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I finally got around to getting IPv6 set up on my server (not this one). This new addressing system (think of your computer as a house with an address on it) will resolve issues with the internet running out of numbered addresses to assign computers and networks. Predicted to happen some time this year (possibly as soon as February), it is important that system administrators look at making sure IPv6 customers/visitors will see your server just as much as your IPv4 ones. Read the rest of this entry

Passwords are everywhere, and the information they protect can be quite unnerving. A small string of characters is the gate-keeper between your personal information and a complete stranger.

They protect our social network profiles, our game accounts, banking information, computer user accounts, and our email inboxes. Read the rest of this entry

Did you like Katy Perry’s Hot N’ Cold? LMFAO’s Miami-style vocals? How about a musical mash-up of dance music from the recent years?

There were a few areas I felt lacked some fidelity, but don’t take it too seriously. It’s a short compilation of some funky sounds and I found myself in awe at the incredible beat-matching and overlapping Chesto has achieved here.

Not much else to say, why don’t you hear it for yourself? Here’s the stream/download. It’s nearly 14 minutes long, 31.32 MiB, MP3.

With many open standards approaching the majority of the World Wide Web (desktop and mobile users alike) there are a few things I would like to look back on.

I have compiled a timeline of the events that changed the technology of the web into what it has become today. I’m hoping that by putting this out there, more people will understand just how far we’ve come, and how quickly the industry can change.

1991
Apple releases QuickTime alongside their proprietary video codec known then as “Road Pizza”. The initial reception was incredible. Microsoft proceeded to copy the QuickTime technology and release it a year later, in 1992, as “Video for Windows”. Read the rest of this entry

We’ve entered a time in the information age where our cyber lives have become just as important as our real lives. Our social status is no longer solely determined by our charisma or cliques, but our friend count on Facebook. We measure our influence not by our political power, but by how many followers we have on Twitter.

Social and aggregate websites have become the primary destination of news, controversy, and event updates. Paper has been replaced by the back-lit screens of monitors, laptops, smart-phones, tablets and a plethora of other devices that connect us to the backbone. We rely on a constant feed of electricity and data to ensure that our connection to this network is never lost. Our children are begging to be given devices that keep them connected to their friends not through physical means, but through the Internet. When our technology crashes, we panic.

We are so insanely obsessed with our online profiles that we will pay retarded amounts of money to stay connected when we are outside the home or office. Our MP3 players and cell-phones are now windows to the digital world. We are developing technical standards to keep up with this demand – and replacing older ones with these newer, better specifications.

I am not one to criticize this movement – I am a part of it. I saw this coming, as did a lot of other people. There are people out there making exponentially more money than I am through just being on the world-wide-web.

What will we be doing in a year? Two years? Ten years? Just some thoughts for today.