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Hi, I'm James Briggs, an Internet computer programmer/DBA in Silicon Valley. I've been programming for 20 years for companies like eBay, Cisco, Yahoo!, Apple, Amazon and startups.In my spare time I do Open Source programming and like flying airplanes, karate and studying Asian languages.
This blog talks about events, places and things in my life.
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Daily Archives: February 25, 2008
YouTube BGP Disappearance
YouTube disappeared from the Internet on Feb 24 after a Pakistani ISP tried to block it by advertising a more specific route in BGP. BGP is used mainly for routing, but you can also do geographical load-balancing with it. It’s … Continue reading