TGIF.

Here at 199 Fremont Street we’re all exhaling a deep, collective sigh of relief. We’ve spent the last several weeks revamping every single page of our site to make it easier to use, and its fitting that we finished it on a Friday. Lots of you let us know how much you liked the original, and thank you very much for that. But I think you’re really gonna love the new one.

If you want to poke around, I recommend:

• The “How it Works” section. If you’ve ever wondered how we give you such a world-class DNS service, “How it Works” is your place.

• The “Features” section. Our service does a lot. The index page here gives you a snapshot of everything.

• The “Customers” section. Our customers cross both industries and continents and we’ve built this section so you can see just how diverse the group is. The main page has a few representative customers from each category, but be sure to click “view all.”

As always, we welcome your feedback and will read and consider anything you send our way.

What do you think of the new site?

OpenDNS is looking to hire some standout software engineers.

It doesn’t matter if you just graduated with your BS in Computer Science or if you’ve been slinging code in the Valley for the last 20 years. All that matters is that you can solve complex problems and write code that will stand up to your peers. Oh, you have to speak C fluently, even though you might not use it for everything.

Here’s a post we did on Craigslist: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eng/415769743.html

So if you are sitting around with your Master’s in CS where you finished in the top 2% of your class and you are wasting time writing AJAX callbacks so that Bob can add Alice as her buddy on some social networking site, send us an email. The stuff you’ll be doing here will keep you interested and will be used by millions of people. We’ll compensate you well, with full benefits and more often than not, we’ll get a beer with you after work. Sometimes during work.

OpenDNS user Zach Weigand just released version 1.0 of his freeware AppleScript application for keeping OpenDNS updated as dynamic IP addresses change. We’d seen the work brewing, and it’s fun to share his work with a wider audience. I know many OpenDNS users on Macs can benefit from this focused utility.

Go to http://zwei.gotdns.com/zweisoft to download the application (all of 25K) and the brief documentation. The application is also available at VersionTracker and MacUpate.com. (Looks like a few hundred downloads at each place already!)

This application will be useful after you do three things (besides, of course, using OpenDNS):

1. Create a free account.
2. Add a single IP network from the Networks tab of the OpenDNS Dashboard.
3. Check the box to enable dynamic IP updates for that network from the Settings tab.
   (Look for “Set Up a Dynamic IP” in the left-hand menu.)

Multiple dynamic IP addresses per account are supported; read more tips and information about dynamic IPs, or get clients for other platforms. Developers, we’re happy to add your app to the list.

Thanks, Zach!