Monthly Archives: October 2007

OpenDNS — your friend and mine

Posted by on October 25, 2007 No comments

I use a DNS (domain name system) service called EveryDNS. A DNS service allows me to point domains at a specific server on the Internet. Translating “www.ramblingengineer.com” to the IP (internet protocol) address of my server. DNS is part of the backbone of the Internet and makes the world go ’round. There are two components that make up the DNS on the Internet.

  • DNS server — This is the server that contains the address mapping from name to IP address.
  • DNS client — This is a process (usually running on your desktop) that sends a query to the DNS server and asks to which IP a name points.

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to Al Gore???

Posted by on October 12, 2007 37 comments

Al GoreI subscribe to CNN’s “Breaking News” email alerts. This morning, I was “alerted” to the fact that Al Gore was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Can someone please explain this one to me? What does Climate Change have to do with peace? Am I misunderstanding the word “peace” or “climate change?”

Sure, the prize has always been a little controversial, but let’s look at some of the recipients of the past:

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