I’m in San Jose, CA for IPExpert’s two-week End-to-End route/switch bootcamp. I was very lucky to win this training at Cisco Networkers this year and am definitely looking forward to it. The flight out was a bit annoying (flew Airtran instead of Delta and you could really notice the little differences). Just got back from dinner at Chipotle’s and am planning to take an early night and hopefully get my internal clock synced up.
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