But.

As I wrote, it began to feel like it was part of my job. I had to do it. "I've got to post." And that's not what I signed up to do. I chose the domain name "RearViewMirror.org" because it's one of my favorite lines about space travel. "Happiness is Earth in the Rear View Mirror." Yet here I was, spending all my time talking about systems administration. I do systems administration. I'm good at it, in my more conceited moments I'll even say I'm damn good at it.

But it's not who I am. It's part of me, it's one of the things I do. But it isn't all of me.

So, I started writing about other things, too. Space especially. And that helped somewhat, but there was still something missing. The site was designed around blogging, which was based around my activities as a sysadmin. There wasn't a convenient spot in my site design for anything else.

And then I stopped. And that felt good, too, but it still wasn't perfect. I didn't want to stop, I wanted to change.

This site is the result. It's my place, and in many ways it mirrors the way I like to think and to do things. Some things are separated out - professional qualifications, work, etc. All of the content from my blogging days is still there, unchanged, and although it's not the main focus of the site or of what I do here, it's still its own, major section.

And then there's the projects page. Everything I really like to do can, and will, go in that section. Rockets? No problem. Project page. Computers? Project page. Building something new? Project page. Documentation? Project page. Writing? Project page.