tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30411256684082547282011-09-10T06:22:32.646-05:00Ethernet geek who is into running, farming, rainwater harvesting, solar power and sustainability.Brad Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16655819069784071143noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3041125668408254728.post-87937496246772024262010-12-13T11:17:00.000-06:002010-12-13T11:17:54.824-06:00

In the last couple of years I've had the good fortune of staying in some beautifully renovated hotels.  One was the Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Berlin, another was the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg and the last and most recent one was the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai.  The following is some of my thoughts on both the restoration work performed and the quality of the experience with

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Calypso Beach Retreat, Long Cay, Lighthouse Reef, Belize Thankfully the trip to the Long Cay on Lighthouse Reef (50 miles east of Belize City) was only scheduled to be two hours. As the seas started getting rough, my mind drifted back to the Gilligan's Island theme song. Other than scooting past the Carnival Legend cruise ship, it was just some rough water and squalls. Shot with wide angle,

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In less than a month, the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Review Committee (aka RevCom) will offer a recommendation to the IEEE-SA Standards Board on the approval of IEEE P802.3ba which is the draft standard for 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet.  Given that approval is pretty much a slam dunk, the resulting standard IEEE Std 802.3ba-2010 will usher in a new age of Ethernet port naming.

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One more month and I'll be getting a chance to check out an eco-friendly beach resort in Belize - Calypso Beach Retreat. While it would be possible to say that I'm staying to because I want to be an eco-tourist, that would not be completely true. I'm going to stay there because it is close to the Great Blue Hole. I've only seen photos of the Great Blue Hole, and it is one of things on my list

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American Airlines recently announced the cancellation of the "nerd-bird" that has been flying twice daily between Austin and San Jose. Earlier this year, there were three flights a day.What is interesting is that American Airlines states that it cannot make a profit on this route. Gee, shortly after announcing the termination of the nerd-bird, Alaska Airlines jumped in to offer a daily flight.

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I'm in an IEEE 802.3 meeting this week working on reviewing the next generation of Ethernet standards. My employer, AMCC, graciously hosted the meeting in New Orleans. The attendance is down at this meeting, but thankfully we saw that writing on the wall far enough in advance to not take a big hit.What is interesting though is the number of people that have shown up to the meeting at the last

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Have you ever had one of those days where you start to wonder if you should just go home and go back to bed?It especially sucks when you try to be in a good mood but someone else that you depend on, someone who is providing you a service, continually makes it more difficult for you to get on the right track.That happened to me today which is why I’m telling you about it. Let’s start at the

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This is a great video. Too bad he didn't get the Republican nomination...http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/02/video-fred-on-the-economy/

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A quick poll to find out who tunes into the #Ethernet Alliance: http://polls.linkedin.com/p/14684/knzkl

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Thought you might want to check this out.digg user bradbooth would like to share this story with you: http://digg.com/tech_news/Three_Open_Source_Tricks_For_Old_Media_Dogs_whurley?OTC-em-st1 ---"Three Open Source Tricks For Old Media Dogs | whurley"Interesting blog about open source helping evolve the newspaper industry's business model by whurley.+6 people dugg this storyTo verify that this

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So, it's the holidays, and the company is closed for the holidays, yet here I am on my computer learning about blogspot, twitter, facebook and linkedin. Partially learning and a lot of exploring and poking around to figure how to not type the same message a million different times, but have my messages shared.It's only now that I realize that the internet or Web 2.0 as they like to call it is

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This is the first posting for my blog. I know, it's about time. At least I'm finally getting around to this. Must be because I have time off during the Xmas holidays. LOL

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