Archive for March, 2005

When “random” shouldn’t be

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

Software developers need to learn that some things should be truly random and others should only be “mostly” random.

The last DNS server in the world

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

Apparently, my office internet connection is sitting right behind the very last DNS server in world. Changes I made yesterday morning, finally just took effect sometime mid-morning today.

… Broken links, time outs… weird “too many redirets messages.” It wasn’t pretty…

… But apparently, I, within the twilight-zone confines of my office, was the only experiencing the problem …

Server swap

Friday, March 4th, 2005

What makes a great host for a webserver? Apparently not the same things that make a great doman registrar.