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I have developed and I am in the process of developing more tools to make my job easier 

Wrote this in VB.NET: 

A note taking, password saving program with tabs.

 I also wrote in Java originally

takenotes.jar

Since we monitor so many backups on remote shells, I am currently working on creating a GUI for monitoring.  Here is the start of my scripting program to help ease the burden. Scripting in VB.NET

Other projects I'm working on include a secure shell program with regex and scripting/monitoring in both Visual Basic and Java. I'm also learning Python, PHP, MySQL, JSP and ASP. I like to keep abreast of the latest programming techniques and languages. I have dabbled with .NET 2.0 and some obscure languages like Smalltalk. 

I also write some quick shell scripts to save time:

tail the most recent backup or list directory if completed
cd dba ; tail `ls -tr *backup* | tail -1` | (grep Finished && ls -ltr *backup*) || (tail -f `ls -tr *backup* | tail -1`)

Recycle SAP and Informix
stopsap && saposcol -k ; sleep 10 ; ps -ef | grep sap ; ps -ef | grep oninit ; sleep 10 ; startsap ; sleep 10 ; ps -ef | grep sap ; ps -ef | grep oninit

These save a lot of wrist strain when you type this in 15 or more times, and up to 30 or 40 times in a shift; just copy and paste.