OpenDNS

OpenDNS added shortcuts today. I’ve been an OpenDNS user for sometime and it’s an excellent service. I haven’t noticed any speed advantages from their caching but I’m glad that we’re safer with it blocking phishing sites, it also helps with some quick URI typos.

Setting up the shortcuts feature took 2 minutes. I just needed to setup an account and add my IP (which was already populated for me) then add a few shortcuts. Now instead of http://www.google.com/reader/view/ I can type gr or…

Tweets on 2007-03-21

• Wondering if Alex should add the “fix” I posted for twitter tools or “fix” sidebar modules myself instead; probably neither. #
• I’ve enjoyed OpenDNS for months and now all of a sudden it’s giving me attitude; I have slap it for a CacheCheck every day or two. #
• Black Macbook + 1 surprise shipped. #
• Wishing Google would make a mobile Reader app like they already have with gtalk, GMail, and maps. #

OpenDNS

TechCrunch has a good review on OpenDNS which led me to try it out, even though the article weighs more on not using the service. I’ve just configured my laptop to use it via it’s wireless connection, I plan to test it out and decide later if I should change our router.

The company has two primary selling points. The first is its phishing filter, a list of malicious sites aggregated by a number of different sources that are blocked when access is…