Jan 12, 2011

Update:  It appears new facts have come forward. I was recently contacted by Scribol, whom I had listed as a clone of 2leep. 2leep’s sheepish nature on the subject may have had some light shed on it today, thanks to Chris from scribol.com. Chris told me that he knows Igor from back before 2leep, and that they acquired Pixdaus through Environmental...

Dec 31, 2010

I like things that are easy, and while I can shoop-da-woop with the best of them (Well maybe not the best, but I can hold my own) I don’t like making spinny animated loading gifs for websites. It’s a slow tedious process that has results, which really you hope no one notices. Unlike, say a website banner or advertisement that you actually want to...

Feb 2, 2010

OpenDNS is the largest recursive DNS provider and Neustar is the largest authoritative DNS provider. These two are now working together on a new joint project called DNS Real-Time Directory that allows the updating of the DNS in near real time. The concept was born when they identified the need for a better process for updating the DNS. The old process limits...

Oct 2, 2009

SPAM. We all hate it, and while there is a ton of different ways to protect yourself from it, the safest, bestest, way, is to NEVER GIVE YOUR EMAIL TO ANYONE. lol, But that doesn’t help us get it out there for real people does it? I recently became aware of this problem; with all the Twitterer’s of the world wildly posting their e-mail everywhere all...

Jul 6, 2009

Make your network safer, faster, smarter, and more reliable. OpenDNS is a free service that works for networks of all sizes, from home networks to K-12 schools, SMBs and large enterprises. Here is why I like OpenDNS and I use it on my networks, even at home! It’s really easy to deploy, you only have to change your DNS Addresses to: 208.67.222.222...

Jul 3, 2009

Virus Total is a free online service that helps discover new virsus by making it easy to submit files for analysis and see if your antivirus engine is effectivly protecting you. Submitting files to be examined by antivirus companies can be a chore, even if you know how. Sometimes you have to zip the file, password the archive, and e-mail, just to find it...