Dear Geeks,

Let me remind you of something important: DOCUMENT EVERYTHING!

No, really! I’m not kidding! I’ve got two computers I’m trying to set up in my office that we can use for tutoring sessions, and my ex-officemate NEVER WROTE DOWN THE PASSWORDS he used to set them up.

And he didn’t use the passwords we use for everything else. So one system I had the help desk come down and hack to reset the Admin password, the other I’m reinstalling Windows XP on. Which involved much crawling around on the floor, which I don’t really find that thrilling.

So really, document everything. And then make sure your co-workers have copies of that documentation.

Because making me crawl around on the floor and run the quarter mile between my office and the help desk multiple doesn’t make me incredibly happy.

This ends todays public service announcement.