The Left Side of Normal Airplanes, The Internet, and Everything Else

This won't be a big deal to anyone but me, but I've finally breached the 5,000 reputation point on ServerFault with an accepted answer to a question about figuring out e-mail storage quotas.  ServerFault is one of those "why didn't I think of that" type of sites.  It's a free Q&A site for anything related to professional server, system, and network administration.  People ask questions and other people provide answers.  Answers get voted up or down and the person who asked can "accept" an answer.  When answers get voted up or your answer is accepted, among other things, you earn reputation points.  Sure, it's sort of silly, but in a field where "do you know these things and can you get the job done" is of the utmost importance, something like this can put you on top of the stack of resumes as a way to demonstrate to future employers that yes, you really do know your stuff and are even willing to help others with it as well.  (Don't worry, I'm happily employed at present but it can't hurt to be thinking of the future.)  Besides, it's just fun and I learn new things in the process (which is fun by itself).

Aside from web development (programming), network administration is my other primary area of interest when it comes to technology.  As a web developer, this naturally translates to managing networks that relate to Internet infrastructure.  This leads to lots of experience with web servers, e-mail systems, etc.  Through ServerFault, I can lend a hand to others who have less experience and gain some assistance when needed from those who know more than I do (like I did yesterday with a question about a network share getting dropped unexpectedly).  It's a great system and I hope that the questions I've answered have helped to improve people's knowledge and skills.  Onward to 10,000 and beyond!