Mac Vs PC Vs Linux February 28, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Funny, technology.Tags: linux, mac, macos, south park, tux, vista, Windows
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Too funny!
The Montreal-Hamilton Bagel Dispute February 28, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Funny.Tags: bagel, Funny, gazette, hamilton, Montreal
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This is very funny, where a Hamilton bakery claimed “better than Montreal bagels”, and frankly that’s a bold claim. So a bold team of investigators including my buddy Ryk Edelstein shed light on the topic. Video is here and article in The Gazette here. Do not mess with our bagelhood!
Here is a quick quote from Bill’s column:
In what will come as no surprise to any Montrealer, our bagels reigned – extremely – supreme in a blind taste test over the best that Steeltown could bake. It wasn’t even close. Even a jury of Hamiltonians had to bite the bullet – an apt description for their bagels – and admit that ours were better.
Worst Album Covers Ever February 27, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Funny, Music.Tags: cd, lp, mp3, Music, worst album covers
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This is one of those things that shows up in your inbox once a year, had to share it, just click here: Worst Album Covers
Enjoy!
Looks like Habs get no extra star power February 26, 2008
Posted by jphebert in hockey.Tags: bob gainey, canadiens, hockey, Montreal, nhl, trade
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With the traded ended, Bob did not (sadly) secure a big mass o’hockey magic power for the playoffs. Overall, he’s kept the team intact, minus Huet, which at the end might be for the best. Let’s hope he can secure a scoring-o-matic player like Oli in Florida for 2008/9!
Hossa to Pittsburgh! February 26, 2008
Posted by jphebert in hockey.Tags: canadiens, hockey, Hossa, nhl, penguins
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Woah there! Looks like the Penguins aim very high (i.e. the cup!) this year! Two quick armchair quarterback speculations:
- He’s a “loaner” player for the rest of the season
- Pittsburgh will get rid of Malkin next year once he’s ready to sign for big moolah
Too bad for the Habs, looks like we won’t get much, alas!
eChannelLine post news of our channel program February 26, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Business, Elfiq.Tags: channel, echannelline, Elfiq, link balancer, load balancer, partner, sales, var
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We’ve been working hard to deliver a new channel program at Elfiq, and here is a post at eChannelLine on Elfiq’s Partner Alliance Program to be released shortly.
Sudden demand for web sites – how to meet sudden increase in users February 26, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Elfiq, technology.Tags: Elfiq, huet, ISP, link, load balancer, nhl, trade, web site
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Today is the trade deadline for the NHL before the playoffs and as expected, fans are flooding sites to know the latest news. There is still about 40 minutes to go and information is harder to get to (and office productivity might be down 
)
To help out in these situations where organizations need bandwidth, even for short periods of time, Elfiq can help. Here are a few ideas & suggestions:
- With an Elfiq link balancer, you can add multiple ISP links of any type to meet demand, and you can mix & match technologies as you want
- When using the Elfiq unit, a “burstable” link is a good choice for these activities, where users can get billed according to usage. If you need it occasionally, it’s there to meet your needs.
- Low-cost links can also help, when you add DSLs and cable modem, you can add performance quickly without breaking the proverbial piggy bank
- Elfiq’s Intelligent Service Verificator: this tool in the balancers verifies if servers are able to take requests, so when hosting multiple servers this comes in really handy
- Elfiq’s Inbound Geolink: when servers are at different sites, this will distribute the load based on policies and availability. Very neat technology.
So that’s that for this topic, if we can help just drop us a line at sales@elfiq.com with your questions. Thanks for reading!
Huet traded & thoughts on the trade February 26, 2008
Posted by jphebert in hockey.Tags: canadiens, capitals, habs, hockey, huet, Montreal, trade, washington
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Christobal Huet just got traded to Washington for a 2nd round pick for the ‘08 draft. What to make of this shocking news?
- Huet was making 2.75M$ and an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, must be asking for more moolah and Bob did not think he was worth the money
- That frees 2.75M$ on the salary cap and the Habs are still in the runnings as I type this for Hossa who should get 8M$+
- Bob & Co are banking on Price and might bring in Halak as a backup, but me thinks that they’ll get a veteran to second price who can also play mentor. Someone sidelined or an unrestricted free agent after the season. Or someone playing overseas.
- Olaf in Washington ain’t no spring chicken and a UFA at the end of the season.
- A 2nd round pick?? I think we got short-changed like when we traded Ribeiro..
We’ll miss Huet, he did good while he was here!
Shortage of IPV4 addresses on the horizon February 22, 2008
Posted by jphebert in technology.Tags: address, addresses, IP protocol, IPV4, IPV6, network, routing
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Woah there, nothing new, but now we have a date for this sad day to happen. I agree with the authors, too little from industry and government has been done to promote IPV6. Looks like it might become expensive for everybody since low-cost gear is IPV4 only for the most part, ISPs need to do their share but also registrars.. A giant mess on the horizon.
Pick up the info here at /.
