A good system administrator is worth their weight in gold, anyone that can run around the networked systems and fix the bizarre arcane things that happen on a daily basis, regardless of operating system, is one of those folks that end up becoming a key person in an organization. If you do not love them and cherish them, then the company is going to loose probably one of the most valuable assets they can own, a decent system administrator.

We were told about a site called “Ask the Admin” that is right over here, a while back, and as we started looking at it, the advice is good, and really realistic in terms of dealing with a number of issues that seem to crop up daily. If you need or want a generalized question answered, you can ask them. If you want to find the answer to a question that your boss is asking, like should we use full or partial RSS feeds, then you can find the answer here. Need to know if you can downgrade from Vista to XP legally, then the answer is right here.

In other words, this is your database of tidbits that makes your job as a system admin, or even just a general employee in a company fairly happy, you become the answer person, and you become the key person in the organization. This site can help you get there. In other words, we found it great that they have made this site, and it is actually very easy to read, and grock the answers they are giving.

The fun part is that it is made of just that arcane knowledge and insight that makes it fun to read, with a popular style of writing, people are going to understand the answer. You do not get a lot of noise level with the blog, you get answers, and that makes it fun and valuable.

Well worth checking out in your daily travels around the internet looking for stuff. If you can not find it in the Google brain, then try out ask the admin.

Disclaimer: They have no idea that they are getting this review, it is not paid for, it is not compensated in any way, and these are really our thoughts on it.