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2011 Resolutions aka To Do List

Health Lower Cholesterol Get to 200 lbs. Financial Keep credit cards paid off Monitor Credit Score continue to try to get it in the 700’s Roll over my 401K Roll over my Roth 401K Get out of NCEN Save enough for a new HVAC system Save enough to complete our roof Renovation Rewire most of [...]

Certified Ethical Hacker

I’ve been debating on what certificate I want to pursue next for a couple months now.  I’ve been going back and forth between a few but I’ve finally decided to try my hand at obtaining the CEH certificate.  Certified Ethical Hacker. This certificate goes hand in hand with my studies at UNCC so hopefully the [...]

Mid Terms are here..

My first midterm is tomorrow in my Computer Forensics class.  Its hard to know what to expect because we have only done lectures, and the only homework we have had is lab assignments.  We haven’t done anything with paper and pencil so it will be interesting to see how hard tomorrow’s test will be.  Luckily [...]

Week 1 of my Post-Baccalaureate Semester is Over

I’m happy to say my first week of going back to school went without a hitch and I loved it. My Computer Forensics class is taught by the head of the department, who is also in charge of admissions into the Information Security & Privacy Graduate Certificate program I want to get accepted into.  I [...]

Wrote my first C# program

Just starting teaching myself to program in C# (pronounced C Sharp).  I’m using my Books24x7 account through my job at ADP to read Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition by Christian Gross. I’ve skimmed through a few different books and this one seems to be the best one so far.  I’m still [...]

2010 Resolutions aka To Do List

Health Resolutions Get to 15% body fat Get into the habit of doing 100 sit-ups/crunches a day Lower my cholesterol Floss more Financial Resolutions Raise my credit score to