

Actually, not even close. I share a last name with a popular candy, which leads to occasionally humorous mispronounciation in the Northeast, where I live. But I do get your point.

One thing I try to do as soon as I walk in the door is toss my phone on the sideboard or leave it on the kitchen counter, far away from the living room where I eventually end up. It's amazing how much easier it is to relax without my phone in my hand.

Ah, indeed, thanks. I did eventually listen, as well. I certainly meant no offense, I'm just usually good at properly pronouncing names right off.

yay, dang, and dang again!

Damn you, Grover 2! :-)

Whenever they ask me for my name, I just say 'Grover'. No one ever messes up Grover, and there are no other Grovers.

I don't have an Android, and I'm at work, so no sound... but is it that difficult really for people to get names right?

I love when auto-correct doesn't catch things spelled correctly, but that are not at all in the right context. Meat. Meat?!

Not love at first sight, but...

And Ghost largely takes the pain out of even that.

My first hard drive was the tape deck to a Commodore VIC20. ;-)

Fair enough, as long as it's a spare. Using your main hard drive would just be too much of a risk for me, though.

Land Rover Support Vehicle. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?

This is pretty clever. It should be noted, however, that running a portion of your spinning hard disk through constant read-write cycles will- over time- cause those sectors to fail sooner and more frequently than other sectors, and possibly cause wear and eventual misalignment of your drive heads. Considering the…

That's a really interesting point. I wonder about any child enjoying a chore, though. :-)

It should be interesting to see how our child develops in my household. My wife and I are expecting, and we've often discussed our views regarding gender roles.

I'm not entirely sure we disagree. Taking your example above, wouldn't it make more sense to ask yourself, "What could I do?" first, and then ask yourself, "What should I do?" In fact, haven't you already?