Both Verisign for the .COM/.NET as Public Interest Registry (PIR) for the .ORG have announced price increases beginning either on the 1st of October or somewhere in November of this year.
If you have domains you wish to renew or keep for the coming years, it is well worth to add a couple of years of registration! Especially if you live outside the US, take advantage of the low US dollar vs the Euro 
.
Moniker is running a special/limited offer, $7,29/yr for each registration, renewal or transfer.
domaining
domains, pir, verisign
If your sun solaris server is crashed due to a failed root disk, you will need to recover the solaris OS on your own (simply re-install, of course after you have replaced your failed disk). But if you were so wise to create a zfs pool (in this case the pool is called dozer) on a different set of disks, you are able to recover everything with the following commands:
# zpool import
pool: dozer
id: 2704475622193776801
state: ONLINE
action: The pool can be imported using its name or numeric identifier.
config:
dozer ONLINE
c1t9d0 ONLINE
#
As you can see the pool is online and available for import.
# zpool import dozer
cannot import ‘dozer’: pool may be in use on another system
use ‘-f’ to import anyway
#
If you get this error message, it means that the pool was not cleanly exported (logical if you had an OS crash ) and you will need to force the import of the pool.
# zpool import -f dozer
#
Source : Importing ZFS Storage Pools
SysAdmin
howto, solaris, zfs
On SUN solaris, see that the following is present to have an operational network :
bash-3.00# more /etc/hostname.bge0
192.168.1.10
bash-3.00#
where .bge0 is the interface name
bash-3.00# more /etc/defaultrouter
192.168.1.1
bash-3.00#
your default gateway
bash-3.00# more /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.1.1
bash-3.00#
list your nameservers
bash-3.00# more /etc/hosts
#
# Internet host table
#
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.10 springfield
bash-3.00#
add your hostname and ip to the hosts file
bash-3.00# more /etc/nsswitch.conf | grep hosts
# "hosts:" and "services:" in this file are used only if the
hosts: files dns
bash-3.00#
update your nsswitch.conf file to first look in its local host file and if not found, resolve via dns
you should now have an operational network.
SysAdmin
howto, solaris
The VideoLAN team has released a new version of their famous VLC media player. I already downloaded my copy and noticed directly the better support for flash and wmv video’s. Well worth the download i would say!
A full listing of all the new features can be found on their wiki site.
And to finish this post : VideoLAN NEEDs YOU
Internet
vlc
I like this guy, he always makes me feel good about being a domain owner
“Morning Folks!!
This week that began with Labor Day here in the United States let me take a moment to say something.
What we as an Industry have done is NOTHING LESS THAN ASTONISHING!! After 13 years of being underestimated, belittled, under appreciated, under understood and folks refusing to give our industry its’ just due I want to say one thing. SCREW THEM!”
Full story here.
domaining