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Well I'm stick in a plane sitting on the Tarmac at Denver waiting for the plane at our gate to move. None of this is going to help me get to San Jose on time, but who really cares? Some things are out of my control it would appear. I read Faust Part One by Goethe today. It was an interesting read and I'd try to devour Part Two on my next plane trip except I packed it in my checked baggage. At ... Read More

I finally feel vindicated in my pursuit and valuation of individual intelligence and reason over, well, what most people value in life. I've spent the day getting almost to the end of Atlas Shrugged and haven't spent my time so usefully in quite some time. I contrast this with the drunken loutish behaviour of the sunburnt sports fans wandering the streets and the feeling of intellectual isolation reemerges. Or should I say the recognition of intellectual distinction? I'm going to settle in to Babylon ... Read More

Hmmm... Time to start on my blog again. I've had a busy 2 months - I got my third CCIE, went overseas and am now back. Firstly, my blog will be overhauled soon. I didn't like the "professional" feel that it had, so from now on it will resemble extended Facebook status updates. I figure "my blog, my rules". I've got the wordpress add on for my iPhone installed now, so my posts will now be done via iPhone. That means frequent updates, but ... Read More

This is going to be one of "those" days. I've woken up early (about 5ish) and feel compelled to go to a diner and study for my SP lab. It's about time that the adrenaline started to kick in - now I can study properly. Life's busy as hell at the moment, but I must admit that at least I'm enjoying myself. Oh, I'm also up to 9 Facebook fans at the moment, so if you want to be number 10 please click ... Read More

I decided to setup a fan page on Facebook due to... ahem... overwhelming demand. So here's the URL: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jared-Scrivener/28843076070 Read More

I've spent the weekend (well, after Friday) doing labs from the IPexpert SP workbook. I finished Lab 9 on Friday, then did Lab 11 yesterday followed by Lab's 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. Today I did Lab 24 and 25. In other words I did most of the labs that don't overlap with material I learnt in my CCIE R&S. I've picked up a few things from all of this and I'm feeling a bit overconfident at the moment, although ... Read More

Well today was either more or less productive than it should have been depending on your viewpoint. I wanted to get all of the IPexpert CCIE SP Lab 9 completed, but I'd almost finished (in about an hour or two) when I got distracted, decided to establish a blog then went to go see fireworks. It was the best fireworks display I'd seen in ages. It totally took my mind off the fact that I decided to peer R2 with R4 in BGP ... Read More

After the many requests for me to write up a CCIE blog here is my first entry. Shout goes out to Arden Packeer (ardenpackeer.com) for talking me through the setup. More content to arrive when I finish watching the fireworks tonight. Happy 4th July everyone. Read More