DNS Delights

Ever break something?  The Cowboy sure has.  How about the Internet?  Ever break that?  Not just your connection to the Internet, but, you know, the WHOLE THING?!

Here’s a fascinating tale of one man’s mission to stop a very big breakdown of our marvelous series of tubes.  If you know the name Dan Kaminsky, you know the story.  If not, here it is:  The Secret Geek A-Team.  [cue opening music]

Well, if you’re feeling inspired. Here’s a nice little DNS tweak.  Most people use the DNS server assigned by their ISP.  Try using a safe public DNS server like those belonging to Level 3, using Anycast, with their oh-so-easy-to-remember IP addresses of 4.2.2.1 through 4.2.2.6.  You can do this in the network settings for the operating system of your choice.  You might just get a nice little speed boost and even fix problems with broken sites – the Cowboy sure did.

Civil Rights. Again.

Yet another group wanting “equal rights”.  Ugghh.  When will this demand for liberty and equality ever end?

Well, here’s a video of some people, including the requisite “Hollywood types”, demanding their civil rights.  Okay, fine.  Have your rights, and let me get back to my non-fat two-splenda extra-hot capuccino.  Ho hum…

But, wait a minute…  This is kind of odd.  Yes, quite queer indeed.  It’s in the form of a musical.  I wonder whose civil rights they might be demanding.

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