It’s fascinating as a skilled technical person how I can occasionally do such dumb things.  Today I realized this website was down – due to something I did.  I inadvertently changed the database password this weekend and didn’t realize that killed this WordPress blog for a few days.  Fortunately I was able to fix it – as I knew how to configure apps like WordPress.

It’s amazing how we all can have moments of lack of brain function.  I remember once deleting all the files off the root of my C: drive.  I also remember once deleting a file that represented months of work (and of course the server backups weren’t working) – but fortunately was able to restore from an FTP site.

Maybe the truth is that even a smart geek will do dumb things from time to time.  I sometimes wonder if it’s a case of momentary idiocy – when otherwise we’re pretty smart.  Maybe we should give each other a break sometimes – knowing that we may be the next one who’s dumb.  Maybe also those dumb moments help us with our skill – as we have to scramble to fix our own mistakes.

Maybe it makes us human – in that we make mistakes.  If everything went perfectly there would be no need for us – as there would be nothing to fix or manage.

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