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Hi, I'm Ben Oakes and this is my geek blog. Currently, I'm a Ruby/JavaScript Developer at Continuity Control. Previously, I was a Software Developer at Hedgeye, a Research Assistant in the Early Social Cognition Lab at Yale University and a student at the University of Iowa. I also organize ICRuby and OpenHack Iowa City, and previously organized NewHaven.rb. I have an amazing wife named Danielle Oakes.

Just in case: keep these DNS servers handy

by Ben

Having problems accessing a website? GoDaddy is having DNS problems, which may be the cause.

Using OpenDNS nameservers is a temporary workaround. It’s always good to have these around, so save them someplace handy now (in something that doesn’t require internet access):

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Use those in the network settings in your OS, or even in your router.

Personally, I keep these in my public wiki on GitHub, which is synced to my computer using SparkleShare.

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