Tomorrow, July 31st, is the tenth annual System Administrator Appreciation Day.

This article goes into depth about the holiday.  Remember everything your sysadmin does for you... from set-up to maintenance, day and night.  It's an international holiday to celebrate a rather under-appreciated but extremely essential workforce.

Consider not only taking time to thank any system administrators you know, but also reminding them how important they are with a little gift.

We've come a long way since this...

photo by timonoko under flickr creative commons license

...And we should make sure the people who help us along the way know how much it means to us.

-Elizabeth English