Happy 2013!
I hope that you are all well, or that if you aren't, it passes quickly.
I had a very nice time in California, despite the storms. Lovely Christmas, less family irritation (on everybody's side) than normal, and two whole weeks not being on call.
Weirdly, AT&T apparently won't let you add a data plan to a pay-as-you-go option if you're using an iPhone, so I was thrown back to the days before mobile internet. More than once I caught myself flipping my phone to the email application, only to remember "Oh yeah, can't do that." I could get online from my parents' house, but chose not to do so as often as normal. We're all a big family of internetworked nerds, but still.
I was also busy studying for the second of Cisco's ICND exams, so I wouldn't have gotten online as much anyway. I'm sorry if I missed anything I should have commented on. In good news, I passed, and both halves were verified, so I am officially CCNA certified now. Woohoo! I am continuing my studies, but we'll see when I take the next exam. I'm working from a site that claims you can get a CCNA Voice in 2 weeks, and a CCNP in another 8 weeks after that, but I think that's a little ambitious.
Other than that, still plodding along with the same stuff, and normal year-end ruminations, but nothing particularly noteworthy. Just making new plans for a new year, and wishing everyone the best in 2013!
I had a very nice time in California, despite the storms. Lovely Christmas, less family irritation (on everybody's side) than normal, and two whole weeks not being on call.
Weirdly, AT&T apparently won't let you add a data plan to a pay-as-you-go option if you're using an iPhone, so I was thrown back to the days before mobile internet. More than once I caught myself flipping my phone to the email application, only to remember "Oh yeah, can't do that." I could get online from my parents' house, but chose not to do so as often as normal. We're all a big family of internetworked nerds, but still.
I was also busy studying for the second of Cisco's ICND exams, so I wouldn't have gotten online as much anyway. I'm sorry if I missed anything I should have commented on. In good news, I passed, and both halves were verified, so I am officially CCNA certified now. Woohoo! I am continuing my studies, but we'll see when I take the next exam. I'm working from a site that claims you can get a CCNA Voice in 2 weeks, and a CCNP in another 8 weeks after that, but I think that's a little ambitious.
Other than that, still plodding along with the same stuff, and normal year-end ruminations, but nothing particularly noteworthy. Just making new plans for a new year, and wishing everyone the best in 2013!