I have a tendency on trying out new and untested technologies just to get a kick of having done it… at least among my geekier friends.
Today I decided to give OpenDNS a try. It’s a free DNS service that claims to surpass most ISP’s own DNS servers in terms of speed and reliability. And boy, that stuff really works! Now my page loads are noticeably faster and smoother (if that even makes sense). Actually, now that I am using OpenDNS, somehow Firefox is loading pages a bit faster as well, making it a lot more bearable as my full time browser of choice on my Mac.
I found out about OpenDNS from having used the founding partner’s other venture, EveryDNS. I put all of my domain names with them. In fact, I was so impressed with that service, I even donated some money to support the service.
Maybe I will give OpenDNS’s other venture, PhishTank, a try and see how that works. They have an API for other developers to use… I wonder what I can do with that…