--- title: Paessler Blog - All about IT, Monitoring, and PRTG | Life, the Universe and Everything (2) description: Life, the Universe and Everything | You're an IT geek, sys-admin, or just interested in Monitoring topics? Read this blog! (2) --- [![Paessler - The Network Monitoring Experts](https://blog.paessler.com/hubfs/logos/paessler/paessler-logo-color.svg)](https://www.paessler.com/) [Blog Home](https://blog.paessler.com) > Life, the Universe and Everything (2) # Posts about Life, the Universe and Everything (2) [![here are 6 good reasons to date a geek seriously](https://blog.paessler.com/hubfs/betty-dating-geeks.png)](https://blog.paessler.com/here-are-6-good-reasons-to-date-a-geek-seriously) ## [Here Are 6 Good Reasons to Date a Geek. 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