When Tim Berners-Lee made famous the “World Wide Web” by introducing the HTTP protocol, he set the standard that all web sites would start with “www” as a host name prefix. It…
Re-purpose An Old Google Search Appliance
I managed to get my hands on a pair of old Google Search Appliance (GB-7007) boxes. I wanted to see if I could re-purpose them for some other task other than a…
Heartbleed: A Scrambled Egg with Lots of Ham
The sensational headline news this week was “Heartbleed” security flaw, which was covered by most mainstream and tech sites. It was an old bug that was accidentally introduced, and just discovered recently…