Sys admin folks out there: if I said "these servers should be in the DMZ" with no further explanation, is it reasonable to expect most sys admins to know what that meant? How about saying "perimeter network" instead of "DMZ"? Or is there another term/phrase that is the most common for that concept?

I'm considering jumping ship from Blackberry now that I'm with a company that officially supports other phones (I'm lucky enough to have an employer-paid phone). I have to stick with AT&T because I'm on the above-mentioned corporate account. At the risk of staring a flame war...iPhone or Android?

I've been finding myself posting news links on Twitter and disinclined to copy them here. So I've created a new Twitter account (@RowanNewsNet) which will be dedicated to news; those tweets be copied here once a day at 11 am.

Apparently as a result of creating a website for my brother to rent his place as a wedding venue on Google Sites, Google sent me a $100 credit for AdWords. Last night I set it up -- it was kinda fun, and definitely interesting ( Read more... )

rezendi points out that one of my tweets about the English-language debate got quoted in a Canadian Press story that got picked up by the Toronto Star and Yahoo Canada, and probably others. Whee! See if you can guess which quote is mine. ;-)

Harmonix is looking for a dancer to help them test a game; it's 20-30 hours/week for five to six months.

I just had one of the more frustrating categories of conversation with my mother, i.e, anything involving modern technology ( Read more... )

Thanks to drwex for the heads-up on this!

Etsy has quietly made every profile searchable by real name and made every profile's history of purchased and favorite items public. So if you've ever shopped on Etsy for something you wouldn't want your boss or mom to know about, particularly if you gave the site your full name, go there now and edit your ( Read more... )

Setting my phone up to receive work email erased my entire contacts list. If you think I had or should have your number, please comment here (comments screened) or email me.

So apparently while I was away there was another LJ kerfuffle. (On a side note, it's interesting to watch kerfuffles grow and subside in fast-motion as one catches up on ten days of LJ; it's like those time-lapse movies of flowers opening and dying). For those of you who haven't yet, or possibly won't ever, obsessively catch up, LJ added the ( Read more... )