My Wet Coast Life

Just checked my Account Settings on Facebook and I finally have the much touted HTTPS support on Facebook. I saw the Facebook blog and a couple days later, on Lifehacker.com, they said Facebook finally enabled it only to be dismayed that I didn't have the option in my account.....until today.

What does this mean? Well, if you use Facebook over WiFi or in public hot spots, you can now use a https:// secure connection instead of http:// unsecured connection to get an encrypted connection to most Facebook pages just like when you log into your bank.

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Link: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/

I am always on the hunt to make my internet faster and came across NameBench from Google Labs.

In 5 minutes or less, this little utility hunts down the fastest DNS servers in your area and gives you the results after running the app and recommends a new, faster DNS server.

Once you have the results, it will tell you the percentage increase if you changed your DNS compared to your existing DNS server. A couple quick changes to your internet connection and voila, you're now using the faster DNS and should see an improvement with your web surfing. If you don't see an improvement, you can always revert back to your existing settings.

I didn't think it would improve that much so I tested this both at home and work, and based on the results, i get 112% increase at home and a decent 147% increase at work. Once i updated my DNS settings, i saw a noticeable improvement now with web surfing. Also, my home web server appears to respond quicker now as well which i can't say no to...