Monthly Archives: October 2004

Mammoth in October

I went to Mammoth Mountain this weekend with Matt and Matt after hearing that they opened wearily with 12 feet of snow on the ground. What an awesome trip. The snow was fantastic, fresh and plentiful. And as an added … Continue reading

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The End of Craigslist

Craigslist has been an amazing community based message board. Slowly and organically grown by word of mouth, the message board has slowly grown over the past couple of years and now supports dedicated posting for most cities. With the amount … Continue reading

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Bullshit Bingo

If you have ever sat through a meeting with a technology vendor, you have undoubtedly heard your share of the industry lingo. For those of you wondering what “Ecosystem” has to do with your network you are not alone. Next … Continue reading

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Yahoo, Google and the Next Generation of Advertising

Via Feh!: Google Groups Beta Slowly but surely Google is releasing services to compete with Yahoo. The strategy is simple… Advertising is king of revenue again for online properties. Anyone who has read Google’s IPO prospective or watched Yahoo’s acquisition … Continue reading

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Search Engines

Over the past couple of months I have used Google less and less, and have found myself wandering over to Yahoo! for most of my web searches. Why? Because Yahoo! Search returns better results. Case in point. Search for Max … Continue reading

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Closed System Design

I was discussing computer platforms with someone the other day when a discussion of Apple vs. Dell came up. One of the arguments that was made was how well functioning the Apple system was compared to a WinTel OEM system. … Continue reading

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Simple BGP: One ISP, One Router

Configuration Details: Local ASN – 3000 ISP ASN – 2000 Local Networks – 10.1.1.0/23, 192.168.50.0/22 Cross-Connected Circuit to ISP – 172.16.100.0/32 (ISP Router = 172.16.100.1, Customer Router = 172.16.100.2 Interface = FastEthernet 1/1/1) interface FastEthernet1/1/1 ip address 172.16.100.2 255.255.255.252 router … Continue reading

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Static vs. BGP Routes

General rule of routing: A static route will always override a route learned from a routing protocol (i.e. OSPF, BGP, etc…). Or so I thought (and everyone I have spoken to lately)…

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From my wife…

My wife sent this to me… should I be concerned?

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Man Mistakenly Cuts Off Penis, Dog Eats It

Something tells me there is a lot more to this story. BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A elderly Romanian man mistook his penis for a chicken’s neck, cut it off and his dog rushed up and ate it, the state Rompres news … Continue reading

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