Author: Sistertech

Charles Freer Andrews – Psalm of the Day

What a fascinating person: Charles Freer Andrews (1871-1940). An English priest, educator and Indian freedom fighter. A close associate of Gandhi’s. Gandhi called him Christ’s Faithful Apostle. Get it? CFA — his initials. Much more on Andrews is here.

Psalm 113:2-8

2Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time on and for evermore.
3From the rising of the sun to its setting
the name of the Lord is to be praised.
4The Lord is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens.

5Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,
6who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
7He raises the poor from the dust,
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.

Fanny Crosby – Psalm of the Day

One of Sistertech’s early clients was a woman with a, shall we say, colorful past. When the client was a young girl she lived with her grandmother in Pasadena, CA. And who lived a few doors down? Relatives of Fanny Crosby. As best she can recall they were Crosby’s  nieces. Lovely women. The kind of women that bring Proverbs 31 to mind, if you know what I mean. This young girl would often visit them and listen to stories — first hand stories — about the marvelous Fanny Crosby!

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Psalm of the Day

Most people seem so distressed when confronted with “the law”. Why just today I overheard a client say that she was tired of her supervisor “laying down the law”. I could tell from the way she said it, that she did not take “the law” to be a good thing. The best I could do was to leave her web browser open to Psalm 119:97. What other law is there?

97Oh, how I love your law!
It is my meditation all day long.
98Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is always with me.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your decrees are my meditation.
100I understand more than the aged,
for I keep your precepts.
101I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
102I do not turn away from your ordinances,
for you have taught me.
103How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.

105Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
106I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to observe your righteous ordinances.

How to get a good night’s sleep

A prayer before sleep

Grant us, O One In Charge, that while our bodies and computer rest from the labors of the day
and as our RAM, caches, and souls are released from the thoughts of this world,
we may stand in Thy presence with tranquility and quietness in this evening hour.

Amen.

— an excerpt from Sistertech’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer

Who wants a Kindle?

Several of Sistertech’s clients are a-twitter.  No, dear ones. Not that kind of “twitter”. Sistertech means the real word,” a-twitter”,  first used in 1883. It’s in The Oxford English Dictionary. Why the magnificent OED isn’t on the best seller list is beyond me. There is even a CD version 4.0 (Windows & Mac). Much easier one one’s back. I don’t go anywhere without it.

This brings me to the Amazon Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7). I’m sure you’ve heard about it even if you haven’t seen one up close.

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Psalm of the Day

Sistertech is not about to tell you how old she is! Let’s just say I’ve been around the circuit boards a few hundred times. You’d think that with as much experience as I have people would listen more intently to my advice. Well, it really is not just my advice. I do speak for The One In Charge, do I not?

Don’t get me wrong. Sistertech is big on innovation and is herself incredibly cutting edge. However, she never forgets that some of the best advice is that “old school” advice.

Psalm 78:1-4

1Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.

Psalm of the Day

Psalm 80 is filled with wonderful images: the shepherd, flock, the vine, the fruit. But the refrain that means the most to Sistertech appears in verses 3, 7, and 19:

3Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.

Those us in the tech industry know how sweet restoration is. Whether an online database, or a contact address book, or the spreadsheets and other documents you work so hard on, Sistertech prays that you remember that the most important restoring happens in our souls. May The One In Charge shine upon you all!

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Prayer to Saint Michael

Saint Michael, Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness
and snares of the Hackers.
May The One In Charge rebuke them, we humbly pray;
And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the power of The One In Charge,
thrust into hell N. [state name of the operating system you despise]
and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of computer users.

Amen.

— an excerpt from Sistertech’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer