Feb
29
Posted by nate within General
Sometime on February 26th, I noticed my ISP, Road Runner (Time Warner cable) started hijacking or intercepting bad DNS requests. In non-geek speak, it means when I typed in some web address that wasn’t registered, instead of seeing my browser’s default 404 page I saw this:
I’ve said in the past, when Kevin Ham did the same thing for any .cm address, that it was a brilliant idea from a business perspective. And, I think Road Runner / Time Warner cable is smart to do it with us here as well. It’s going to generate them some big bucks thanks to their partnership with Yahoo for the ads you’ll be clicking on. But, for some reason, I really hate their page. It honestly sucks.
So, I turned it off. I disabled it.
If you have the same issue and don’t like it, you can disable that setting too. Here’s how. Go to http://ww23.rr.com/prefs.php and choose “Disable” for the option labeled “Web Address Error Redirect Service: This preference allows you to opt in or out of Road Runner’s non-existing domain landing service.” Then click the “Save” button.
Voila. Done.
Feb
22
Posted by nate within Community, Ideas, Projects, Techie
Some days are just weird. Today was one of those. I was a little tired today, and when I get tired, I get apathetic and a little down. I really should make sure I get enough sleep at night (hence the wine in my hand and the pillow awaiting me right [...]
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Feb
15
Posted by nate within Community
I’ve been a little lacking in my writing lately, but that’s not because it hasn’t been exciting around here. I’ve ended my contract with Monk Development as a project manager and switched back to freelance web development with the help of my virtual assistant, who’s now my freelance headhunter as well.
But, in the small [...]
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Feb
08
Posted by nate within Business
Now, I’m not one to complain too often about how companies do business, because I understand a lot of their issues and why they do things. But in this case, Clickbank, the affiliate company, is simply stealing my money, and that makes me very angry.
I’ve been both an affiliate for Clickbank as well [...]
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Feb
07
Posted by nate within Uncategorized
Shared bookmarks from nateritter
Free iPhone Wallpapers —
A great set of free iPhone wallpapers
Connecting your Mac via your cellphone —
I’m not sure if this can be used for the iPhone to tether it, but it sure would be nice.
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