Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...
Dan York
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Jan 28
TDYR #083 – How To Keep Track Of All The New gTLDs Appearing Weekly
Want to register a domain in .PLUMBING? .SEXY? .CLUB? .PHOTO? .PINK? With more new generic top-level domains (newgTLDs) appearing each week, how do you keep track of what is going to be out in DNS soon? In this episode I talk a bit about the newgTLDs and about an article I wrote on CircleID where I talked about how to keep track of all the newgTLDs: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140120_how_to_keep_track_of_new_generic_top_level_domains_newgtlds/
Jan 27
TDYR #082 – A Monday Morning Reality Check On What Are Really “Problems”
I started my Monday morning in a way that made me realize that any "problems" I may have right now really pale in comparison to what others are facing out there... (and yes, I said it was TDYR #81 when it was in fact #82.)
Jan 27
FIR #740 – 1/27/14 – For Immediate Release
What's new on the FIR Podcast Network; Quick News: Pinterest is changing how people blog, UK university accepts Bitcoin for tuition, agencies don't know if blogging is working, Churck of England diocese issues social media guidelines; Ragan promo and farewell to Jenny Fukumoto; News That Fits: social media returns companies to traditional communication, Michael Netzley's Asia Report, Google's Matt Cutts advises against guest posts as an SEO strategy, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, Wikipedia adds audio intros, Dan York's Tech Report, astroturfing proposal leads one company to defect from an industry coalition; music from The Taters; and more.
Jan 26
TDYR #081 – Skating On A Pond On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon
TDYR #081 - Skating On A Pond On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon by Dan York
Jan 26
Video/Slides – Geoff Huston On Measuring DNSSEC Usage at RIPE67
How many people are actually performing DNSSEC validation on DNS queries? What is the true penetration of DNSSEC usage? While there are many sites offering DNSSEC statistics about the number of signed domains or TLDs, what kind of measurements can be done on the validation side of DNSSEC? And what is the performance impact of doing DNSSEC validation?
At the RIPE67 meeting Geoff Huston of APNIC gave an entertaining presentation around these exact questions based on measurements through a system of Flash-based web advertisements he has been using. His slides are available online and the video presentation runs about 28 minutes:
The information is certainly useful and we look forward to future presentations based on these measurements!
Jan 25
TDYR #080 – Survived Organizing My First Curling Bonspiel
TDYR #080 - Survived Organizing My First Curling Bonspiel by Dan York
Jan 25
Weekend Project: Add IPvFoo or IPvFox To Your Web Browser To See What Is IPv6
Here’s a quick project for you that will quickly enable you to see what sites work over IPv6 – and what sites don’t! If you use either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as your web browser you can add an “extension” or “add-on” that helpfully adds an icon to the location bar in your browser, as shown in the image with this post. You can get them at these links:
As we wrote about in the past, the cool part about these add-ons is that they enable you to see what parts of your website are NOT working with IPv6. For instance, in preparing this post I noticed that our Deploy360 site is no longer showing only a “6″ like it used to do a few weeks ago. By clicking on that icon in the location bar, I saw this:
This clues me in to the fact that when I recently installed the JetPack plugin for WordPress I wound up using two services that are only available over IPv4. 
Given that we want this site to be available to people on IPv6-only networks, now it’s time for me to go off and file bug reports with those sites to indicate that they are not reachable over IPv6. (Either that or turn off the features that use IPv4, but bug reports are a critical way for people to get more attention to the need to be accessible over IPv6!)
Anyway, I’ve installed these extensions and add-ons into all my instances of Chrome or Firefox and it’s great now to see the places where I can get IPv6 connectivity!
Give it a try!
P.S. This assumes, of course, that you have IPv6 connectivity… if you do not have IPv6 these add-ons won’t be of much help. But hey, if you don’t have IPv6, maybe now is a good time to try setting up an IPv6 tunnel so that you can try these add-ons out!
Jan 24
TDYR #079 – Excited About A Little Rocks Curling Bonspiel Tomorrow
Tomorrow my 11-yr-old daughter will be playing in a "Little Rocks Bonspiel" at the Petersham Curling Club - http://www.petershamcurling.org/ - competing against teams from Cape Cod, Nashua (NH), Broomstones (Wayland, MA) and Bridgeport (CT). In this episode I talk about some of the excitement about that upcoming event...
Jan 24
Want To Try Curling? 3 Free Open Houses Coming Up At Nearby Petersham Curling Club
Want to get on the ice and actually try the sport of curling? Are you excited about the upcoming Olympics and want to see curling in action? Would you like to understand how the game of “chess on ice” really works?
The great folks down at the Petersham Curling Club (PCC), about 45 minutes south of Keene, are holding three FREE open houses over the next month to help people learn about the game. As noted on their page about the curling open houses, the three dates are:
- Sat, Feb 8, 6-10 pm – At this “Spectator Open House” you’ll have a chance to watch curling games and ask questions of club members who are there to help explain the sport.
- Sun, Feb 16, 12-5 pm – At this Open House you’ll have a chance to actually try the sport of curling. You’ll learn how to deliver a stone, the role of sweeping and more. This will be a great opportunity to get on the ice and experience the sport yourself!
- Thurs, Feb 20, 6-9 pm – This will be a week-night version of the Feb 16th Open House where you will again get a chance to try out the sport of curling.
In the weeks following these open houses, the Petersham Curling Club will be holding several “Learn To Curl” events that will offer dedicated instruction for those who want to learn more. During the Open Houses there will also be special membership offers for those who would like to join the Petersham Curling Club.
It’s easy to get there – from Keene just head south on Route 32 (going down past the Keene airport) and stay on Route 32 all the way through Athol, MA, and on into Petersham. The club is located right off of Route 32. More information can be found on the PCC directions page. In good weather it takes about 45 minutes to get from Keene down to the Petersham club.
The Petersham Curling Club is a great place to curl and is where several of us involved with starting up the Monadnock Curling Club all curl. We strongly encourage you to head down to Petersham, MA, and check out the Open Houses. And if the curling bug bites you as it has us, please do join the PCC and start playing the awesome sport of curling!
And then… please let us know you are interested in seeing curling come to Keene!
Jan 23
TDYR #078 – How I Record These Podcast Episodes Using SoundCloud
NOTE: This episode is now WRONG because SoundCloud has removed the ability to record audio from within the SoundCloud mobile app. Please listen to TDYR #163 for more info: https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-163-soundcloud-removes
How do I create these podcast episodes on SoundCloud? What tools do I use? How involved is the process? A couple of people have asked me these questions and so I decided to answer them.... :-)
