Happy Thursday! The weekend is just around the corner – who’s ready? In the meantime, enjoy celebrating National Rocky Road Day and National Rotisserie Chicken Day! I guess this calls for rotisserie chicken for dinner followed by some rocky road ice cream. YUM 😋
In This Issue: Close to the Finish Line | Dell N743D 10G, SR, SFP+ Transceiver | Meraki Network Products – Simplify Your Network | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Close to the Finish Line
Happy Thursday!
I wanted to share an update on the Iceland Ring Road Virtual Race that I am participating in. We are so close to finishing it! We have 48.5 miles left as of this morning (out of the 828 miles)! I had mentioned a while back that two other neighbors and myself were running it as a team due to injuries, travel, etc. I am pretty proud of my 348.5 miles of that total number so far. I should be able to add about 20 more before we finish it. This virtual race has been a blast! Not only have I been able to increase my running miles, but I am also in better health (probably the best I have been in about 20 years), and when we hit certain milestones of the race they plant a tree – we have helped plant 5 trees through reforestation projects with the Eden Project. That is all pretty cool in itself! We should wrap up the race this weekend or the first of next week and then we wait for the medals. I will post a pic of the medal when it arrives.
This has been a super challenging but rewarding race. I have been able to push myself harder than I ever have before through it. Once we finish this one we will be starting up the virtual race through Lord of The Rings (Huge Lord of The Rings fan here!) There will be 5 different races that we will work through in sequential order – The Shire (145mi), The Fellowship (98mi), Mines of Moria (40mi), The Eye of Sauron (95 mi), and Mordor (282 mi). That will be a lot of fun!
Just curious, if you have watched the Lord of The Rings trilogy, who’s your favorite character? Mine is Samwise. He is loyal, determined, and probably the type of person we all would want as our best friend. Let me know who yours is.
Have a great rest of the week and weekend!
Jason
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Dell N743D is a 10 Gigabit SFP+ transceiver module that provides 10GBase-SR connectivity using multi-mode fiber. This transceiver module features duplex LC connectors and operates on an 850nm wavelength. This module is also hot-swappable so it can be switched out with ease.
Learning Center Article – Meraki Network Products – Simplify Your Network
When it comes to industrial and enterprise networking, hardware solutions often create as many new problems as they solve. Networks get so complicated that scalable designs often devolve into a jumbled mess. Cisco Meraki offers an incredible solution to this problem. Through the use of powerful automation features and a suite of devices that are designed to work well together, these products might prove to be the best way to manage many business networks.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Walmart is increasingly relying on its vast network of stores to build out its e-commerce business. They are using its stores as launch pads for delivery drones and departure locations for direct-to-fridge drop-offs, and it will soon start packing and shipping third-party sellers’ goods from stores.
- Ford is adding 6,200 hourly union jobs at three midwestern U.S. plants. Another 3,000 temp workers will become full-time union employees immediately. The moves will support increased production of the electric F-150 Lightning, the Transit van, and all-new versions of the Mustang and Ranger pickup.
- United Airlines plans to break ground Wednesday on an expansion of its training center in Denver, an initiative aimed at getting thousands of pilots ready to fly passengers as the carrier goes on a hiring spree. The project will cost about $100 million. The new four-story building at its training campus will allow United to add six new flight simulators.
- NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide spacesuits for International Space Station spacewalks and Artemis moonwalks