As you might have noticed by looking at my blog posts, I’m a very diverse person and my interests are very wide spread. From world history and controversies to computer networking and new technologies. I have not been posting here, not because I was busy or out of ideas, but rather because I find my readers not [...]
Go to post pageI went to a local Safeway grocery store to buy some milk the other day. Once I picked up the desired half gallon of milk I went directly to the Express Line because I had only one item. The line clearly says 15 items or less. I noticed that in front of me the two [...]
Go to post pageWhat’s all the IPv6 buzz about? Many companies, bloggers and computer network enthusiasts believe there is a crisis of IP addresses because current protocol IPv4 is 98% allocated and only 2% left unallocated to any company or person. They believe it’s almost similar to Y2K problem that everyone was so afraid of and nothing happened. [...]
Go to post page.Roma is a great idea from the City of Roma. The city of Rome, once the centre of the Roman Empire and now the keeper of an invaluable artistic heritage and a landmark destination for millions of tourists, deserves its own Internet Address. Everyone knows about .com, .net and .org and course there’s .it for [...]
Go to post pageThere was born a new url shortener – ra.vg. I highly suggest using it to everyone. It is public, free and stable shortener that will not get affected by politics or restrictions on the middle east and other countries. The .vg tld is for British Virgin Islands which is a developed, independent and democratic country. You can [...]
Go to post pageJust a few minutes ago Slashdot made this news post Steve Jobs Health Worries Escalate about Steve Job’s health condition and worries that he might be sick with Cancer again. They also mentioned that investors worried for Apple stock (APPL). Now look at the tags they used. How unethical can they be to use a tag [...]
Go to post pageDoes anyone else have a software update OCD? I just can’t have any single program outdated on personal computers. If there is a windows or mac update I have to update it the second it came out and became available. I would signup for all possible nightly builds and update constantly all my programs. On [...]
Go to post pageThere are tons of fraudulent orders from China, Malaysia, Vietnam. There are some interesting cases from Nigeria too, but very rare. We fight fraud every day by blocking not just IPs but blacklisting whole ranges of IPs, ISPs and networks. As well as using some other techniques. The fraudsters try to come up with new [...]
Go to post pageDid anyone else notice the new Gmail interface update today? Notice the new tabs and the settings on the right. It’s looking so much better than the previous version, but when clicking on Calendar or other tabs you loose the interface. So looks like Google is still working on updates and interface unification across other [...]
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