dns - Hotmail sending email to A record not MX records - Server Fault →

Well played hotmail, well played. Not, wait, I don’t mean that. I mean “Hotmail, you are a bunch of fail”

> So Tim, what is it that you do?
> You know in Formula One, you have engineers in the pits who change the car’s tires, put fuel in it, fix things, give the driver advice and generally make the car go faster?
> Yeah, of course.
> Well, I do that, but for websites!

Hello, I’m Tim and I have a job no one understands. « Tim Dobson

I’m totally stealing that Formula 1 quote ;-)

Finally, let’s go ahead and use Chef to bring up a CFEngine client, which will be turned into a Puppet server.

CFEngine Puppet and Chef Part 1 - A Fistful of Servers

Yo Dawg, I heard you like config management…

If I end up needing to do a ton more typing in college than I do now,” Annette said, “I might get a wireless keyboard.” “Maybe.

Post-PC era, indeed – Wind on a Leaf

I have to admit, I’m thinking along the same lines. An ipad and wireless keyboard would probably do 99.9% of my computering needs. Well, an ipad, a wireless keyboard, and a remote server that I can ssh onto.

Almove - Porta MacBook 13 →

I do like the idea of this laptop case, but I imagine it’ll be a pain to actually carry about.

http://www.whattheduck.net/strip/1297 →

Git pretty — justinhileman.info — Readability →

A handy “how to get yourself out of a mess in git” flowchart.

Using Jenkins for System Administration | Morgajel.net →

Interesting things here about using the Jenkins continuous integration server for system administrator tasks. I’m definitely going to look into the reverse DNS entry cleanup/IP Range documentation stuff.

Saving time and money with the Alias Record | DNStination →

An interesting (vendor-specific) DNS thing to improve CNAME performance.