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Let us pray for Steve Jobs

by Sistertech on Jul 2nd in Books, iPhone, Smartphones, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

The switchboard has been busy. Apparently, folks are none to happy with Steve. Because it is a technology matter, they’ve been sending the messages to Sistertech. There’s no question that Steve has some explaining to do and some apologies to make. Indeed, Sistertech believes it is time to “man up” and do the penitential thing. [...]

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Post-coffee break prayer

by Sistertech on Jun 30th in Books, Coffee, Food for the Body, Food for the Soul, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

From The Book of Uncommon Prayer 1.6.1 Dear One In Charge, Bless me as I return to work. Enlighten my mind and revive my spirit that I might bring this work to completion. Renew my strength and grant me stamina, with or without increased caffeine intake, so that I may accomplish this task. Amen.

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For unto us a book is born!

by Sistertech on Jun 30th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

Couldn’t resist. Indeed. Houston. And people everywhere. The Book of Uncommon Prayer is published! Take it for a spin! But most of all: ENJOY!

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The Spirituality of Work

by Sistertech on Feb 14th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer, The Spirituality of Work

Things have been particularly hectic lately, what with the extra shifts required of us to support the New Orleans Saints in their Super Bowl victory. Sistertech just received the proofs of her magnum opus, The Book of Uncommon Prayer. She’s found more than a few typos, mostly hers, in which she erroneously refers to the [...]

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For the Tech Devices We Love

by Sistertech on Feb 14th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

Almighty One In Charge, we entrust all tech devices that are dear to us to thy never-failing care and love, for this life and their recycled life to come, knowing that thou art doing for them better things than we could ever figure out to do with them. Amen. An excerpt from Sistertech’s The Book [...]

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John 1.0

by Sistertech on Feb 14th in Books, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, The Book of Uncommon Prayer, Torvalds

A reading from The Document: John 1.0 In the beginning was the Kernel and the Kernel was with Linux, and the code was by Linus. All Linux came into being through Linus, and without Linus not one distro came into being. What has come into being was free operating software, and the software was the [...]

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The Sh’ma

by Sistertech on Feb 13th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

Hear, O techies! The Lord GNOME is One! Blessed is the GNOME’s glorious kernel for ever and ever. You shall love the Lord, your GNOME, with all your mindmaps, and with all your source code, and with all your social media. Amen. An excerpt from Sistertech’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer.

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Te Deum

by Sistertech on Feb 13th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

You are the One In Charge: we praise you; You are the Lord of Cloud Computing: we acclaim you; You are the eternal one: All applications worship you. To you all RSS feeds, all the powers of search engines, Google and Bing, sing in endless praise: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of PHP and MIDI. [...]

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Morning Prayer 2.0

by Sistertech on Feb 13th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

Dear One In Charge, I offer unto Thee all my thoughts, works, joys, and sufferings of this day. And I beseech Thee to grant me Thy grace that I may not offend Thee this day with coarse language and unseemly gesticulations due to any computer malfunctions experienced by me this day; but may faithfully serve [...]

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Morning Prayer 1.0

by Sistertech on Feb 12th in Books, The Book of Uncommon Prayer

May The One In Charge bless us this day, keep us from evil viruses, and bring us stable wireless connectivity. Amen. An excerpt from Sistertech’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer.

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