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Swim Run Study

The plan was to run to the pool and then swim, but then it started to look rainy. By the time I made it in the pool it was starting to rain. I was glad to not be running in the rain. What you might not know is if its raining over a large body of water, each rain droplets bounce upward in the pool as the surface tension of water breaks gravity....

October 14, 2024 · 1 min

Starship and Network Simulator

Woke up really early on a Sunday by my alarm which somehow was still set from a early morning race. Luckily this was launch day and my overall impression of the launch was that I am really surprised that the Booster was caught by the chopsticks. I was also surprised that the Starship still had a bit of tile issues near the flap. Later in the day I re-started my learning for the CCNA with a change, from studying subnetting to using the network simulator to start learning how to interact with routers and switches....

October 13, 2024 · 1 min

Advocacy

Really happy when plans come together. Its been many months since we first started to scope out the Colorado Rail game. Today was the first meeting with the project manager who is helping guide the project. What struck me was how much research he did to understand the game. From comparing the game to others, to figuring out what the color scheme is, to asking who the target audience is to understanding the flow of the game and the attractions....

October 11, 2024 · 1 min

Boot.dev vs Coursera

When I think about online study I often think of Coursera, However, I now thint its a bit too passive. I need to be using what I learn. So I looked at my Coursera courses and didn’t see anything except a TCPIP course. I wanted to do something a bit different tonight so I logged back into my Boot.Dev course and click start over on Python. For right now I want interactive and practical....

October 10, 2024 · 1 min

Practice exams

In studding for the CCNA, I am using a host of resources. Simulator software, real Cisco hardware, textbooks and online exams. I am trying to put a full court press in learning the materials. I am glad I finished my IP Subnetting online course but now when I am turning to the textbooks, I am finding that I have so many other resources. One such resource is the PTP practice exam, as I just took about 10 questions and only got one correct....

October 9, 2024 · 1 min