A recent comment on an old article about Comcast’s DNS servers being really slow brought something to my attention: Google now offers a public DNS service.
Why use Google public DNS? For starters, it can really speed up your browsing experience. The average webpage requires about a dozen DNS lookups, and these lookups [...]
Someone from a company called ZTMC recently contacted me about running paid advertisements on one of my other websites.
I already run Google AdSense ads on that website, and thought that the introduction of another ad block wouldn’t be that big of a deal as long as it wasn’t obtrusive, fit well into the [...]
I logged in to my Facebook account today and saw that Facebook has once again changed things up. Since the changes are being rolled out to just a few users right now, here are a few screengrabs of the new layout.
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It looks like they’ve really cleaned things up [...]
A recent Facebook hoax reads like this:
IMPORTANT No joke! Apparently multiple people have had a hacker. I tried this and yes he was listed on mine too. The way to find them is to go into your settings, privacy settings, block list, and in the “person” box, type “automation log.” If someone pops up, block [...]
If you have a dual monitor setup, you’ve probably tried to watch a flash video on one screen while working on the other. As you likely know by now, it doesn’t work – as soon as you click the mouse on the other screen, the Flash video snaps back to regular size. Pretty [...]
Nowadays browsers store passwords then auto-populate forms, hiding that stored password behind little dots or asterisks. Guess what? There is a way to reveal the password hidden behind there. This is very handy for when you forget your password but have it stored in the browser.
Reveal Stored Passwords in Mozilla Firefox and Chrome
Navigate to the [...]
Ok, here’s the deal:
I have 2 wireless routers, a Cisco and a Netgear.
The house’s primary router, a DD-WRT-based Cisco, is in my first-floor office. Unfortunately, the signal isn’t strong enough to make it to the third floor of my house.
I wanted to run a wire to the third floor of [...]
I recently spotted this handy little tip at blogstorm.co.uk.
Ever wanted to edit the text of a web page to create an annotated screenshot or mockup? Simply paste this line of code into your browser’s location bar, and voila, the page text can be edited:
javascript:document.body.contentEditable=’true’; document.designMode=’on’; void 0
No, you it doesn’t enable you [...]
I was using Cpanel to park a domain and I was getting the following error message:
Error from park wrapper: Using nameservers with the following IPs: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Sorry, the domain is already pointed to an IP address that does not appear to use DNS servers associated with this server. Please transfer the domain to [...]
I’m posting this tip because it took me forever to figure out how to remove myself from being a “Fan” of something or other on Facebook.
Seems that it is really easy to become a fan of something, but when you decide that you no longer want to be a fan, it’s not easy to find [...]
Here is a list of the 100 oldest domains on the internet. This list is of the 100 oldest domains on the web.
Rank Registered Date Domain Name
1 15-March-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2 24-April-1985 BBN.COM
3 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4 11-July-1985 MCC.COM
5 30-September-1985 DEC.COM
6 07-November-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7 09-January-1986 XEROX.COM
8 17-January-1986 SRI.COM
9 03-March-1986 HP.COM
10 05-March-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11 19-March-1986 IBM.COM
11 19-March-1986 SUN.COM
13 25-March-1986 INTEL.COM
13 25-March-1986 TI.COM
15 25-April-1986 ATT.COM
16 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
16 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18 10-July-1986 FMC.COM
18 10-July-1986 UB.COM
20 05-August-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
20 05-August-1986 GE.COM
20 05-August-1986 GREBYN.COM
20 05-August-1986 ISC.COM
20 05-August-1986 NSC.COM
20 05-August-1986 STARGATE.COM
26 02-September-1986 BOEING.COM
27 18-September-1986 ITCORP.COM
28 29-September-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29 18-October-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30 27-October-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
30 27-October-1986 BDM.COM
30 27-October-1986 FLUKE.COM
30 27-October-1986 INMET.COM
30 27-October-1986 KESMAI.COM
30 27-October-1986 MENTOR.COM
30 27-October-1986 NEC.COM
30 27-October-1986 RAY.COM
30 27-October-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
30 27-October-1986 VORTEX.COM
40 05-November-1986 ALCOA.COM
40 05-November-1986 GTE.COM
42 17-November-1986 ADOBE.COM
42 17-November-1986 AMD.COM
42 17-November-1986 DAS.COM
42 17-November-1986 DATA-IO.COM
42 17-November-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
42 17-November-1986 PORTAL.COM
42 17-November-1986 TELTONE.COM
42 11-December-1986 3COM.COM
50 11-December-1986 AMDAHL.COM
50 11-December-1986 CCUR.COM
50 11-December-1986 CI.COM
50 11-December-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
50 11-December-1986 DG.COM
50 11-December-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
50 11-December-1986 QUAD.COM
50 11-December-1986 SQ.COM
50 11-December-1986 TANDY.COM
50 11-December-1986 TTI.COM
50 11-December-1986 UNISYS.COM
61 19-January-1987 CGI.COM
61 19-January-1987 CTS.COM
61 19-January-1987 SPDCC.COM
64 19-February-1987 APPLE.COM
65 04-March-1987 NMA.COM
65 04-March-1987 PRIME.COM
67 04-April-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68 23-April-1987 DATACUBE.COM
68 23-April-1987 KAI.COM
68 23-April-1987 TIC.COM
68 23-April-1987 VINE.COM
72 30-April-1987 NCR.COM
73 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
73 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
76 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78 26-June-1987 IDE.COM
79 09-July-1987 TRW.COM
80 13-July-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81 27-July-1987 DUPONT.COM
81 27-July-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83 28-July-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84 18-August-1987 TOAD.COM
85 31-August-1987 QUICK.COM
86 03-September-1987 ALLIED.COM
86 03-September-1987 DSC.COM
86 03-September-1987 SCO.COM
89 22-September-1987 GENE.COM
89 22-September-1987 KCCS.COM
89 22-September-1987 SPECTRA.COM
89 22-September-1987 WLK.COM
93 30-September-1987 MENTAT.COM
94 14-October-1987 WYSE.COM
95 02-November-1987 CFG.COM
96 09-November-1987 MARBLE.COM
97 16-November-1987 CAYMAN.COM
97 16-November-1987 ENTITY.COM
99 24-November-1987 KSR.COM
100 30-November-1987 NYNEXST.COM
I operate a number of websites, some quite large as far as total “number of pages.” Over the years, I’ve noticed an increasing number of poorly behaved web crawler applications – some completely ignore the robots.txt file, and more and more submit dozens of requests per minute. (eek!) For a site with [...]
In a word (or two): Go Daddy. By Far.
According to webhosting.info, Go Daddy is blowing the competition out of the water. As of March 2008, 23.4% of all domain name registrations are done through Go Daddy, with another 3% through Go Daddy owned Wild West Domains.
Web hosting.info has this handy little [...]
Gmail tips and tricks
Gmail has been around for a few years, making its unique multi-threaded discussion format old hat to many internet users. Still, many users remain in the dark as to a number of Gmail power user tips and tricks, keeping them from unlocking Gmail’s full power.
Here, I run down a few useful [...]
PHP is a language that is parsed and interpreted by the Apache web server. That is, all code execution takes place on the server side, not on the client side.
By default, Apache only parses files ending in extension .php as PHP files. If you need to tell Apache to also process files with [...]
First Pam & Tommy, then Paris Hilton. Pretty soon Kim Kardashian followed them up. Hell, even Screech got in on the tape action. Now comes news that 61-year-old Gene Simmons also has a tape making the rounds, and long-time girlfriend Shannon Tweed is not his co-star.
There was some early speculation that it [...]
Amazon’s Unbox service allows customers to purchase movies & tv shows for viewing on their computer or Tivo DVR. When purchasing a movie, you’re often presented with 2 choices – you can rent the movie for around $4, or you can purchase the movie for about the price of a DVD, about $20. [...]
AF Afghanistan
AL Albania
DZ Algeria
AS American Samoa
AD Andorra
AO Angola
AI Anguilla
AQ Antarctica
AG Antigua and Barbuda
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AD Andorra
AE United Arab Emirates
AF Afghanistan
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AI Anguilla
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AN Netherlands Antilles
[...]
Q: What is a “Trackback” or “Pingback?”
A: Ah, welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! The term “trackback,” sometimes called a “pingback,” is shorthand for “trackback link” or “pingback link.” It’s an automatically generated link that blog software uses to identify other blog posts that refer to the blog post in [...]
