Storing IPv6 Addresses in MySQL
Last year when I was searching for ways to overcome the lack of built-in IPv6 functions in MySQL, I was curious how other people were solving the problem. There are solutions out there that store IPv6...
View ArticleIPv6 Milestone
Just this last week I finally converted my last IPv4-only transit into dual-stack. It’s long been a goal of mine to be 100% IPv6 native and it’s finally done.
View ArticleInstalling hp-snmp-agents on Debian 6.0 “squeeze”
I was installing the hp-snmp-agents package for a new server on a freshly installed Debian 6.0 “squeeze” server when it threw this error: Setting up hp-snmp-agents (8.5.0.1.1-2) ... insserv: Service...
View ArticleIPv6 with the HP AP420
I use an HP AP420 wireless access point at the office and a few other locations. Although certainly not as cheap as a low end Linksys, they’re probably some of the most reliable ones I’ve used and can...
View ArticleAbbie “Mini Mew” (2003 – June 10, 2011)
This is Abbie, but I always nickname them, so hers was “Mini Mew”. Yesterday she was put to sleep after treatment for kidney failure and ultimately complete failure. Here’s a few pictures I had of her....
View ArticleSan Diego’s Epic Power Outage
On September 8th, 2011 the vast majority of San Diego County and the southern part of Orange County returned to a simpler time. All of them? That sounds like a big “oops”. To the bunker!
View ArticleEthernet-based I/O
In my search to find cost effective I/O modules I came across ControlByWeb Ethernet I/O the other day. The product line is impressive and they’re reasonably priced. There’s digital input, analog input,...
View ArticleMass Effect 3
Warning: potential over-analysis of a video game follows. Plus if you haven’t played Mass Effect you’ll be completely confused. The Mass Effect series has been my favorite gaming trilogy as of late and...
View ArticleThe Cloud Fails Again…
Amazon AWS is suffering yet another outage, this time taking all of Netflix (and things like Instragram) down with it. 8:21 PM PDT We are investigating connectivity issues for a number of instances in...
View ArticleSlow SMB Browsing with MacOS X
Ever since Apple dropped Samba and went with their own SMB stack in MacOS X the browsing performance suffered badly for SMB shares on a Debian server. After much searching the solution that finally...
View ArticleNo More Sprint
Finally dumped Sprint due to a failed EVO 4G LTE. Ended up going to Verizon with a Galaxy S4. Yeah, one evil over the other, but the big thing was that Sprint’s service sucked rocks in a big way. They...
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