Went to see Spam-a-lot today. Primarily it was the Holy Grail on stage but there were a lot a little pieces from other Monty Python scripts in it. I particularly liked that they started with the song Finland. Always fun. If you get a chance you should definitely go see this.
I think it is time to head to new York again and catch a few of these on Broadway. Maybe I will try to get a consulting gig in NY just to catch a few (and make a little money :-)).
First I need to explain that over the last year I have collected a lot of Digital Copies of Movies, Podcasts, TV Shows and Music. A lot as in around 1 Terabyte. Since ITunes will not let you down load the files more then once you have to have backups of your downloads.
So here is the problem. How do I backup a Terabyte of data and keep the backups in Sync. I was originally going to write some custom software to do this, but I just found this power toy from MS today. It is called SyncToy and you can use it to keep two directories in Sync on two different machines. This is exactly what I needed.
Now I have my 2 Terrabyte Raid 5 array backup to my two 1 Terabyte Mybooks. The MyBooks are two 500 GB disks stripped and can effectively backup half of my 2 Terabyte raid. In addition the My Books hang off the 1 Gigabit switch. This means I if I need to take down the Server where the RAID array is I can still write to the MyBoooks. SyncToy will keep the devices in sync no matter what. Pretty cool since it lets me treat the RAID array and the MyBooks both as Master copies and let SyncToy keep them in Sync.
I am also using Sync toy to back up my 4 Laptops to the Raid array. That way all my Laptops are in sync too. I definitely like having the 1 Gig switch for all this. Way to slow to move all this data through the wireless router. In addition with over six computers in the house keeping them all in sync was getting to be a pain.
Note: These two My Books are the World Editions that have Ethernet attachments so you can use them as SAN devices. I just noticed there is now a 2 Terabyte version of this.
Since it is impossible to do development without taking advantage of networking and distributed applications anymore, I will also go after this certification after the MCTS for windows development is complete. This one also consists of two exams, but the first will be complete when I complete the MCTS for web development.
With this certification and the windows and web certifications complete you only have one more exam to get the MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer.
With those out of the way you can focus on the developer and administration certifications for SQL Server 2005...
I guess my first preference will always be windows applications. I like everything I have read about WSS as a web development platform/framework but it is hard to give up years of Windows Development. This Certification actually consists of two exams but I will have the first out of the way when I complete the MCTS for web development.
Once you have this complete you only have to take one more exam to get the MCPD Windows.
I want to work on this certification as part of the MCPD. It also helps me when working on the Sharepoint certifications. Currently I plan on working on this first. I have the self paced study material for these now. This certification consists of the following exams.
Once you have this complete you only have to take one more exam to get the MCPD Web.
Well I am working on a few Microsoft Certifications. Trying to update them to the latest Technologies. I have bought the Self Paced Books for the Certs. I learn most thing much better on my own.
So far I have the material for the following Certifications
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) Certifications
Once these are complete it is fairly easy to go after the MCPD Certifications. Here you have
So 7 exams later you have your MCPD for Enterprise Application Developers. Piece of cake, right? :-).
The last few entries have been a kind of jot them down cause I am thinking about them. I will put in some notes on WSS and WCF later this week.
Right now I am listening to the Eagles Live and in particular the version of Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh. Obviously they were having a good time when that was recorded.
I have created a playlist of all the tracks of music I own and randomized it. It is funny all the different music I have accumulated over the years. Weird hearing Weird Al followed by Arlo Guthrie and then Poison.
Can't remember now when and why I bought some of these but they are still pretty good.
Currently I am listening to Eagles Live Disc 1 by Eagles
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