Three years and counting...

On 17 January 2006 I started this blog. At the time I'd just finished a contract and was looking around for a new gig (as they say) and the rest is history.

Nine months after starting I got a new gig and what a ride that's been. I ought to put a plug in for the Day Job - I wasn't then, but I am now IT Director at the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology in Kansas City, Missouri. Maybe I've said that already in an earlier post. It's the kind of job that takes a LOT of time and means that on several days I'm so sick of the sight of computers that the last thing I want to do is turn my own machine on when I get home. However it has its benefits and at least I am still working. I have much to be thankful for - I have definitely said that before fairly recently.

So here we are, three years after starting this blog. What a time I've had. I've met some wonderful people and heard some stories which make me certain that the story of the 'Jalopy' needs to be told for a variety of reasons. There are always new items that can be added and I hope that I can do the subject matter justice when the time comes to get it all written up. I think it's fair to say that now I know a lot more about the story I've realized just how much I don't know. But here's to th enext three years.