Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 24th Oct:

• 111 Articles to Help You Pass the CCIE Routing and Switching Lab Exam – Good resource for those studying for the R&S CCIE lab exam.
• Cisco IOS hints and tricks: IOS packaging: Moore’s Law Won – Ivan talks about the new Cisco ISR routers and makes good points about the good and bad.

I am still not sure about the licensing, but it does mean the end of dynamips and home labs on the near future. You won't be able to afford the licenses on second hand hardware to upgrade to Enterprise for your studies.