neilwebber

Ruby NumerousApp

Dec 23, 2014

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I made a Ruby version of the NumerousApp class. GitHub: https://github.com/outofmbufs/numeruby Gem Repository: https://rubygems.org/gems/numerousapp/

Update: here’s the traceroute when ping performance is 50+ msec: 1 pfsense.nw 1.578 ms 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 tge7-2.ausbtx5202h.texas.rr.com 22.567 ms 5 tge8-5.ausbtx5201h.texas.rr.com 18.703 ms 6 tge0-12-0-6.ausutxla01r.texas.rr.com 15.788 ms 7 agg22.dllatxl301r.texas.rr.com 21.964 ms 8 107.14.17.136 21.865 ms 9 ae1.pr1.dfw10.tbone.rr.com (107.14.17.234) 10 207.86.210.125 (207.86.210.125) 26.794 ms 11 207.88.14.182.ptr.us.xo.net 21.649 ms 12…

NumerousApp python library on GitHub

Nov 16, 2014

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neilwebber

in Tech

I wrote a python library to access the NumerousApp API. It’s up on GitHub: https://github.com/outofmbufs/Nappy

Hilltop Google Ping Performance

Oct 31, 2014

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neilwebber

in Tech

For the past month I have been measuring internet ping (ICMP ECHO) performance from my hilltop network. I do this with a script that runs every 30 minutes and measures the response time of http://www.google.com as reported by ping. The script first pings http://www.google.com exactly once in an attempt to cache the DNS lookup (to avoid…

Murphy’s Law

Oct 20, 2014

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neilwebber

in Hilltop, Tech

This will reaffirm your faith in Murphy’s Law. Time Warner recently replaced my cable modem – upgraded for higher performance. On Friday I went to check the physical install. The modem is down the hill – a quarter mile away – and connects to the house network via a long fiber run. A long time…

Cleaning 1200 chips with … a toothbrush

Apr 8, 2013

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neilwebber

in Poker

How long can this possibly take? Ugh. But it will be worth it.

Houston Texans sideline pre-game

Oct 15, 2012

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neilwebber

in Fun

Owen Daniels is always open, even during pre-game warmup! 🙂

Male turkey

Apr 24, 2012

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neilwebber

in Hilltop, Photography

This morning’s visitor. Be sure to click on it (and do whatever else your browser requires you to do) to view the full-resolution actual (pixel) sized image.