many of us know it ...

By lenz on February 9, 2009 4:36 PM | | Comments (0)

i guess many of us geeks went through the one or other phase in their life when they felt themselves trapped in the system with no way out. "the system" meaning any kind of mental state that prevented a clear view on the situation.

brenda just posted this URL and i can only encourage all to read it. keep it in mind and have a look at it when feeling unsure if that all out there that seems to lock you in is "real" or just you looking the wrong way.

trust me, most of the time it is you, the rest of the time it helps to step back and look at the bigger picture. lets face it, we are a strange breed but we can do things the programmatic way, just think of it from time to time.

@bluehackers.org ... brilliant job

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