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Feb 21
2015 Nutmeg Neon
I streamed a few games of the Nutmeg Neon 2015 at the Nutmeg Curling Club in Bridgeport, CT, from February 20-22, 2015.
Sunday, 11:00am, Sheet A – B Event Final
Team Twitchell (Rochester, Petersham and Nashua) vs Team Howera (Potomac)
Sunday, 8:00am, Sheet A – C Event Semifinal
Team Whitney (Petersham) vs Team Mullaney (Broomstones + 1 from Plainfield)
Saturday, 2:00pm, Sheet A
Team Polkiwicz (Potomac and Petersham) vs Team Hussey (Boston Curling Club) on Sheet A.
Saturday, 10:00am, Sheet C
Team Whitney (Petersham) vs Team Camiel (Boston Curling Club)
Feb 21
Nutmeg Neon 2015 – Feb 21, 2015 – 10:00am Draw
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Feb 19
Keene Ice Speaking to Keene City Council Tonight at 7:30pm
The folks at Keene Ice just posted to their Facebook page that they’ll be in front of the Keene City Council tonight (Feb 19, 2015) and asked for people to come and provide support:
Supporters wanted! Tonight – City Hall – 7:30pm
We are so VERY close to beginning construction on the new arena…Please show your support for Keene ICE by attending tonight’s City Council meeting at 7:30pm, when the Council will be updated on the project before the final agreements are signed and we can started building your new rink!
If you can get there to support Keene Ice I would encourage you to do so. Unfortunately I have other plans (concert tickets) but I will be hoping all goes well for them. We’re not exactly sure what we’ll be able to do with the new arena in the way of curling, but we definitely believe this region needs this new arena as a way to bring more winter sports activity to the area. ThinkRink!
Feb 19
Keene Ice Speaking to Keene City Council Tonight at 7:30pm
The folks at Keene Ice just posted to their Facebook page that they’ll be in front of the Keene City Council tonight (Feb 19, 2015) and asked for people to come and provide support:
Supporters wanted! Tonight – City Hall – 7:30pm
We are so VERY close to beginning construction on the new arena…Please show your support for Keene ICE by attending tonight’s City Council meeting at 7:30pm, when the Council will be updated on the project before the final agreements are signed and we can started building your new rink!
If you can get there to support Keene Ice I would encourage you to do so. Unfortunately I have other plans (concert tickets) but I will be hoping all goes well for them. We’re not exactly sure what we’ll be able to do with the new arena in the way of curling, but we definitely believe this region needs this new arena as a way to bring more winter sports activity to the area. ThinkRink!
Feb 19
Wire 1.4 on iOS Tweaks The Display And Adds Avatars To Chats
Today the team at Wire rolled out a new version 1.4 of their iOS app. As they say in the release notes visible in the AppStore, the changes are:
- Added avatars and blurred background in conversations for improved readability.
- Added colored background images in the conversation list
- Improved tutorial hints
- 1Password support
- Bug fixes and improvements
More to the point, the Wire team outlined the thinking behind these changes in a blog post on February 2, 2015. At the time they indicated the changes were available right then on Android and it apparently took this long for Apple to approve the new version for iOS (depending upon when Wire did in fact submit the new version to Apple).
I'm admittedly in a bit of a mixed mind with regard to the evolution of the chat interface. Here is what a Wire chat looked like on my iPhone 5s before (left) and after (right) the upgrade to Wire 1.4 (click/tap the image for a larger view):
On the plus side, I do find the avatars helpful as visual identifiers that help you easily see who is writing what in the chat window. Particularly if people use the same avatar image as they do on other networks and messaging systems, it becomes easy to rapidly identify who is writing.
On the negative side, I did like that the previous version used the full width of the screen and also had a slightly larger font size.
I've just started using the new version so don't yet have much experience with the other new features. The change in the display was quite noticable, though.
What do you think? If you're using Wire, do you like the new changes?
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Feb 19
Free DNSSEC Webinar Today From BT Diamond IP At Noon US Eastern
If you are interested in learning more about DNSSEC and DANE, you can join in to a free webinar today that BT Diamond IP is holding at 12 noon US Eastern (a bit over an hour from now). You can sign up at:
http://btglobalevents.com/BTGlobalEvents/Index.aspx?inviteeCode=80690.184220.1308
It’s free of cost but in signing up you do provide your contact information to BT. If you can’t view it live at noon today by signing up you will be able to view the recording and also download the slides.
Tim Rooney at BT Diamond IP asked me if I would participate and I’m glad to do so. I’ll be giving an overview of DNS and DNSSEC, talking about DANE and giving an overview of the DNSSEC resources we have to offer here at Deploy360. Tim will be doing a deeper dive into some of the security topics, discussing the DNSSEC Survey they recently completed and briefly touching on a couple of BT solutions in this space. We’ll end with a question and answer period where people can ask us questions.
As with any webinar or event from a commercial vendor, we’re always a bit careful to note that we are not necessarily endorsing or promoting the products from that vendor. BT Diamond IP is one of many vendors who provide products and solutions that help companies with DNSSEC (and also IPv6). They happened to ask me to participate and I’m glad to do so to explain how DNSSEC works and how it and DANE can make the Internet more secure. I’m also glad to participate in webinars for other vendors, too.
I like the set of slides that Tim and I have put together and I think this should be a very useful and educational session! Please do join us if you are looking to learn more about DNSSEC and DANE!
P.S. And please visit our Start Here page to learn how you can begin with DNSSEC today!
Feb 18
IPv6 For Network Operators Book (ISOC Argentina Chapter)
The ISOC Argentina Chapter recently published a new book in Spanish focused on IPv6 for network operators. You can download the book for free in PDF form here:
The ISOC Argentina Chapter has previously published a book IPv6 For All: A Guide for IPv6 Usage and Application in Different Environments that is also available for download.
Feb 18
Watch The US National Curling Championships Live All This Week
If you want to watch some outstanding curling, the US National Curling Championships are streaming live out of Kalamazoo, Michigan all this week and you can watch them live at:
These are the best Men’s and Women’s teams in the US all competing to be “Team USA” and represent the USA in the World Curling Championships coming up for Women on March 14-22 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and for Men on March 28-April 5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The remaining games that will be streamed live are:
Wednesday, 8 a.m. ET Heath McCormick v. Korey Dropkin
Wednesday, 12 p.m. ET Patti Lank v. Kate Bert
Wednesday, 4 p.m. ET Brady Clark v. John Shuster
Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET Erika Brown v. Nina Roth
Thursday, 8 a.m. ET Brandon Corbett v. Paul Pustovar
Thursday, 12 p.m./4 p.m. ET Tiebreaker games, if needed
Thursday, 8 p.m. Page playoffs, women’s teams to be determined
Friday 12 p.m. Page playoffs, men’s teams to be determined
Friday, 4 p.m. ET Women’s semifinal
Friday, 8 p.m. ET Men’s semifinal
Saturday, 10 a.m. ET Women’s final
Saturday, 3 p.m. ET Men’s final
We should see some outstanding curling this week!
Feb 18
Watch The US National Curling Championships Live All This Week
If you want to watch some outstanding curling, the US National Curling Championships are streaming live out of Kalamazoo, Michigan all this week and you can watch them live at:
These are the best Men’s and Women’s teams in the US all competing to be “Team USA” and represent the USA in the World Curling Championships coming up for Women on March 14-22 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and for Men on March 28-April 5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The remaining games that will be streamed live are:
Wednesday, 8 a.m. ET Heath McCormick v. Korey Dropkin
Wednesday, 12 p.m. ET Patti Lank v. Kate Bert
Wednesday, 4 p.m. ET Brady Clark v. John Shuster
Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET Erika Brown v. Nina Roth
Thursday, 8 a.m. ET Brandon Corbett v. Paul Pustovar
Thursday, 12 p.m./4 p.m. ET Tiebreaker games, if needed
Thursday, 8 p.m. Page playoffs, women’s teams to be determined
Friday 12 p.m. Page playoffs, men’s teams to be determined
Friday, 4 p.m. ET Women’s semifinal
Friday, 8 p.m. ET Men’s semifinal
Saturday, 10 a.m. ET Women’s final
Saturday, 3 p.m. ET Men’s final
We should see some outstanding curling this week!
Feb 17
Video: VUC 528 Provides An Update On Matrix.org And Wire
Last Friday's VUC conference call / podcast / hangout provided some interesting updates about the ongoing work at Matrix.org to build services for scalable, distributed and federated collaboration systems as well as some discussion of Wire, the app I've written about here. Guests included Matthew Hodgson and Amandine Le Pape from Matrix.org, as well as the usual cast of characters and a couple of live demonstrations, too.
You can view the episode web page and listen to the show here:
I joined the show about mid-way through and naturally wound up talking about IPv6, the Internet of Things (IoT), ICANN, DNS and other topics.
FYI, some good info about Matrix.org can be found in their FAQ. Back in November 2014, there was also another VUC episode focused around Matrix.org.
It was an enjoyable show and I'd encourage you to give it a listen.
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