MonadLUG Notes, 12-Oct-1007: Ben Scott presents DNS and BIND

[Ben Scott]

On 10/14/07, Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:
> He'd replaced the MagicPoint presentation with S5, and had a few
> technical issues with getting it to behave, but persevered.

  This turned out to mostly be the alternate theme I picked, which
apparently is buggy.  Switching back to the stock S5 theme fixed most
of my problems (after I got home).

  I then went in and tweaked the stock S5 files to fix my other
problems.  I removed the image that was colliding with my technical
text (the original reason I switched themes).  I also modified the
JavaScript to *not* advance on mouse-click, so I can use the mouse to
highlight things during the presentation.  Isn't open source
wonderful?  :-)

  I also took the opportunity to tweak the content.  Every time I give
this presentation, I learn of things I could improve, and make
changes.  Sometimes, the changes even turn out to be improvements.
;-)

  Finally, I have uploaded the changed/improved slides to the GNHLUG
web site (the "2007" file):

> http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/PresentDNS

> Thanks to Ben for efforts above and beyond ...

  Oh, pshaw.  All it was was a slightly long drive, something I'm used
to (being a life-long NH resident).  I was just caught unawares by
exactly how long it was going to be.  More than anything, I was
unhappy because it meant I had to rush the presentation.  But you're
welcome.  :)

  If you want me to come back and present a part II (i.e., actually
setting up and configuring BIND, and writing zone files), I'd be
willing.

-- Ben