Inaugural Post

The name of this blog comes from a programming inside joke which programmers use to refer to user related problems (meaning the source of the problem is from the person using the computer rather than the computer itself being the cause). It's only until recently that I learned about this joke and it's meaning as I have been trying to teach myself how to program and how to use Linux. My need to learn both programming and Linux stems from my new job as an Information Technologist at a small, local newspaper. All of the learning I am required is quite the daunting task for me since I have really had no real qualified experience with IT related jobs prior to obtaining this new job.

Because of my lack of experience it is most often that I am the source of my problems at work- or in otherword user related problems. Therefor this blog is about all the layer 8 problems that I am the source of. It's from my frustration that the idea to blog about my experience of both the slow learning process and stress of a new job. I hope to detail both my new discoveries, the pitfalls that I may befall, and hopefully the success I have over this semester while maybe offering some new information to the readers of this blog.