Computers, Beer, and Politics

When I was growing up as kid, there was the saying, "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt me." I understand the reasoning behind this statement but unfortunately this statement does not hold up as today we have seen a dramatic increase in suicide rates related to bullying. There are many forms of bullying. There is the direct form of ridiculing by a fellow group of ones peers or even physical accosting at the hand of one or several individuals who have for whatever reason singled out a an individual.  Today we see more and more accounts of what has been termed cyber-bullying. Those who choose this method to bully may often feel a sense of anonymity or no sense of regret as they are not directly confronting their victim.  Not only suicide but mass killings in school have been linked to bullying where the person on the receiving end has had a psychological break and they view their only recourse is to to take out as many of their fellow classmat

So here is an update to the A+ Certification. I guess I have not really gotten use to the idea of publishing a blog so I apologize for no updates to the A+ Certification blog. I finally got my A+ Certification back in the Summer of 2013 and will take my Net+ exam this coming Monday, 21st of May 2014. Looking forward to taking the exam and hopefully all will go well and then I can begin the task of studying for my Security + Cert.

So for the summer semester, 2014, I will be learning how to code web pages, learn about the basic foundations of coding, and learning how to code in C++. So what do I have facing me this summer? A challenge. A challenge to begin to think in a manner that is logical, mathematical, be given a scenario or task and learn how to create a program that will complete that task. I kind of feel like Julie Powell did when she took on the challenge of going through Julia Child's, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.  Just as Julie accepted the daunting task of completing a vast number of recipes over the course of year, I will have basically twelve weeks. Twelve weeks in which there will be times that I am ready to pull the hair out of my head, kick, scream and cuss, and hopefully when it is all said and done, I will at least have a basic working knowledge of how to program.  I am beginning a journey even though I am older but looking forward to traveling in to the unknown. After all isn&