Completely disorganized…

Inanis.net is completely disorganized.

I’m thinking of burning it down and rebuilding it from scratch. Use WordPress “network” functionality and put all the Wiki pages into WordPress with a single codebase, then organize the sites by Categories instead of pages.

All old content? Sequestered into some place somewheres until I can fix it. Maybe.

Netflix iPad Stall Issue

It’s been a long time! Been busy, sorry for the absence. I’m still alive – don’t worry.

Have an iPad? On a WiFi Network? Using DD-WRT? Trying to stream Netflix and it won’t stream? It’s a DNS compatibility issue!

If you try to play Netflix titles or movies on your iPad and you have a problem where clicking on play brings you to “Preparing to view…”, the navigation bar sides down, shows you the Netflix app splash screen then instantly redirects you to the original page you were on, it’s an issue with DNSMasq in DD-WRT.

Solution: either disable DNSMasq on your DD-WRT based router, or manually code your ISP’s DNS server into your iPad WiFi settings. Even better: hard code OpenDNS or Google DNS into there (208.67.222.222 and 8.8.8.8 respectively).

It took me a month of hunting to find the solution to this. I’m reblogging the solution because the blog where I found the solution has a horrible PageRank, Inanis.net has an awesome PageRank, and maybe this will help others find the solution faster.

Original solution found at: http://jpwhitehome.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/netflix-stalls-on-ipad-problem-resolved/

NO HOTLINKING

I live in a nice world. I try to be a nice guy. I don’t disable hotlinking by default.

That was, until some website using an East Timor top-level domain was hot linking to the ENTIRE LOCAL COPY of Inanis Glass on my server.

Apache mod_rewrite fixed that. They are now permanently and forever rickrolled. Have a nice day!

(I just hope the rule doesn’t rickroll my own site… )

Inanis Seven Beta Open

EDIT: Two Notes – 1) I know the Gadgets Sidebar is wonky during page resizes smaller than the width of the main column. 2) when I say “put your email address in the comments form”, I mean in the email address field. You don’t have to put it in the main comment body – everyone can see it there, including spambots.

Ever feel like you might want to beta test something? Now’s your chance! Drop me a line in the comments (be sure to add your email address to the comment form!) and I’ll forward you a completely free copy of the Inanis Seven WordPress theme for your own personal (or professional) testing.

I’ll limit the number of people who get a beta copy,   Continue reading