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If you are looking for a free CNAM (Caller ID Name) lookup resource, I have found one.

Just head on over to the Free CNAM Project and have a look.

You can tie the API into your Asterisk or other soft-switch for queries.  I have yet to implement it in that fashion (need to create an AGI to handle the lookups), but many say it will work.

If you just want to do browser-based lookups, try tnid.us instead.  As far as I am aware, these two query out of the same database.

Enjoy!

That’s right, folks. It’s official.

My sore throat issues started yesterday. Thus marks the official start of spring. And, of course, they are continuing into today. Needless to say, lots of liquids are being consumed.

To top it off, we have gone from fighting with record snowfalls to dodging tornadoes. The Chattanooga area has had several in the past few months, and there’s another threat for them again today. We’ll see how that pans out. We’ve already topped 80 degrees several times in the past week.

Now to go find my swimming gear… anyone want to join?

For those of you (like me) who have decided to future-proof your networks by deploying IPv6, you will be proud to know that this site is now available over IPv6! I just obtained the address a little while ago, and the new AAAA records are in the process of propagating. The site is already live at its IPv6 address, so as soon as you pick up the new DNS you’ll be able to access it that way.

For those who want to play around and try it manually, the address is: 2607:f298:1:106::991:c228

Also, if your web hosting provider hasn’t made the plunge to IPv6, and you’re interested in finding one that has, check out Dreamhost.  I’ve been using them for several years without any problems, they now have IPv6, and of course they also have IPv4 for users who aren’t on IPv6 yet.

Enjoy!

As anyone in southeast Tennessee (or a good portion of the country, really) could tell you, yesterday was a rather interesting day weather-wise.  With numerous examples of storm damage, there’s no doubt it was a bit rough out.

Here in Cleveland, I don’t think we saw as much widespread damage as Chattanooga.  Word on the street is that the Coca-Cola plant received some roof damage, as well as a walkway blown apart, and some trucks tossed about.  A traffic light nearby was also removed.  Aside from that small area of damage, I have not heard of any other.

This storm put down a lot of rain (and some hail) in a short time.  Take a look at the scene outside shortly after the storm had passed:

The water subsided within an hour or so, and didn’t get much higher than what you see in the video.  There were a few other areas around town with minor flooding, too, but nothing major that I have heard of.

As anyone in the Cleveland and Chattanooga area probably knows, Paul Barys said we’d have a mild winter.  It looks like our 1 in 25 chance of having a white Christmas fell heavily toward the 1 side.  Not only that, but just two weeks later we have even more snow.  We’ve already blown our “normal” amount of 4.5 inches in just the past couple of days — yesterday I measured between 8.5 and 9 inches at home, depending on where the measurement was taken.

I’m going to cut Paul some slack on the warmer temperatures in January and February, just because I like him.  Plus, we’re still “close enough” to December that there’s still a chance the temperatures will change.  We have snow this week, but that doesn’t rule out 80-degree swimming weather and tornadoes next week.  Anyone who has lived in Southeast Tennessee for any amount of time knows the weather is bound to change at any moment.

By no means am I complaining — it was nice to have a white Christmas.  This was the first Christmas that Amber and I had together married, so we couldn’t have asked for any more.  Plus having a few days off work (well, working from home) isn’t too bad, either.

I’ve uploaded some pictures of the snow from yesterday for those who would like to see them.