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• Blog Post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21 http://tinyurl.com/l8p7m7 #
• Yea Pakistan! Much needed victory! #
• Audio Slideshow: Humphrys in Karachi – http://bit.ly/UfFHX #
• RT @zin4 If you have 12 minutes to spare, watch this amazing short film called Signs. http://bit.ly/UNb4I #
• Fast Food Folk Song http://bit.ly/QvGNd #
• RT: @zeeshanhaider: RT @safiakhan Spread the word: #Obama says he digs #Urdu poetry http://bit.ly/154e6M #
• Looks like dawn.com is getting hammered after the Obama interview update. #
• #Obama's interview with Dawn – http://tinyurl.com/l2p8cm #
• RT: @andyroddick: oh my lord….. michael jackson died…….. RIP sad and surreal #
• RT @zin4: RT @writepudding: RT @LATimesCityDesk Michael Jackson has died. We have now confirmed it. @andyroddick #michaeljackson #
• Beware of Dr. Ivo. #

• Question: Which biz schools are best suited for IT professionals? Part-time or EMBA preferrably. #MBA #schools #
• Blog Post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14 http://tinyurl.com/n758at #
• Just switched to tweetdeck for iPhone. Free is good. #
• iPhone upgrade taking forever! #

I have always been a proponent of knowledge sharing (without any strings attached). Cisco Systems, the company I work for, does a stellar job of sharing knowledge that is available to one and all, buy our product or not. That said, not everything can be documented, so to help out, I am offering to write articles for people who may be looking to learn more about the technologies I focus on, namely: Network Security, VPNs, Firewalls, Crypto, and of course Cisco’s security products, with focus on VPNs, as that is my specialty.

With the extremely limited volume I get on my site, I am not really expecting anyone to offer their suggestions on what I should write about. So, I will start out by writing a couple of articles myself, which should drive some traffic to the site, and eventually suggestions from the visitors.

Happy Reading!

• Blog Post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31 http://tinyurl.com/nrcl3u #
• I’m at Apartments At Weston Lakeside – http://bkite.com/081Bc #
• Picnic with the kids. – http://bkite.com/082fU #
• Aller Federer! #frenchopen #rolandgarros #
• I can’t wait to try some of those vietnamese wraps my friend @khavo makes. Yum. Yum. in reply to khavo #
• Router issues. EEM script flaked out – kept bouncing the interface. Possible IOS upgrade tonight, depending on how the day goes. #
• @ayeshafaisal if he continues this form, he’s going to take the slam. in reply to ayeshafaisal #
• Go Gonzo! #
• @ayeshafaisal woo hoo! gonzo and soderling is going to be an exciting match! it’s going to be a war zone with those two playing! in reply to ayeshafaisal #
• Facebook deactivated. #
• So you can just log back into your Facebook account and its activated. How is that any different from logging out? #
• Reading comprehension. Grrrrr! #
• Warning: Excessive RC can be injurious to mental health. #
• @atharkhan Reading Comp. in reply to atharkhan #
• In the Year 3000 “YouTube, Twitter and Facebook will merge to form one super time-wasting Web site called YouTwitFace.” – Conan O’Brien #
• GO GO GO GO GONNZZZOOO!!! #
• Vamos Gonzo! #

• Looking forward to the BBQ this evening! Mmm riiiiiibbbbsssss! #
• Blog Post: Twitter Updates for 2009-05-25 http://tinyurl.com/or6qsl #
• @khavo remember I’m just a year younger than you. in reply to khavo #
• @khavo but thanks for the wishes. in reply to khavo #
• I’m at Airport: Charlotte/douglas Intl – http://bkite.com/07RWf #
• No place like home. #
• Ever had to stand in long line in the restroom after a movie at the theater? No more! http://www.runpee.com #
• @ayeshafaisal still waiting? in reply to ayeshafaisal #
• Hewitt getting schooled on Phillipe Chatrier. #rolandgarros #tennis #frenchopen #
• Blog Post: Fully Migrated to New Host http://tinyurl.com/md3xgu #

For the past few years, I have been using Hostmonster to fulfill all my hosting needs. However, after realizing that I don’t get much traffic to my site, there’s no point wasting money when I can host it myself and my ISP and routers can easily handle it. Yes, there’s no redundancy – network or server, but the good part is that its running on a 64-bit Ubuntu VM, which is backed up on a frequent basis, so in case I lose the hard drive or the server, I can get the site up in a timely fashion on another computer. <sarcasm>Apologies, in advance, to those who are ardent followers.</sarcasm>

I’ve written a short article on how I did it – others may do it differently. You can read all about it here.

CCIE Security #23580! w00t w00t!

Or Pass? (No relation to the previous post) I just took the CCIE Security lab earlier today, and I’m trying to be cautiously optimistic. First off, I didn’t think I had the stamina to make it through the 8 hours of sitting in front of a screen pounding away trying to get things working, but I did do it, thanks to stuff not working till the very last minute. Now, how I actually fared in the exam is an entirely different story… the results of which don’t come out till tomorrow morning!! The sad part is that I know where I did mess up – stuff that was OH SO SIMPLE! Hopefully that was all I did miss… and if that is the case, then celebrate 12 hours from now; else if ask for re-evaluation; else start looking for another date before the new exam comes out in April.

That’s it for now folks. More to come tomorrow via Twitter hopefully.

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