Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

Last week, I attended the “Winstock 07″ tour/seminar held on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. Although we weren’t allowed to take any pictures during the event due to our non-disclosure agreements, I did take some pictures of campus, Seattle fall colors, and some nice views of Mt. Rainier. If you are so [...]

I have been telling myself that I needed to do an update posting here concerning recent changes in my life and how it relates to Networking and Blogging:
1. Technically, I have been promoted at my office to basically performing IT work on a full-time basis. In the past, my time has been split [...]

First, since this is the first day of October - this is the time for the annual MVP awards (and re-awards).  Congratulations to all.
Sadly, this year does not include me.  I wholeheartedly agree with the decision and have been expecting it.  I am trying to rectify it and hopefully will rejoin the ranks sometime within [...]

Off-topic discussion below, but somewhat relevant…
Add this to the list of problems with the WGA Notifications:
I have installed a copy of Windows XP SP2 (Retail version) on one of my desktops at home. Since this is my test machine, I usually do not activate it since I will be wiping it out within a [...]

OK, I am done with this hiatus due to my extreme workload at work…
I have been active again in the newsgroups after a LONG absence (if you think the frequency of my blog postings have been pathetic - it is nothing like my absence from the newsgroups since September last year). I should be [...]

OK, now that Google has started implementing it’s instant messaging service, it is high time that I start updating and/or abandoning old messaging addresses…
So, to contact me, you can use any of the following (in no particular order):
jrandow-at-gmail.com (The new Google IM/Jabber… Replace -at- with @)
jrandow-at-mvps.org (MSN Messenger - replace -at- with @)
JeffreyCentex (AIM)
JeffreyCentex [...]

I guess it is time for me to update y’all with the changes in my life…
I kinda have disappeared from the face of the planet as far as newsgroup & google group responses, blog postings, and other tech trivias.� Things have been REAL hectic at work (and actually are getting worse rather than better) [...]