Matthew's Weblog » Matthew http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com Technical notes and societal musings Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:10:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Broke a zone with a CNAME at the root http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2010/01/18/broke-a-zone-with-a-cname-at-the-root/ http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2010/01/18/broke-a-zone-with-a-cname-at-the-root/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:10:17 +0000 Matthew http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/?p=404 …which it turns out is illegal.

….you can’t have a CNAME be the same as a zone name, since a zone has at least an SOA record (and, arguably, at least one NS record as well), and the CNAME can’t co-exist with it. Just use an A record and be happy.

and that defeats the purpose of me not having to maintain multiple 2nd level domain name IPs with CNAMEs.  But now I’m older and wiser…

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http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/index.htmle
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Cloud computing portability

Google Voice – one number with voicemail transcription

Fancy Google Chrome Apps

Automating email filters – OtherInbox.  Of course, ClearContext currently does great stuff for me on that, and basic rules in Outlook or Mail or Zimbra do fine for vanilla patterns…

Multicore technology and how development is going to utilize them all…

Obama’s campaign technologies… how many of them could you or I use for business or pleasure?

A Bionic Eye… coming soon.

Femtocells – an interesting solution to being in the hills, away from wireless carriers’ nodes.  Now if only the carriers weren’t charging extra for them… they should really be paying people to install them.

Offline web applications – they’re coming, and AIR looks pretty slick.  Of course, it’s only one technology, but the idea is a good one.

Manipulating wearable computers without stopping your regular business

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Linux, Clocks, and Time

Apache Module mod_rewrite

Apache Virtual Host documentation (version 1.3 doc)

Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND): /etc/named.conf

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slashdot discussion on blinkenlights

Cacti [cacti.net].
Ntop [ntop.org].
Nagios [nagios.org].
MRTG [oetiker.ch].

Sending Apache httpd Logs to Syslog

myqlBind2/iDNS

Capistrano

Comparison of issue tracking systems

New LinuxCOE helps admins customize distros

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Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn | Guy Kawasaki

Welcome to Executor

A multi purpose launcher and more advanced and customizable freeware windows run replacement and more…

Bye-Bye, BPA
BPA/Phthalate-Free Shopping List
Now that we’re reading lots more about BPA and its low-level bad effects, we’re figuring out how to get our plastics to be non-BPA

sslstrip – transparently hijack HTTP traffic on a network, watch for HTTPS links and redirects, then map those links into either look-alike HTTP links or homograph-similar HTTPS links

How do you learn to be a Program Manager?

Mostly, becoming a program manager is about learning: learning about technology, learning about people, and learning how to be effective in a political organization. A good program manager combines an engineer’s approach to designing technology with a politician’s ability to build consensus and bring people together.

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Plastic solar cell advances

Sun + Water = Fuel (OK, it’s not technically solar cells, but it’s power from solar)
With catalysts created by an MIT chemist, sunlight can turn water into hydrogen. If the process can scale up, it could make solar power a dominant source of energy.
A Cool Trick for Solar Cells
A technology developed by IBM to cool computer chips could be a boon for solar energy.
A Price Drop for Solar Panels
The silicon shortage that has kept solar electricity expensive is ending.
More-Powerful Solar Cells
A new solar cell is 27 percent more efficient without being more
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Why Chrysler Chose A123 Batteries
The automaker wanted U.S.-based manufacturing and a flexible battery design.
Can GM’s Volt Save the Company?
The planned plug-in hybrid car is at the core of the automaker’s attempt to reinvent itself. But will the car be a commercial success?
Toyota to Deliver Plug-In Hybrids
The new Prius is designed so that its battery pack can be swapped out for a plug-in lithium-ion battery.
Nanotube Superbatteries
Dense films of carbon nanotubes store large amounts of energy.
An Electrifying Startup
A new lithium-ion battery from A123 Systems could help electric cars and hybrids come to dominate the roads.
Super-Charging Lithium Batteries
Nanowire electrodes could improve the performance of electric vehicles.
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I learned an important lesson that day; success in a large organization, whether it’s a university or IBM, is generally based on appearance, not reality. It is understanding the system and then working within it that really counts, not bowling scores or body bags.

In the world of high-tech start-ups, there is no system, there are no hard and fast rules, and all that counts is the end product.

The high-tech start-up bowling league would allow genetically-engineered bowlers, superconducting bowling balls, tactical nuclear weapons—anything to help your score or hurt the other guy’s.

Anything goes, and that’s what makes the start-up so much fun.

And now for the navel-gazing.

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