Like I said some time ago I had to move my websites from a shared host (bluehost) to a dedicated sollution. Well, the websites I host (for clients, friends and myself) don’t account for the need of a dedicated server so I searched for a virtual sollution. I finally came to the conclusion that...
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Is a site really down?
Sometimes I have to know if one of my websites or one of a client is down or not. More than once I’ve been tricked by the ISP’s troubles that a site is down. I use my smartphone to doublecheck but I’ve found an even better sollution: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ You just enter your problem site...
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List of ISP DNS servers
This is a growing list of DNS servers. I consul it from time to time maybe you’ll find it usefull too. I also maintain a growing list of free dns servers. RDS Sibiu, Romania: 213.154.124.1 and 193.231.252.1 Romtelecom – ClickNet, Romania: 193.231.100.130 and 193.231.100.134
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List of open dns servers
This is a growing list of Open DNS servers available around the world. I also maintain a list of ip address of various isp providers. Google DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 OpenDNS: 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222. Open DNS also makes available a third and fourth dns server with identical service to the first two 208.67.220.222 and...
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VLC media player 1.0.0 – Goldeneye is out !
In the good tradition of Open Source projects VideoLAN has been at a version < 1.0 for ages. Traditionally 1.0 would be a complete, stable release. Well VideoLAN is there. Actually has been there for some time, I use it constantly and besides an uglier than usual interface has been stable and useful for...
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Open office to the rescue
Last Thursday I was happily walking to the bus station to start a prolonged weekend when a friend and client ranged. Microsoft Excel was giving her trouble: she was working on some inventory files with lots of records and pretty complex. To add to the problem the data was copied and pasted from an...
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Graph paper tools
Although I do most of my work on a computer, I need from time to time to draw schematics, plans and so on. And for that I like to use millimeter graph paper. And I also like to print my own. So I made for myself a couple of PDF files with a graph...
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