Happy Friday! We kicked off the week with a joke, so it only seems right to end the week with a joke. Here goes nothing: Why was ‘beef stew’ not used as a computer password? Because it was not strong-anoff.
In This Issue: Teen Drivers | Cisco 3560X/3750X Four-Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Module | 8 Steps to Set up a Network Disaster Recovery Plan | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Teen Drivers
Happy Friday, folks! My family has experienced an exciting milestone: my oldest daughter turned 15 last month, which means she can now drive (with an instructional permit)! Watch out if you’re in northeast Georgia. 🤣
It’s been a lot of fun teaching her to drive a car. We go for a drive almost every evening before dark. And I like to take her down roads she hasn’t been on before, causing her to evaluate each intersection for the first time and tell me what she plans to do. I’ve been driving for 25+ years, and driving is second nature to me (as I’m sure it is with most of you). Teaching our road system to a new driver takes much longer than I realized. I’ll share an example by describing just the options for left turns in my area:
- Left turn on a 2-lane road
- Left turn with a dedicated turning lane
- Left turn where there is a shared turning lane
- Left turn at a red light with and without a dedicated left turn lane
- Left turn where there is a short lane to the right for traffic to pass (this type of traffic pattern is absurd to me, but I’m not a traffic engineer either 😀)
It’s a lot of information to learn quickly for a new driver. Repetition is key here!
I’ve been researching teen driving schools. I’m not looking for an online course but a driving class that teaches real-world skills in a controlled environment. I’m looking for a course that teaches skills in less common situations, like the need to abruptly stop (such as a crash or a deer crossing the road) and maneuver through wet weather conditions. Have you or your teen driver taken a course? I’d love to hear some recommendations!
Have a great weekend!
Chris
Product Spotlights & Updates
When it comes to distributing fast signals across long distances, Cisco has a number of technology options available. One of them is the Cisco 3560x/3750x four-port Gigabit Ethernet module. While it sounds like a mouthful, this module is designed to make networking approachable. It is energy efficient, secure, and scalable. It’s easy to use and reliable. You can easily connect your Ethernet switches to fiber via SFP connectors with this simplified module.
Learning Center Article – 8 Steps to Set up a Network Disaster Recovery Plan
Surely, your business has IT resources. Whether you run everything internally, hire external firms to manage IT for you, or use some combination of the two, you have access to IT experts when you need them.
That’s good because you do in fact need them. When you have a recovery plan, you can minimize that downtime and any associated fallout.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Investors get a fresh bearish signal.
Target and Walmart posted sharply divergent fiscal second-quarter results and offered starkly different outlooks for the months ahead. - Starboard Value now owns 9.9% of Bloomin’ Brands’ shares, according to a regulatory filing.
- Shares of Xpeng were down more than 7% in premarket U.S. trade, as the Chinese electric car maker’s troubles continued with Friday results showing a wider-than-expected loss in the second quarter.
- Sea’s chairman and group CEO Forrest Li told investors on Tuesday that the firm will “reaccelerate investments in growth,” particularly in e-commerce.