Happy Tuesday & Happy National Pancake Day! Also known as Johnnycakes, griddle cakes, or hotcakes, this batter-made breakfast item dates back years. Today is the perfect day to enjoy some delicious pancakes with your favorite toppings!
In This Issue: Sweet Memories in Blue Ridge | Cisco 6500 8-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module | Best Way to Connect Multiple Switches | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Sweet Memories in Blue Ridge
Good Morning & Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great week so far!
Over the weekend I was able to get away to Blue Ridge, GA for some time with the family which was a lot of fun! My Grandpa was born in the area and many of his family members remained there for their entire lives. One of his brothers built a home across the street from the family farm back in the late 60s early 70s. He passed away in the 90s but left the home to my Grandpa who graciously allowed it to be used as somewhat of a family “vacation” home.
When I was a kid I absolutely LOVED when my parents would take us there for a weekend. The home felt like stepping back in time (it’s still a time capsule to the 70s!) and there was something so charming about how simple it was. There was a big Kubota tractor in the basement that we loved to play on, and the woods outside were simply magical and a great “playground” for us kids with big imaginations! It’s so much fun to see how my nieces and nephew feel the exact same way about going there. Literally, nothing has changed about the house since we were kids (if you guessed that it has an avocado-green bathroom, you guessed right!). They love the simplicity of it and they’ve spent countless hours playing outside, building trails and “forts” in the woods, etc.
With the way so much has changed since we were kids, it’s really special to watch my nieces and nephew experience something that is almost exactly the same as what we experienced as kids. It was a great weekend!
Rebecca
Product Spotlights & Updates
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Learning Center Article – Best Way to Connect Multiple Switches
It’s why many modern switches come pre-designed to work in a stack, cluster, or other configuration. The goal is to connect multiple switches together in order to improve the network.
What is the purpose of connecting multiple switches? In most cases, the goal is to expand network access. When you connect switches, you get more ports that can be used, and that means more devices can utilize the network.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Meta announced it will create a new product group inside the company focused on generative AI, a new set of machine learning techniques that allow computers to generate text, draw pictures, and create other media that resemble human output.
- Motorola is showing off a concept smartphone that rolls out as a user slides it up. The phone, which is being featured at the Mobile World Congress tech conference in Barcelona, has a flexible five-inch display that extends to 6.5 inches when pushed upward. Read more here.
- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Dr. Nicola Fox will serve as the associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately.
- A new coast-to-coast winter storm is forecast to pummel parts of California, the Midwest and US north-east this week. Parts of the north-east could see up to 8in (20cm) of snow, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, with New York City getting 2-6in. Further heavy snow is forecast on the other side of the country for California’s mountainous areas.