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I know this is a long shot, and perhaps should be submitted as a question in another forum, but are there any providers in NYC who offer KVMs with a /64 of IPv6 addresses? I'm willing to pay a premium for the prime location and the /64, as long as IPv6 is native.  There are any number of...

A while ago I found out about CodeAnywhere, a web-based file editor with support for editing files on FTP, SFTP, FTPS, Dropbox, Github, and Google Drive accounts. They also give you a "Sandbox" with a URL for testing. It's a pretty impressive list of features, with a nice "smart" tabbed editor...

A lot of us here buy VPSes in the low-end "market". In this market, there aren't as many hosts offering an SLA as there are on the high end. But how much does an SLA mean to you guys? Do you look for one in the TOS? Do you require one? How much uptime do you look for or expect in a $1-15/month...

<?php /** * SpamHaus SBL Chcker * Takes domain and returns number of assigned SPLs and total blocked IPs. * Written by D. Strout (http://www.dstrout.net) */ $domain = $_REQUEST["domain"]; //Input through web //$domain = $argv[1]; //Input through command line if (!domainValid($domain) ||...

Very much a "nerdy" or "techy" domain here. I grabbed this domain when some of the first new TLDs were coming online. This one was registered right at the beginning of .technology domain availability: Feb. 19, 2014. It is registered for one year, so has about 7 months remaining. It is registered...

Looks like Malaysia airlines has lost another 777, this one over Ukraine. Early reports indicate that it was shot down upon arriving in Ukrainian airspace. I would link to an article, but all the news sites seem to be overloaded already. Wikipedia already has an article about it.

I found an old prepaid AMEX gift card today left over from a mail in rebate a while back. I checked the balance, and it has exactly $8.03 on it. Any suggestions? Tech goodies or the like are great. I know I could buy credit at one of my VPS providers, but I'd love to get some sort of physical item.

If anyone has $50,000,000 I could borrow, I'd like to buy out ColoCrossing 100%. From there, I'd shut down all servers with IPs in Spamhaus SBL ranges pending verification of the identity of the owners. If the owner is a known spammer or refuses to provide satisfactory information, I'd take them...

As some of you may know, I run my own DNS network, with servers in New York City, Jacksonville FL, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Seattle. They all need to have (near-) native IPv6, which is hard to come by in Seattle. My primary DNS server there is - no surprise - RamNode, but for a while I couldn't...

As geeks, I know many of us here use Newegg for our tech purchases. That's why I'm sure a lot of you will be happy to hear that they now accept Bitcoin payments. That is all.

Install/set up Tor. Go down to your local convenience store, gas station, mall, or almost anywhere and pick up a $20 prepaid VISA/Amex. Pay cash. Use a "private browsing" window for the next three steps. Grab a random identity from fakenamegenerator.com. Might want to screenshot the page for...

Something of an opinion poll here. I own the domains DStrout.net, D-Strout.com, and DAStrout.com. My name, of course, is D. A. Strout. DStrout.com is taken by someone else (my great uncle, actually). Currently I'm using DStrout.net, and have been for a while. My e-mail and website are currently...

As some of you may recall, a while ago I mentioned working on a domain/server management system for the vpsBoard community. Though the system will be set up to be able to use a custom-made DNS setup, I also want to support common DNS systems that have public APIs. So my question is simple: which...

Like the title says, a little while ago I cancelled my last droplet at DO. I still like the service very much, but I'm trying to slim down my collection and now that I'm no longer at school (the one with the terrible Internet) the VPN VPS I was running with them was no longer needed. But now...

Skype just notified me that it's RamNode's birthday, which I happen to recall means that it is in fact Nick's birthday. So, a very happy birthday to you @Nick_A - hope you're enjoying it, and best wishes to you and your endeavors in the coming year!

Just finished rebuilding my site DStrout.net with WordPress and a nice (free) theme from CreativeMarket. So I'm shamelessly asking you to visit and tell me how amazing it is. Note that I don't have a whole lot of content filled in yet, though part of that is because I'm waiting on a few clients...

I logged in to my RamNode client area today and while browsing around came upon this: ...Wow, free IP! Yes please! I imagine I'll have to pay to renew, so maybe this is like drug dealers handing out the first batch for free :) Still, cool deal considering that RamNode usually charges a bit...

This has probably been pointed out before, but it's the first time I've seen it, and might be for others too. I went to pay an invoice for BuyVM today and decided to try Amazon payments. When I did, I got this: It made me giggle in a non-evil (and very manly :)) way :D

Just now got a call from AIT in regards to my account, and was surprised to find out that they are suspending hourly billing for their new "cloud" service. I was told that I had until Friday to switch over my service with them to monthly billing. No explanation was given, but I have a feeling it...

I haven't done any reviews of hosting providers lately, despite the fact that I use a lot of them. So today I am going to be reviewing one of my favorite providers: BudgetVM. Let me start by saying that my main "production" server hosting most of my websites is with them, and I completely trust...