Welp, for those of us wishing springtime, would come a little sooner – we’re going to have to wait. The Groundhog saw his shadow yesterday, so 6 more weeks of winter here we come!
In This Issue: The Ring Road Challenge | MPO Essentials Fiber Cable | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Ring Road Challenge
Good morning! Last week I mentioned getting backing into running and a few of us in the neighborhood started a running club. That is going very well and it has been great getting back into it full blast. I can already tell a difference in a lot of ways.
One very cool thing coming out of this is doing something I never would have thought about doing. When covid happened, a lot of race organizers created virtual races to help runners still feel connected and still be able to do races. Well, I have signed up for my first virtual race but this one, since it is virtual, has allowed me to do one that is a bit different. The race is called “The Ring Road Iceland Challenge,” and is an 828-mile race. I have 35 weeks to complete it but I am pushing towards completing it in under 25 weeks. The medal and t-shirt look pretty cool, which is always a perk of a race. With the app, I get to see where all of my competitors are in their progress and I get virtual postcards of different locations in Iceland. For every 20% of the race that I complete, they will plant a tree. (They have planted over 5 million trees all over the world so far.)
It’s pretty cool as an overall experience, but it is also something different I never would have thought about doing before. To make it a little bit more competitive, a buddy from the running club is doing it as well. I like the adrenaline rush of doing something radically different and something that extremely challenges me at the same time.
Wish me luck…that I don’t pass out from all the running!
Have a great Thursday!
Jason
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Learning Center Article – How to Recycle IT Equipment and Why We Should
IT networking equipment can be a source of a lot of trouble. It’s expensive to purchase and sometimes challenging to set up. It requires constant maintenance and babysitting, and despite all of your effort and dedication, some of it can still have a short lifespan.
You can take electronics to a lot of landfills but that’s not an optimal idea. Instead, it would probably help if you could recycle your equipment.
With that in mind, here are some thoughts on recycling that are worth contemplating. Why should you recycle, really? Assuming you want to recycle, how can you actually do it? Who even takes old IT equipment for recycling?
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, during its transition, reported they lost $3.3 billion last quarter.
- The U.S. Treasury Department reported that the total National Debt is more than 30 trillion.
- More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities reported bomb threats, forcing campuses to close. The FBI is now investigating.
- President Biden will send 3,000 American troops to reinforce NATO allies in Eastern Europe.