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Status PendingUpdate for italian domains

To avoid having a .it domain blocked for 5 days while changing the ns fields (probably while moving it from 2 registar) make sure to insert all the NS into the NIC (Italian DNS authority) DNS test https://dns-check.nic.it/. When the test is good, do the change. When blocked a WHOIS of the domain will return Status: PendingUpdate Note: the DNS check will try regularly for 5 days, then will revert back to the previous value of the NS field. Read more...

Bank Holiday... really!?

Disclaimer: this is only a funny thought, nothing to be offended about (if you are a banker) Based on etymonline.com holiday origins is Holy + Day but in the UK we talk about Bank Holidays So questions: how did banks manage to be involved also in religion? how did banks manage to change the dates of the religious festivities in the UK? Write your further questions and fun answers in the comments. Read more...

How to be a very cheap investor

If you are a startup founder of planning to become one, I highly recommend you to start investing in other startups. It is the best way to understand how startup work from the investor point of view. But how a founder, already putting all his/her savings (maybe even parents’ savings too) can become the investor of others. Well it is simple, you can use sites like seedrs to invest from as little as £10 per company. Read more...

Simpler publishing calendar for frankcontrepois.com

This week I was ready to publish 3 technical articles. But that would be too much in one go and many non-tech people would just stop reading. So I’ve decide to make to changes to simplify my blog life: I will only write about: Fun stuff on Monday Tech stuff on Tuesday People stuff on Wednesday Simple stuff on Thursday Money stuff on Friday nothing on days I do not work (i. Read more...