Root Server Domain’s Root Servers IP’s Location A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 198.41.0.4 – VeriSign, VA, USA B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 192.228.79.201 – Information Sciences Institue, CA, USA C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 192.33.4.12 – Performance Systems International Inc., DC, USA D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 128.8.10.90 – Optional Design Group, CA, USA E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 192.203.230.10 – NASA, AL, USA F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 192.5.5.241 – Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., CA, USA G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 192.112.36.4… Continue reading Top-level domain root servers
Category: Networking
List of tips, predictions and explanations of computer networking.
URL basics
The URL (universe resource locator) makes a request: http://user:password@www.thedomain.org:8080/folder/file.html?var=value#anchor http – protocol (http, https, ftp, usenet, etc…) user – user name for server (useful for viewing files via FTP in a browser window) password – password for server www – subdomain thedomain – domain org – top-level domain 8080 – port (default for http is… Continue reading URL basics
Offload scripting to SQL
Databases are still an intrical part of any project, be it web or desktop. But more commonly developers are using the main language of choice for sorting out simple database queries. Most databases today are SQL-based and they support SQL the language in some format. It is common practice today to use simple SQL-queries to… Continue reading Offload scripting to SQL
Web-API’s, free-services that help promote your business
Offering web-API’s is a standard, and offering a wide-variety is becoming the new standard. API (Application Programming Interfaces) offer a free service too any user (usually subscription-based) via web. Examples of web-API’s: Google Maps UPS shipping FedEx shipping Flickr Yahoo! Traffic – text service What are the advantages of these API’s? Your service can now… Continue reading Web-API’s, free-services that help promote your business
AJAX PHP-CLASS based Speedy Password Generator
The following link shows a password generator I built that, like the title says, is driven by AJAX (meaning; you just type in the length you would like the password and it creates it with-out any wait-time). The passwords are generated by a specially made PHP Class I built that generates passwords 4x faster than… Continue reading AJAX PHP-CLASS based Speedy Password Generator
3 Sites to get Apps for OSX
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ — Great for utilities and games http://www.macupdate.com/ — Supa for staying updated on apps, but also good for freeware http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ — A lot like macupdate, with more developed freeware
Free App for backing-up in OS X
Backing-up is something that everyone who has important data should be doing. Archiving onto CD/DVD is effective, but continual back-up is important. Lacie, the maker of external Hard-drives and disk-drives, own a freeware app called SilverKeeper which is pretty timely and effecient at backing-up. It offers schedule back-ups, that can exclude keyword files, password protect… Continue reading Free App for backing-up in OS X
Google Filetype & Flash
Same as the following article, the “Google Hack” filetype, which is hardly a “hack”, we can hunt the web for .fla files and .swf files… amazing!! All you gotta do is figure out what type of FLA are you looking for? Let’s say snow. The kids, they love the snow. So type the following into… Continue reading Google Filetype & Flash
Searching for True Type Fonts via Google
Using the “Google Hack” filetype:, it is easy to find TTF (True Type Fonts) on the net. Say your looking for that Zebra font, always a classic with the younger folk. Well Google’s filetype feature allows you to rummage the web for it. All you have to do is type the following into the Google… Continue reading Searching for True Type Fonts via Google
Blackberry -> PowerPoint Presentations
One of the best uses of Blackberrys: http://www.impatica.com/imp4bes/