Whether you’re grabbing yours to go or lingering over grabbing a second cup – coffee lovers, this day is for you! Coffee has a long history of satisfying the taste buds (and caffeine addition) of many. What’s your favorite way to enjoy a cup of coffee?
In This Issue: 2022 Top Halloween Candy | Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX Series 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch | Benefits of Redundancy & Cold Spares | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – 2022 Top Halloween Candy
Happy Thursday!
I have a tasty topic for all of us today. It seems like every year the stores start bringing out Halloween candy (well, all candy and decorations for holidays) earlier and earlier. You can walk through any store, starting at the end of August, and not see Halloween decorations and candy everywhere. I personally don’t mind this since some of the candy is only available a few times a year. I am a HUGE candy corn (that probably just made a few of you cringe…haha!), Nerds, and SweeTarts fan, but I won’t say no to just about any of it. The pumpkin-shaped white chocolate Reese’s cups are another favorite of mine. Put those in the freezer, let them get nice and cold, and they are good to go!
Based on some analysis by Byte.com (a national network of dentists) using a combination of Google searches and surveys, they determined what the top Halloween candy for each state is for 2022. (Yeah…not overly scientific, but still fun to look at.) Georgia got Nerds. I can def respect that! Of course, CK’s favorite candy is M&M’s. Haha!
So, do you agree with your state? What’s your personal favorite Halloween candy? Not that we are running around trick-or-treating as adults (I guess we could.), but we do get to buy it and raid our kids’ candy stashes that they get each year.
I hope all of you have an awesome rest of the week and weekend…and go buy some of your favorite Halloween candy and enjoy it!
Jason
Product Spotlights & Updates
The WS-C3560CX-8PC-S is part of the Cisco Catalyst Compact Switch family built to expand Ethernet infrastructure outside of your network closet. Virtually silent (Fanless) switches are capable of being mounted on the wall, under desks, in tight spaces, or pretty much anywhere they are needed. Unlike hubs or unmanaged switches, the 3560CX series switches provide advanced security features and advanced networking features for flexibility and scalability.
Learning Center Article – Benefits of Redundancy & Cold Spares
Downtime is the true enemy of every network. Downtime is frustrating, destructive, and worst of all, costly. Businesses can rapidly lose money with even small amounts of network downtime, so everyone wants ways to avoid it.
There really is one answer: redundancy.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Ian, which was downgraded Thursday to a tropical storm as it heads for open water in the Atlantic, battered southwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph at landfall Wednesday. Lee County, FL was hit hardest. More than 2.5 million families are without power as of this morning.
- Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” has died, his friend and manager Jarez Posey, told CNN. He was 59. Posey said Coolio died Wednesday afternoon. Details on the circumstances were not immediately available.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will formally annex four regions of Ukraine. The move follows referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine that have been condemned as sham votes. Leaders in Ukraine and Western powers are worried Putin could use threats against these regions as a pretext for using nuclear weapons. Elsewhere, NATO said it believes leaks on the Nord Stream pipeline, which funnels gas from Russia to Europe, happened because of “deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage.”
- New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge belted his 61st home run of the season in Toronto on Wednesday night, tying the American League record set by fellow pinstripe great Roger Maris. Judge’s latest long ball came against Blue Jays pitcher Tim Mayza in the seventh inning at Rogers Centre, breaking a 3-3 tie and leading New York to an 8-3 victory.