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December 16, 2009

Google DNS vs OpenDNS

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While I'm in the changing mode... 

After using the excellent NameBench program for DNS speed benchmarking, I've decided to switch from Google DNS to OpenDNS for the time being (based on speed and customization options). I'm sure Google DNS will up the ante eventually, but OpenDNS is a better product and service for the time being.

I've had an OpenDNS account for a long while and used them fairly exclusively for a few months.

It's good to be back.

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August 18, 2009

Fantastic: The Idiot's guide to Webfinger



via rikkles.blogspot.com

I'm excited about the future of web identification. This is the blueprint for sure.

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August 15, 2009

Back to the Finger Future

Back in the day you could, given somebody's email address, type finger email@example.com and get some information about that person, whatever they wanted to share: perhaps their office location, phone number, URL, current activities, etc.

The finger protocol, sadly, died.

Fast-forward to Web 2.0. We're currently bickering about how we do interop between all these social web services, and even how we represent a person's identity. The two main identity identifer camps are email addresses and URLs.

via code.google.com

In another year, we'll all be back to using this forgotten standard.

VAX and gopher next up for resurrection?

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