I was chatting with a friend about her current studies in Bio Engineering with virus protein binders. I mentioned that I had heard that Ebola and HIV had the same protein binders. She said really? She then thought about it for a moment, and then muttered that they could of been made in the same lab. I laughed and said yeah, exactly.

Well not really. But it is forsure the last night of a good chunk of my life, as I am turning 40 tonight.

The big news today, Russian invading Ukraine, was inescapable. For weeks this has played out. But why now?

Being in the tech industry, I sometimes attempt to nudge myself towards new technologies that I haven't been exposed to yet. In my position, sadly, much of the technology I deal with is already a generation behind, due to low bids, and the time it takes to plan and implement a project with government funding.

My home network is likely about 2 generations behind, but I try to keep it professional. It is not sloppy at all, with rack mounted 48 port POE gigabit switches and such.