Month: January 2012

SOPA/Protect IP, the aftermath.

I just read an interesting article on CNN Money. About how SOPA and Protect IP were killed, not by the huge sums of money throw at their opposition and support, but by technologists, like me, who opposed the bill, and made it known to as many people as they could. I have to say.. I…


Megaupload takedown, and the mis-directed retort.

A friend posted a blog similar to this one, here. I recommend reading his entry, as he cites a number of news reports on the content. By now, it’s all over the internet. On 01/19/2012, the US Department Of Justice took down MegaUpload. If you’re not familiar with MegaUpload, the site was a pretty simple…


Power DNS on CentOS 6

I’ve been using a homebrew sql backend for BIND for a while now. The idea was to make dynamic dns updates easier for my home machines. Its worked pretty well, I like my self written tool, but it lacks a web interface, and it’s also a little clunky. I thought about rewriting it, but i…


Legislation wants to screw up our Internet…

So, first let me say that I’m no law expert. I am however something of an IT Pro. IT’s been my career, well, since I graduated High School. IT’s been my hobby, and I guess you could say Passion since long before that. I’ve worked for ISP’s, Web Hosts, and now I’m a member of…