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Sunday
Jul252010

3 Down... 98 To Go

DateSunday, July 25, 2010 at 2:26PM

Strange as it may seem, my wife's favorite music is Country.  I say "strange" because prior to 2007 she had very little exposure to American Country music and really no idea what it even was.  Now that she's discovered it, that's mostly what she listens to all the time.

So, last week I decided to treat her to a concert.  We saw Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, and Jeron & The Long Road to Love at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights.

She had a great time... and I got to cross another item off my list: 29. Go to a Concert.  YeeHaw!

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Saturday
Jul242010

Out of Sync Password Lists

DateSaturday, July 24, 2010 at 8:55AM

Yesterday at work I was having trouble with a password.  I was pretty sure I was entering it correctly, but it was being rejected.  No problem, I thought, I'll just whip out my 1Password application on my iPhone and double-check the password to make sure.  That's when I discovered the problem.  The password I was looking for wasn't in the app on my phone.  In fact, five or six other (somewhat related) passwords were missing as well.

My first instinct was to curse the app, but as is nearly always the case, the true source of the problem is human error.  When I upgraded my iPhone 3G to the iPhone 4, I made sure to install 1Password and do a sync from the master database on my MacBook Pro.  Everything worked as expected.  But, what I had forgotten to do was to perform a final sync from my iPhone 3G to the master database.  So the password list I transferred to my new phone was a little bit out of date and didn't include the new passwords that I had entered into the app while using the old phone.

Now the iPhone 3G has been passed along to the wife.  I can't remember if I removed the 1Password app when I was "cleaning" it before giving it to her.  I also can't remember if I've already synced it with her MacBook Pro.  If I didn't delete the app, it will be a simple matter of performing a password sync from her phone and then another from mine.  If I deleted the app but didn't sync to her computer, I think I can restore it by syncing with iTunes on my computer.  And finally, in the worst case that I did delete the app AND sync to her computer, then I'll just have to figure out how much trouble I want to go through to get those passwords back.

Overall, I think it's a good lesson-learned in making sure your password lists are secure and synchronized across whatever devices you're using.  This might also be a good time to go take a look at LastPass.  I've been hearing good things about it.

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Sunday
Jul182010

99 to go

DateSunday, July 18, 2010 at 1:35PM

As I mentioned earlier, I completed my MCTS: Exchange Server 2007 certification.  That's another item crossed off the 101 in 1001 list (24. Get MCTS: Exchange certification).

2 down... 99 to go.

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Sunday
Jul112010

101 in 1001

DateSunday, July 11, 2010 at 10:02AM

Spurred by a stray tweet flying by in the stream, I decided to have a look at http://dayzeroproject.com to see what this 101 in 1001 was all about.  It's basically a "to do" or an accomplishment list.  You list 101 things that you want to do within the next 1001 days.  They can be almost anything, but should be something that stretches or improves you in some way.

The list is not prioritized, but rather an entropic collection of things that I thought of or was inspired to add.  Some that I added are easy; "Go Hiking".  Others, not so much; "Visit India".  But who knows, I've got almost three years to tick them off one by one.

The first thing I checked off the list was #21 Install storm door at front.  Since we moved into our house a couple of years ago, we've had only an entry door at the front.  The storm day came with the house only it was in the garage with all the glass busted out of it.  It's been on our project list for some time.

Finally, we found a door we liked at Lowe's and hired a friend's dad to help me install it (really the other way around).  Even this seemingly simple item from the list turned out to be more challenging than expected.  The instructions were pretty clear for every step of the installation project save the part about securing the glass in the door.  After a short break and some Bud Light Wheat, I figured it out.

One down... One Hundred to go.

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Sunday
Jul042010

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

DateSunday, July 4, 2010 at 9:02AM

Last week I checked another item off the to-do list.  Now, along with my MCITP: Enterprise Administrator I'm certified MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.  I used the self-paced study guide from Microsoft Press and some practice exams.  In all, I prepared for about 10 days before sitting for the exam.  I have no background with Exchange and it showed when I took the test.  I didn't score as highly as I would have liked and I don't feel like I was adequately prepared for the test.  I think spending a bit more time with a couple of other sources would have been helpful.  However, the important thing is that I passed and can move on to my next goal... CISSP.

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