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Okay so I finally went and took my CCNA test July 8th at SFASU and… drum roll please … I’m a certified now gotta start working on my Apple certification, having some trouble finding material for it.

Went last night and watched Mike Myers new movie “The Love Guru” overall it was a pretty funny movie. If you like “Austin Powers” you will enjoy this one.

Went to my first BarCamp this weekend in Dallas with Josh, well actually it was a BarCampBank. It was really exciting as I have been to many different banking-technology related conferences and I always end up falling asleep because they are so dry and depressing. This event was referred to as the “un-conference” everything was decided on once we arrived at there and I didn’t feel alone their were people with the same problems that we have at our bank.

I would suggest attending one in your area.

If your interested in more information on the events from BarCampBankDallas google barcampbankdallas

Been having some trouble with my ear Finally went to Dr. Karina Urquia today, and drumroll please… I have a Outter and Inner infection, She prescribed Amoxicilin and some ear drops but it still hurts like hell.

Got back yesterday from the San Francisco Bay Area, had a blast we went all over from Mendocino to Monterey. Working on getting flickr integrated into my blog.

Trying to get all my stuff together for my flight to Oakland tomorrow, Very early morning flight got to get up at 4:00am flights at 8:00. Hope I don’t over sleep

Just got back from Pine Creek Lodge in Nacogdoches for the best steaks by far in this area. I’m not real sure what they do differently to their steaks but its great. If your not in the mood for steaks they have a full menu of items that are equally as excellent, they are also very reasonable priced and its off in the middle of the woods where cell service doesn’t reach I can’t say it enough this place is excellent!

Went this weekend and watched 21(bring down the house) Its about several MIT students and a professor that learn a system of card counting and take several casinos in Las Vegas for lots of money, was a excellent movie! Part of it was filmed at the red rock casino which is where I stayed when I was in Las Vegas for Tech Mecca I thought that was kind of cool.

I’ve been looking at taking some certification test from several different vendors(Cisco, Apple, and Foundry). The first one I will pursue will be the Cisco Certified Network Assosiate (CCNA), I love playing with Cisco gear their is just so much that it can do, so this a must for me. After that I would like to go after a Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (ACMT), My reasoning for this one is simple for the fact that no one in my service area that holds one of these… So maybe it will increase my income And this last one is a new company to me Foundry Networks. I was recently introduced to their line of switches by Todd a sales rep with Foundry. I have been nothing but impressed with their equipment. With that being said I can see myself getting the Foundry Networks Certified Network Professional (FNCNP).These are just a few of the many Certs that I would love to get but never the less this will get me started.

So today I was surfing the web looking for a free template for a purchase order and I came across the Microsoft template page (which has a plethora of useful office templates) and I found one that was perfect for my use and got this wonderful error message…

I couldn’t help but get a kick out of this while reading it on my MacPro