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Well, the site got hacked due to the Wordpress vulnerability…the one that I didn’t patch for. It took a while, but most things are back the way they were with the exception of some videos that I posted on Microsoft’s Soapbox. That service no longer exists, so the videos are gone.

I’m hoping to vet back to updating this site more regularly. I have some Powertel scripts that may be useful for Symantec Endpoint Protection admin. I’ve been the AV admin for a Fortune 500 company for the last 4 years. If you are a SEP admin, you know the product…hmmm…isn’t all it should be. I’ve had to write a number if scripts to fix broken defs, fix corrupt policies, audit the AV health on about 14,000 computers in the enterprise, and report those findings. If you are an admin struggling with this, you may want to stay tuned.

On another note, I got a HTC Droid Incredible and I love it! I was hoping to get an iPhone, but was unwilling to leave Verizon to get it. Having played with the Incredible, I have no desire for an iPhone any longer. The open nature of the Android OS that runs on the Incredible, outlines the iPhone’s closed platform…oh, by the way, it costs about $200 – $300 less than the iPhone. The Android Marketplace is huge and continues to grow rapidly. It has a multitude of games and apps, like the free Wordpress app I’m using to make this post.

Gotta love tech!

Still at it.  Again, didn’t get started until late.  This time, I got busy doing other things (cough, playing games, cough) and I didn’t get moving until it was too late.

Another 40 minutes.  This time, roughly the same cardio circuits, but with pushups and other shoulder and leg exercises thrown in for good measure.  I’m thinking P90X may be easier.

If I send in before and after pictures, they say I can get a T-Shirt for completing INSANITY.  I’ma get my damn T-Shirt.  I’ll post them here…if I have the courage to do so.

Well, I survived Day 2!  Didn’t get started until after work because I didn’t get Dawn started early enough.  This was pretty much the most difficult cardio workout I’ve done in a long time.  The warm up (10 minutes or so worth) is more difficult that large chunks of P90X Plyo. It’s essentially cardio circuits over and over and over.  This stuff is HARD!

Should sleep well tonight.

I started a new workout today.  Another Beachbody workout called INSANITY. 

Based on the way I felt after the fit test, I think I know where the name came from.  It appears to be 60 days of INTENSE cardio exercise, which will (hopefully) help me lose the nearly 20 pounds I’ve added since the Chicago Marathon.

My intent is to write about this on a daily basis to let the internets know how it’s going and also as a sort of accountability to myself.  The Fit Test was difficult.  I was ready to puke on the spot.  Tomorrow’s workout is called Plyometric Cardio Circuit.  It looks really intense.

More tomorrow…if I’m able to move.

We got a visit from Skyelar the other day.  It’d been a while since we’d seen her and she’s now crawling…sort of.  She was well on her way to crawling to get some coasters until I dug the camera out to get the event on film.  Dawn eventually had to go grab some toys that she wanted even more.