I’m a Rogers Hi-Speed Internet customer. A few months ago, Rogers stopped returning failed DNS queries, and instead many DNS queries (but not all of them) redirect to *.rogers.com.
Check this out:
12345678910111213141516171819stevemac:~ stevex$ ping digg
PING digg.rogers.com (8.15.7.107): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.15.7.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=82.954 ms
^C
— digg.rogers.com ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets [...]
There is an entry on the Australian bush fires on the Google LatLong blog, which links to a map of the fires.
Looks like Google Maps, but right-click on it, and you see the usual Flash menu. This particular Google Maps page is built using Adobe Flex.
How can I tell it’s built with Flex? [...]
Most of the time when you hear about Occasionally Connected applications, it’s in the context of airplanes. These days, with cellular data available in most cities, for most people who need to be connected, the only time they’re not is when they’re on an airplane.
We’re going on a cruise next month, my first time, [...]
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