staff blogs

distributed.net staff keep (relatively) up-to-date logs of their activities in .plan files. These were traditionally available via finger, but we've put them on the web for easier consumption.

1998-11-15

vetere [15-Nov-1998 @ 04:07]

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:: 15-Nov-1998 04:13 (Sunday) ::

I’ve been looking up LOC information on proxies and restructuring the zone
files most of today, preparing the final solution to the proxy naming
problem. I have no idea as of yet what authorities to contact for accurate
un-American location data; it’d be of great help if someone could email me
latitude, longitude and height data for the following addresses:

proxy01.mz.rp.de.proxy.distributed.net
proxy01.nottm.ac.uk.proxy.distributed.net
proxy01.kl.my.proxy.distributed.net
proxy01.hel.fi.proxy.distributed.net

Minor note: http://www.distributed.net/credits.html now has an accurate
and autoupdating Proxy Operators section.

1998-11-11

vetere [11-Nov-1998 @ 04:51]

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:: 11-Nov-1998 04:52 (Wednesday) ::

dctievent now notifies #distributed when plans are updated.

1998-11-07

vetere [07-Nov-1998 @ 20:13]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 20:13 +00:00

:: 07-Nov-1998 20:17 (Saturday) ::

For MacOS users without 8.5 or Apple’s beta themes, I present to you the
MacOS Client in its full glory, under four Appearances.

http://nodezero.distributed.net/~vetere/macos.html

1998-11-03

vetere [03-Nov-1998 @ 01:35]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 01:35 +00:00

:: 03-Nov-1998 01:38 (Tuesday) ::

Website-update notification scripts are done. Now I need to know how to
implement them: email translators upon a page-change, or use the data to
construct a comprehensive What’s New page.

Additionally, http://www.distributed.net/credits.html has been updated.

I’ve just completed commentary on the mildly famous Halloween Document
posted by Eric S. Raymond. My essay is available at
http://sine.com/creative/oss-response.html .

I’d appreciate any comments on, well, my comments.

1998-10-05

vetere [05-Oct-1998 @ 02:45]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 02:45 +00:00

:: 05-Oct-1998 02:46 (Monday) ::

The new distributed.net logo is online; did some web site brushing-up to
accompany their release. Thanks to Rayden for his work.

You can see the many official versions and download Windows BPMs as
desktop images at http://www.distributed.net/logos/ .

1998-09-30

vetere [30-Sep-1998 @ 00:37]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 00:37 +00:00

:: 30-Sep-1998 00:42 (Wednesday) ::

I’ve replaced the finger CGI with a new one written in perl. This one’s a
bit more functional and easier to maintain… same url as always.

Also, mapping.cgi has progressed nicely. For a full demo of features,
check out this url:

http://distributed.net/cgi/mapping.cgi?host=nodezero,rc5stats,chalmers.se

It does size changes and multihost mapping, and supports the creation of a
unique title by adding &title=Words+In+URL+Encoding to the url.

1998-09-27

vetere [27-Sep-1998 @ 07:41]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 07:41 +00:00

:: 27-Sep-1998 07:42 (Sunday) ::

http://nodezero.distributed.net/cgi/mapping.cgi?host=cuckoo.com

Do not abuse this. Yes, it caches.

1998-09-26

vetere [26-Sep-1998 @ 17:20]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 17:20 +00:00

:: 26-Sep-1998 17:21 (Saturday) ::

Creating a little perl ditty that graphically displays DNS LOC info on a map of the Earth. When it’s done, it should be a lot nicer lookin’ than the Government’s Tiger server, which I’ve tried to interface with before.

1998-09-25

vetere [25-Sep-1998 @ 21:04]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 21:04 +00:00

:: 25-Sep-1998 21:05 (Friday) ::

Dealing with the transfer of w.d.net to nodezero and overhauling the
site… slowly…

Also listening to lots of Cocteau twins.

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