Friday Morning Fun - 5/9/2008

May 9th, 2008 neteng

Time flies when you’re having fun…it also flies when you’re too busy to have fun, which just about sums up my week. TGIF!

• Rocket Lamp Built From Jet Engine (Can We Get A “ZOMG”) - Wow…I…want…one.
• There’s Gold in Them Old Cell Phones - Hmm…good thing I didn’t toss my old cell phone when I upgraded a couple months ago.
• Physicists Create Universe Smaller Than a Marble - Wha???!
• Chronotron - Interesting concept in this browser-based game.

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Monday Morning Networking - 5/5/2008

May 5th, 2008 neteng

Good morning everyone. After two days of slacking, it’s time to get back to work everyone!

• Cisco expected to report 10% revenue rise - Despite a shaky economy, people still need technology to operate.
• Juniper Networks Named Networking Vendor of the Year 2008 - Juniper getting some props in the Middle East!
• Interop: Broadcom Says 40 Gbps Ethernet Coming Soon - The technology train keeps on chugging along!
• WiMax Chip Production Jumps - Another exciting development coming to fruition…

Try not to stress out this week at work, folks… I know I’ll be trying hard.

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Friday Morning Fun - 5/2/2008

May 2nd, 2008 neteng

My apologies for the staggered posting, but at least I have a little something to wrap up the week. The job opportunity from last week didn’t quite pan out, but I’m hoping the interview I have next week does. I’m really looking forward to a 5 minute commute again.

• Indian Baby Toss - Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
• Starbucks Earnings Sink 21% - Starbucks works in a pinch, but it really is the McDonald’s of coffee.
• CSS Homer, animated - Wow! That was really cool…
• THE HITCHHIKER ADVENTURE GAME by Douglas Adams - 20th Anniversary Edition - Wow, I remember playing this on my Commodore 64. Good memories.

Have a great weekend everyone.

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Fellow Blogger gets his Number!

April 30th, 2008 neteng

Let’s all give a round of applause for the effort put forth by Ethan Banks at CCIE Candidate for passing on his first go! If you’ve been reading his blog (and I’m sure you have), you know he’s been studying hard and keeping us up to date on every bit of minutiae he encounters on his journey. His entries are very informative and Ethan sets a great example for all current and future CCIE candidates. Congratulations Ethan!

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Monday Morning Networking - 4/21/2008

April 21st, 2008 neteng

Good morning everyone. I have a job interview tomorrow…very nice senior network engineer position in a service provider environment. Wish me luck!

• Cisco, AT&T Look To Expand High-End Video-Conference System - News on Cisco’s cool telepresence product.
• Riverbed seems to be cleaning Cisco and Juniper’s clocks - Not surprised!
• AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 - Sounds like scare tactics for some investment money…
• Cisco -1,000,000 Certification Milestone Reached - A little old, but I didn’t notice this press release before.

Enjoy your new week, everyone.

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Friday Morning Fun - 4/18/2008

April 18th, 2008 neteng

Happy Friday everyone!

• Giant Linksys WiFi router is The Internet - South Park delivers again!
• Bus driver chooses GPS over gigantic warning sign, plows into overpass - Technology is great until its starts to control us.
• Parenting 2.0: Mom pranks son’s MySpace as punishment - Sweet.
  
• Ramps - Diversionary game of the day.

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Cisco Application eXtension Platform

April 17th, 2008 neteng

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9701/index.html

The Cisco Application eXtension Platform (AXP) enhances the capabilities of the Cisco ISR by enabling a tighter integration between the branch network, IT and application infrastructure. The Cisco AXP further lowers TCO by providing an open Linux based platform to develop and host custom and third party applications directly on the Cisco ISR.

I just heard about this unique feature being provided by Cisco. I’m excited to see what possibilities can be realized with this powerful tool. But as always, in the wrong hands, I can see this creating myriad problems with buggy code and security holes!

I wanted to share this bit of news with other folks that hadn’t gotten wind of it.

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Friday Morning Fun - 4/11/2008

April 11th, 2008 neteng

Good morning everyone! Another week down and expecting summer-like weather here in southern California. I hope you all have a relaxing weekend…If your week has been like mine, you deserve it, no doubt.

• Scientists unveil revolutionary ‘racetrack’ computer memory - Stories like this pop up every few months. I’m just waiting for one of these technologies to actually be realized.
• The Fight for Yahoo: Five Scenarios - The purchase of Yahoo! is turning out to be a regular soap opera!
• Blockbuster Prepping Set-top Box? - You still can’t make me come back, Blockbuster! NetFlix doesn’t treat me like an unwanted customer.

• Random Defense - Looking for ways to cut down on your productivity? Look no further…

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Monday Morning Networking - 4/7/2008

April 7th, 2008 neteng

Off to another week of fresh adventures!

•  Riverbed just another has-been competitor to Cisco - Now, I don’t know who came up with this snarky little title, but I’ve seen Riverbed’s appliances run head-to-head against Cisco WAAS, and it blew the WAAS to shreds. This is one area that Cisco just doesn’t seem to have dominance in yet (and I’m quickly discovering that this also applies to Wireless).
• Cisco Slips As Anayst Downgrades - Whoops. Looks like Cisco is facing some demand issues in this soft market as well.
• 2009 could be boom year for new wireless technology - Femto-wha?? Never heard of it…
• ISPs Hog Rights in Fine Print - The Internet is not owned and operated solely by your ISP. Shocker!

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Friday Morning Fun - 4/4/2008

April 4th, 2008 neteng

Good morning everyone. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend…I’ve gotten around to reading a little bit more on my MPLS studies. I just wanted to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about the series, even through all the chaos at work right now.

• 25 Great Geek Websites - Nice list!
• Comcast Offers 50Mbps - Ooooh! Me next!
• Mischievous teen arrested for turning camera into taser - Wow…that’s impressive.
• X-HOC - Robot soccer?

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