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Stay hungry, stay foolish.

2011-10-06T23:05:00.001-05:00

No matter who you are, or what you do, you know the name, Steve Jobs. By now you've heard that Steve passed away this week and you might have heard a lot about him that you never knew before. I will not tell you anything knew, but I would like to point out just how important Steve was to us all. My daughter, who is one, will never know life without Google in our pocket. She will never know

the new north texas cisco data centers

2011-09-13T18:13:00.000-05:00

Cisco just completed a new data center build out in Allen, TX that not only has the goal of being a production Cisco environment, but also has a Gold LEED Certification. I totally geek out over this stuff... here's a video walk through of the new data center, just North of Dallas, TX. This data center will be a redundant production site for Cisco, along with their Richardson, TX data

when did this happen?

2011-09-05T00:01:00.001-05:00

Back in high school I took a Network+ class that had just been put together for the then brand new test. A few of us in the class where selected to go over to yet another new class and prep for Cisco certification; however, there where no teachers who had Cisco cert level knowledge just yet. So, the four of us that moved over had a room full of Cisco 2514 routers, 25 food serial cables, and

router memory upgrade

2011-08-15T23:50:00.000-05:00

Tonight I added memory to my Cisco 1721 router. The 1721 ships with 32mb NVRam and 64mb Flash on board. My plan was to add 128Mb Flash memory. This is what I did...

personal cloud lab

2011-08-13T21:19:00.001-05:00

It has been a while since I posted here on the blog and I figured now is as good a time as any. I still use the CR-48 daily for surfing the net but I changed jobs and now rarely do any thing on the internet at home, except work. After about a month at my new job, I was asked if I would like to move over to the network team and start working on getting my Cisco certs. I have always had a decent

finally no more "cloud" talk

2011-05-11T22:36:00.000-05:00

a chrome os commercial without the word "cloud" in it!! introducing the new chrome book...

google chrome laptops announced!

2011-05-11T12:28:00.000-05:00

Today, at Google IO, two consumer Google Chrome OS laptops (Chrome Books) where announced. One from Samsung, which almost mimics the CR-48 hardware (12.1" screen, all day battery life, 8 second boot), will come in two colors, and with two options... Wifi Only will be $429 USD and Wifi/3G will be $499 USD. The other Chrome Book announced will be an Acer, which is a smaller 11" screen, a full

down the road with the cr-48

2011-05-09T23:06:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since I posted last. Here are a few things I've been doing with the Google CR-48... 1. I tested using my old-ish TRENDnet USB to 10/100 NIC and found that it works flawlessly. I ran into a problem at my office and wanted to see if I could solve it from my Chrome OS browser. I found that at the time, I could not connect to my work wireless so the TRENDnet TU2-ET100 came to

those bunny suit guys are jerks

2011-02-16T09:34:00.001-06:00

Chromium-OS Pilot Program And What Google Really Cares About...

2011-02-13T14:12:00.002-06:00

After a couple of weeks with the Cr-48 laptop and using Google's Chromium-OS as a semi full time computer, I keep having to remind myself that the laptop hardware that is the Cr-48 laptop is only proof of concept of what hardware for future Chromium operating system computers could be like. Yes, the laptop has a webcam, it supports standard cell phone headsets like the basic iPhone headset that

removable disk backup

2011-02-06T17:00:00.011-06:00

this is an old post from my old blog, i thought i would save here becuase it contains a very useful script for keeping your thumb drive safe from loss. i have a 16 gb thumb drive that i carry with me almost all the time. the main reason i use the drive is to store thinks like serial numbers of items at home, personal records in encrypted databases, and to have some things with me like bookmarks

stratus, cumulus, or wall cloud?

2011-02-05T21:30:00.001-06:00

I imagine this whole cloud thing is confusing when you're used to just turning on your computer and doing your stuff and moving on. In reality, you already know what it's all about. Here's what I mean. First, let me explain the reason it's called "the cloud". For a long time, networking guys and gals who make computers on college and business campuses talk to each, have referred to everything

First Impressions Are Everything

2011-02-04T21:44:00.004-06:00

After a day or so with the CR-48 laptop, I have not really made any new headway with "moving" to the cloud. I've mostly just been getting acquainted to the keyboard layout and the software settings. The laptop battery life is really exceptional lasting most of the day with me tinkering with things off and on. The wireless seems to think my wifi signal is lower compared to a Dell Latitude E6400

cloud what now?

2011-02-02T21:00:00.001-06:00

It has been icy here in DFW, where I live, and yesterday afternoon I received a knock at the door. I figured it was one of our friends who had gotten cabin fever and wanted to get out. As it turns out, it was UPS dropping off a surprise box. Here's what I found when I opened it... The laptop came with a sticker sheet to add to the lid... The laptop box had this little quick start guide