It looks like SixApart's servers (including LiveJournal) are/were taken out, sounds like at the datacenter level perhaps. More info coming I'm sure. Just barely back online now but even their DNS servers at ns1.sixapart.com and ns2.sixapart.com were down for me, leaving no status pages or anything like that accessible! From what I can find it ( Read more... )

Warning: ASA! ;-)

So we got in a couple of new HP Procurve 2524 Limited Edition network switches at work this past Monday. They're very cool, especially since we're going from a completely unmanaged network topology to these nice, managed (but non-routing) switches. Or at least part of the network is using these, they're only 24 ports each and ( Read more... )

Supposedly it only costs just under $10k, but why should that stop anyone from purchasing such an amazing toilet?

Stolen from ccopperpot1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

Yep: http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.htmlRead more... )

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Ever wanted a nice podcast to listen to that gives you real (trustworthy), cool, computer security info? Check out Steve Gibson's Security Now podcast. It rocks, as does just about anything that Steve Gibson touches! I don't know if he has ever made a recommendation about computers that I disgree with. And he explains in non-patronizing laymans ( Read more... )

So ThinkGeek has some really cool new stuff. Me want. But no money, so I have list instead:

• Scrolling LED Badge
• Scrolling LED Belt Buckle
• Wi-Fi Digital Hotspotter
• TIX Led Clock
• XP3 Programmable Message Clock

Writeboard. Online writing, versioning, and collaborating. If you're an author, it lets you work anywhere on your writing, see older versions, share with others (if you want), and such. They have a huge list of possible uses. I can think of a few that I'll use, and I have friends and coworkers who may give this thing a big workout! Thought I ( Read more... )

Here are some nice pictures of the Maine coast, taken on my honeymoon across the street from where we're staying:

http://flickr.com/photos/existdifferently/sets/1166716/

I'm on dialup now, I'll upload more and bigger versions at a later date!