Have you ever had one of those days?
One of those days when you’re faced with trying to get a whole bunch of moving parts working together such as on a web server, and there’s a hundred million possible combinations of Things you Can Do, but only one works?
And have you had one of those days when all combinations of Things don’t seem to work and you find yourself getting really angry at, in order:
- The ISP
- The creators of each of the technologies
- Tim Berners-Lee for starting all of this
- Edison for inventing electricity
- Galileo for insisting the world revolves around the sun, thus opening the door to science, leading to an increased interest in technology
- Your parents for having you
- President Bush, because you’re always angry at President Bush
Have you ever had one of those days when you realize that the solution is doing this little tweak here, and that tiny one there, all nicely documented in the installation and configuration instructions – which you decided NOT to read, and which would have only taken about an hour and you’ve spent probably three days doing it the hard way?
Have you had one of those days when you realize this and you spend the next hour BASHING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL for being so stupid?
I’m not saying I’ve had one of those days. Just asking if you have had one of those days.
Excuse me, but I have a headache. I’m going to bed now. No, no! I know the way. Thank you.