While it's easy to think of the Internet as a concrete thing to which we connect, the real magic comes from the connections between the tens of thousands of network providers that comprise the Internet. Internet exchange points are where a lot of major networks connect to each other. When…
Ever since it was announced, AWS's Global Accelerator intrigued me. The idea is that, for surprisingly little money, you get a pair of IPs that are anycast from all of Amazon's edge locations. You can then attach endpoints to them—ELBs, EIPs, or Amazon instances. The endpoints can be in…
Came across this from someone at work. The thread is mildly entertaining: In 1998, I put these Very Important Files in my safe deposit box. I emptied out my box yesterday. I have no idea what is on this, or how I’d get them off. pic.twitter.com/ZBp7xqEJea…
I just noticed that Ghost doesn't seem to support comments? Or maybe I need to enable them. Do you think this site should allow comments? Leave a comment below letting me know!…
Right now, the site UI is using this Unsplash image by @bady for a cover image, and the attila theme. I'm liking it.…
I went to buy several songs off an older hip-hop album and decided to just buy the whole thing. And that's the story of how, in 2020, I discovered this Lil Zane song from 2000, which I'm weirdly into:…
A discussion about North Korea today got me wondering--is there much to see of North Korea on Google Maps? Why, yes! Google MapsFind local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.Google MapsMany of the reviews are obviously left by trolls, but it's still a surprisingly detailed…
For absolutely no reason, I got to wondering earlier today--can you tell anything about a person by their fingerprints? Do men and women's fingerprints differ? What about different races? The answer, it turns out, is yes (paywall), at least when it comes to gender. (I would think it may be…