Audio

I have been going back and forth about getting a smart speaker. I miss music in the morning, and miss it in the evening. So I checked again and its out of stock. I have no regrets in buying nice earbuds. Love noise canceling and music when running. I would love to have a MP3 player for the pool. Havent really hunted for a deal on those. I also like my speakers in my car, but would love to upgrade those with a better subwoofer....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min

Books from the cloud

I am really impressed with having the entire written collection of books on early accessible from any device. This weekend I purchased Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday and rented from the public library when Things Don’t Go Your Way by Haemin Sunmin. Within seconds I had them on my phone, and tens of seconds I had them on my Kindle. Its ironic that I Am also still studying networking in the CCNA as those technologies enabled me getting those book so fast....

December 2, 2024 · 1 min

VLANs

Finally getting started in learning about VLANs and how to create them. It reminds me a bit about socal networking. I am really glad that I am studing these fundamental concepts as everything in IT rests on networking. I wonder if I can use the same framework to think of side projects, and how VLANs can help shape the way these projects get finished faster.

November 28, 2024 · 1 min

Debugging

Today I didn’t feel motivated to get my laptop opened at 10:40 at night and try and learn some python. I had a long day and it was frustrating troubleshooting. So I started the module on debugging. But what I learned is that I can use the same logic in debugging with larger tech issues at work. The basic method is: Attempted to solve it yourself first Use print() statements to understand what your code is actually doing Test different approaches Identify the specific part that’s confusing you...

November 26, 2024 · 1 min

Back at skiing

I cant believe I haven’t skied for so long. I am glad I was able to again, but also I dont think I missed it so much. Also I am back at learning networking. I am really glad to be starting it again but also these two textbooks are huge. I cant wait to finish them. I also forgot how to do subnetting and that will need to re-learn it a certain amount....

November 24, 2024 · 1 min