Disqus - Latest Comments for andrewallen

Re: Dell XPS 15 - Reviewed.com Laptops

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:31:22 -0000

That's a review?

Re: Will Wynne on the stresses and strains of launching Amazebox.co.uk

Andrew G. Allen — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:54:00 -0000

Don't bother using Amazebox - a service which is dependent on special occasions for orders, i.e. February 14th, has failed to deliver. Fail, flop, give up - down at the first hurdle.

Re: http://www.andrewallen.co.uk/blog/cname-is-out-hello-aname/

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:38:16 -0000

I guess it would depend on a lot of factors - the TTL on the individual records would influence the length of time various downstream DNS and proxy servers would cache look ups done from clients on those networks, but also once a client has initially accessed your site for a browsing session, it won't need to do any other look ups for that session, while potentially browsing an unlimited number of pages on your site.

The other aspect is records not used for the website itself, such as MX and NS records - I am using vanity DNS which will increase the number of monthly queries on its own, but if you also receive a high volume of email, that will also increase the query count.

For records which I know won't change very often (such as the MX records pointing to Google Apps), I set a high TTL to reduce the impact to the query count, but I am no where near the limit on my account to really worry about it too much - and my sites are not receiving slashdot like traffic :)

So although your account is 5 million queries, it won't equate to 5 million PVs.

One question I have for DNS Made Easy, is that does the nature of how the ANAME records work, impact the monthly query count against my account, as I have no control over how often the referenced hostname is checked? I can only control the TTL on my records, i.e. the resulting A records that are returned to look ups against my zone.

Re: Have you Subscribed to our RSS feed? Tell us to win a free exam!

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:36:02 -0000

Added a while ago, but would love a voucher :)

Re: The Shiny and New Evernote for Windows Mobile

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:59:03 -0000

Another vote for Evernote on Symbian, specifically on my E71!

Re: The Shiny and New Evernote for Windows Mobile

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:59:03 -0000

Another vote for Evernote on Symbian, specifically on my E71!

Re: The Shiny and New Evernote for Windows Mobile

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:59:03 -0000

Another vote for Evernote on Symbian, specifically on my E71!

Re: The Shiny and New Evernote for Windows Mobile

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:59:03 -0000

Another vote for Evernote on Symbian, specifically on my E71!

Re: HP Proliant ML115 G5 Quad Core – Startup, Boot and Running Noise Levels Video.

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:05:34 -0000

Did you get this working?
It says Internal mass storage Maximum 2 TB (4 x 500 GB) SATA

Yep, no problems - the specs normally are written based on the largest currently available drives at the time. I installed Openfiler without any issues, but went with software RAID instead of the onboard NVidia based hardware RAID.

Re: HP Proliant ML115 G5 Quad Core – Startup, Boot and Running Noise Levels Video.

Andrew G. Allen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:39:29 -0000

I went with here in the end (quad-core): http://store.cbccomputers.c... @ £165 inc VAT. Also decided on 4 x 1TB drives with an offer from Scan.co.uk Today Only... The cheaper dual-core deal I found was a mis-price.

Re: HP Proliant ML115 G5 Quad Core – Startup, Boot and Running Noise Levels Video.

Andrew G. Allen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:55:53 -0000

Perfect timing as I just came across this machine to be my new storage server - I can't believe how cheap they come! Dual core @ ~£70 (http://www.ukitonline.com/p... and quad-core @ ~£150 (http://www.officemagic.co.u...... I am planning on sticking in 4 x 1.5TB drives since there is on-board SATA RAID 5, isn't there?

Re: Microsoft TechNet Plus Direct – 20% UK Discount Code

Andrew G. Allen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:50:25 -0000

Thanks for that - my subscription lapsed the middle of last year, and this prompted me to re-subscribe :) Shame they charge Ireland's VAT rate @ 21.50%!

Re: Trackback support - Please

Andrew G. Allen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:48:10 -0000

That will teach me for not searching :)

Re: Trackback support - Please

Andrew G. Allen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:29:04 -0000

Me too :)

Re: Wordpress/Disqus Valid XHTML

Andrew G. Allen — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:37:33 -0000

Also interested in a fix.

Re: Added Gravatar support

Andrew G. Allen — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:19:52 -0000

I'd also like this feature.

Re: Disqus vs IntenseDebate: wrap up

Andrew G. Allen — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:16:41 -0000

I've only recently signed up to discus, and they do support OpenID via ClickPass .