DigitalHollow

During our recent visit to Key Largo, FL, our mission to go diving was spoiled as hurricanes in the Atlantic gave birth to rough seas on the local reefs. We decided to not waste the sunny and very windy day, so we headed to Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo, FL to go snorkeling. Upon arrival we noticed the park had canoe and kayak rentals available. Neither of us have kayaked befores so decided to give it a go.

After paying the rental fee we went to the pickup area and was greeted by a very friendly young man.  The kayaks were both “Sit On Top” Perception Tribe’s, one 9.5′ and the other 11.5′. After receiving a quick set of instructions of where to and not to go, we were on our way.

Despite a strong steady wind, the water remained calm, sheilded by the surrounding mangroves. The salty clear water trails twisted through the mangroves leading to the Atlantic Ocean which we avoided due to large boat traffic. We encountered a few birds and a smattering of small fish along the way. The kayak attendant told us that a manatee had been hanging around early in the morning, but we did not see it. The approximate 90 minute excursion was relaxing and enjoyable dispite being brief due to the limited area to cover.

Colin Smith the lead singer for one of my all time favorite bands MRNORTH has announced a plan to release an album of his solo work. This does not appear to be the demise of MRNORTH, but a side project for Colin. Never heard of Colin or MRNORTH? Then you are missing some of the best Rock and Roll of this decade! Life Size, released in 2004, was MRNORTH’s first full release. Fear and Desire, MRNORTH’s followup to Life Size was released in 2006 and the band also released a live version recorded from the Flourence Gould Hall New York City on April 5th 2007 with the Greenwich Village Orchestra and choir. I won’t go into a full review now, but they are truly amazing, check them out. If you like Pearl Jam, U2, Live or Radiohead you are sure to like MRNORTH.

Colin is working with Pledge Music on this project and donating a large some of the pledges to “Musicians On Call“.

Anyway, check it out Colin Smith’s new work and don’t forget to buy a copy of the MRNORTH releases, which are readily available on Amazon. You won’t be sorry!

Sold!!!! Here is a short video I put together for the Yamaha FZ1 that I have for sale. The new price is $5800 Firm.

While driving into work this morning, I noticed a strange smoke trail in the sky. Looked like a rocket did a hairpin turn back to earth, but it did not. A Delta II rocket delivering a GPS satellite into orbit successfully launched at 6:35AM this morning.

For Sale

For Sale is my 2007 Cobalt Blue Yamaha FZ1. Though the bike is a 07, it was a dealer leftover that remained in the crate until January of this year when I purchased it. Of all of the bikes I have owned I think this is my favorite to ride.

I used this bike primarily for commuting to and from work. I never used it for stunting, wheelie or tire burn outs.

The bike is in excellent condition and stock except the $259 Corbin seat that I installed.  Click the picture above to more photos.

Current Kelly Blue Book Value:$6665

Asking Price: $6300

Location: Orlando, FL

If you have any questions please contact me at fz14sale@digitalhollow.com

Because I defined a name using “ip host” I am able to navigate to the selected device by simply typing the name port1, port2, etc. I know, I know…not very creative or descriptive but I have been changing the lab infrastructure often. I will get around to designing a better naming scheme soon.

Navigating the Access Server takes a little getting used to. Why? When at the access server exec privileged # prompt, simply hitting enter will automatically take you back to the last session. I discovered that I sometimes hit the Enter key when thinking about a command and find myself back at the last connection session. “Resume Session”, Cool feature or annoyance? A little of both I guess.

Overall navigating from device to device via the Cisco AS2511-RJ is pretty simple. It would be nice to have a “disconnect all” feature, but it looks like only one at a time. Will have to do research…

Here is a sample session.

ACCESS#port3<<Type the “ip host” name specific in the config
Trying port3 (10.0.0.1, 2003)… Open<<Hit enter and you are connected.

Remote-GW# <<At this point we are logged into a device called Remote-GW. Simply hold Ctrl-Shift, hit 6, release all keys and hit x. You will be presented with the prompt below. Now you are back at the exec privileged mode of the access server.

ACCESS#
ACCESS#port4<<Type the “ip host” name specific in the config
Trying port4 (10.0.0.1, 2004)… Open<<Hit enter and you are connected

LOCAL-GW>en
Password:
LOCAL-GW#<<At this point we are logged into a device called LOCAL-GW. Simply hold Ctrl-Shift, hit 6, release all keys and hit x. You will be presented with the prompt below. Now you are back at the exec privileged mode of the access server

ACCESS#sh sessions<<Displays your current connected Telnet sessions
Conn Host                Address             Byte  Idle Conn Name
   1 port3               10.0.0.1               0     0 port3
*  2 port4               10.0.0.1               0     0 port4

ACCESS#disconnect 1<<Disconnects session 1
Closing connection to port3 [confirm]<<Enter to confirm
ACCESS#disconnect 2<<Disconnects session 2
Closing connection to port4 [confirm]<<Enter to confirm

ACCESS#<<Now you are back at the exec privileged mode again

I have been working on setting up my Cisco lab lately in preparation for the CCNA exam. I purchased a Cisco AS2511-RJ access server. This device has 16 asynchronous ports that can be used to reverse telnet back to the console ports of other networking devices. The AS2511-RJ comes in handy if you want to change your entire network topology or IP scheme without worrying about losing IP connectivity.

The AS2511-RJ become the entry point to your network via telnet or console. The async ports on the access server are assigned ports. Since there is no standard Ethernet port I programmed Loopback 0 with the IP address. To traverse from the access server to the connected devices via reverse telnet simply “telnet x.x.x.x portnumber.

My Current Configuration:

ACCESS#sh run
Building configuration…
Current configuration : 820 bytes
!
version 12.1
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname ACCESS
!
!
!
!
!
!
no ip subnet-zero
no ip finger
no ip domain-lookup
ip host port8 2008 10.0.0.1
ip host port7 2007 10.0.0.1
ip host port6 2006 10.0.0.1
ip host port5 2005 10.0.0.1
ip host port4 2004 10.0.0.1
ip host port3 2003 10.0.0.1
ip host port2 2002 10.0.0.1
ip host port1 2001 10.0.0.1
!
!
!
!
interface Loopback1
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.255
!
interface Ethernet0
ip directed-broadcast
shutdown
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
!
ip classless
no ip http server
!
!
line con 0
transport input none
line 1 16
no exec
transport input all
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
login
!
end

Filmed with a Creative Vado HD camera mounted to the handlebars of my motorcycle.

We decided to try some pork center cut loin ribs on the Orion Cooker. They turned out great! See for yourself.