Archive for the ‘Geek’ Category
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
(turns out I have something technical to blog about, after all.)
Well, I haven't played with WordPress for a while and it turns out I was a few point-releases back. But, I digress.
When I was writing the last post, I noticed that there was some funny syntax at the end of ...
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
So, it's been over a year since I racked my server (episkey) at its data center. I done such an enormously successful job of remote management that I haven't had a need to make a visit until today.
So, with Myles help, we headed out to the data center out in ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_650" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="The rack in the basement."][/caption]
I've always wanted to have a rack of equipment in my house. I don't know why, but I've always had a fairly strong IT-oriented bent to my geekery (networks, servers, and things) and having my own rack just seemed like a natural ...
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
In the continuing theme of geography; I started playing around with MaxMind's libGeoIP C API for integration into the Blitzed Open-Proxy Monitor (BOPM) for EsperNet (for more information on this, contact me directly).
This, like the Google Maps API, is a remarkably easy API to use. For EsperNet's purposes, we only ...
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
I found this little gem in my old bucket.
The two-end points are in Colorado (from my house to the server you're reading this on). Usually the routing is a little more... direct:
traceroute to episkey.dreamfire.net (208.72.157.61), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 * * *
2 ge-3-1-ur01.fortcollins.co.denver.comcast.net (68.85.220.105) 8.680 ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
I had the chance a few days ago to play with the Google Maps API to rework EsperNet's Servers Page. It turns out that very much like Google's applications, it's APIs are also ludicrously easy to use.
I only spent a few hours putting together a real server map (as opposed ...
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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
I got to reading this post (don't ask why), and I was startled that almost everyone who posted (especially those not in favor of IPv6) forgot that internet access is two-way.
Let's back up a moment; the aforementioned discussion would be on the relative merits of IPv6. The primary benefit of ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
The Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action.
- Roger Ebert
I'm hardly one to take much stock in movie reviews, but I must say that I agree with Mr. Ebert in his comment ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
I'm happy to report that my Dish Network service is functioning again! A few days after my prior post, one of the guys from the prior repair team came out. He pulled my ViP 622 receiver and replaced it with a ViP 722 (free upgrade). He also replaced the diplexers ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
I have another Dish Network appointment scheduled. This is the 3rd in the last month (or two) or so.
In late November, I inexplicably lost all signal. I had a guy come out and replace the LNB on my Dish and all was well again.
In mid-December, I again lost ...
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