End of Week 7

Another week, another ... week ;-) This session's material was entertaining. It's amazing how complex things can be when applying technology to business management. This chapter really reinforces how proper planning can make life a lot easier when applying technical solutions to real life problems. Navy had the week of and so did the Ravens. Next is Notre Dame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also attached is a picture of my better half and my kids. My sanity is still holding on :-P

End of Session 6

This was new territory for me - I did not fully comprehend the complexity of what is required for transactions using technology. The sheer volume of transaction data to be processed and stored really caught my attention from a security point of view. All of that data that needs to kept confidential, error free, and accessable to those who need it - Wow!

I went to Homecoming and met up with a Classmate of mine from the Academy Prep-School and the Academy. The picture is of John and I posing with Major General Terry Murray, USMC (retired) He was the Deputy Commandant of the Academy when we were Midshipmen ('92-'95) We had our heads handed to us by Rutgers - were were shut out and lost our starting QB in the 1st quarter :-( But, hey the Superintendent of the Academy, Vice Admiral Rempf, has spinning rims on his golf cart! :-)

End of Session 5

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Another week gone by and it ended on a great note: Navy prevailed over Air Force for the 4th year in a row!! I spent most of Saturday doing training for Cub Scouts - the picture was while I was there. Information Security is my area of "expertise," so this session was very comfortable. I really had to think about what I could say about a potential security flaw - it goes against all my training to discuss something like that unless it was an internal attempt at correcting procedures, etc.

End of Session4: Sanity still intact :-}

Well ladies and germs, so endeth Session4. The DB chapter was interesting - it has been a long time since I have touched upon DBs. I understand it a lot better now than before. It has also given me a better appreciation for the design and implementation of websites such as Zillow. The Mids routed UCONN 41-17, my Ravens are still undefeated, the contract I was on ended Friday and I already started on a new one supporting the front office of the Acquisition Directorate today, and I had my problematic 2005 model car replaced with a 2007 model - life is a big bowl of okay ;-) MDA