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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-08
- Coursework 1 of 2 Completed. SVN is making this alot easier. #
- I am more than a little pissed off, that #mediatemple (gs) has failed. Transferring to Dedicated Servers ASAP. #
- Massive CoreImage Bug, caused by safari systematically killing everything. Reboot Needed. #
- RT @SteveReynolds: @ashleyford Post your feedback on the MediaTemple Cluster 2 outage here: http://tinyurl.com/d8p2zx #
- Hahaha, I mention @mosso in a tweet and they start following me. Any chance of a discount for referring the spoils of (mt)’s failure? #
- For anybody affected by #mediatemple downtime. You can force your server to point to a (dv) if you add the domain to account center as a … #
- RT @brennannovak: A blog dedicated to the #mt_downtime for @mediatemple customers http://bit.ly/mtcustomers msg me if u want to contribute! #
- Retweeting @SteveReynolds: Open Letter to MT on behalf of MediaTemple Outage Sufferers : http://tinyurl.com/asycd2 #
- moving all my data to (dv) a little extra downtime is not going to be a problem I have been down over 36 hours. @mediatemple epic fail. #
- From an morning of RoR to an afternoon of JAVA, now I remember how much I hate java. #
Star Trek XI – Trailer 3
If the production of the film is anything like the most recent trailer, it looks like its going to be a kick ass film.
Dirty Jobs?
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-01
- looks like I am attend the UK launch of the Roland V-Piano http://tinyurl.com/auozph #
- @chrisodonnell sibelius is shockingly bad, and you have to lay out alot of cash between versions. I recommend PrintMusic or Allegro. in reply to chrisodonnell #
- @eddyspirit you might want to look at finale 2009 way ahead of Sibelius http://tinyurl.com/finale09 in reply to eddyspirit #
- Is #heroes still going, the BBC seems to think it is. I got bored with it a long time ago. #BSG ftw #
- Tesco Chicken Salad is almost as bland as water… #
- Spotify Turns up some gems. http://open.spotify.com/track/1VZFHqFqipS7j5PAW70sp1 #
- @adamcurry google is moving all it’s servers to Denver. It’s the next step in the take over. All your email has belong to us. #
- @Artistagirl just a joke, although with the new world order you never know… in reply to Artistagirl #
- @spam @ScobleizerE #
- http://tinyurl.com/ct5sc6 #
- @spam @Paula22yup #
- @spam @Sandy776 #
- http://tinyurl.com/afxrlj – Next RyanAir is going to start charging extra for Wings, Engines, Seats and more importantly the Pilots #
- RT @lightwerk: Kurzweil’s predictions coming to a theater near you: http://transcendentman.com/ Bring on The Singularity! #
- I wish @spotify_com had an equalizer, it always seems a little light on the bass, and mids. But the Artist You may like is pretty good #
- Finally given up on the Skype BETA for OSX. Moving back to 2.7 Maybe it will start to work properly. #
- I hate it when iTunes crashes and proceeds to take 4 ages of man to check the library… #
- http://tinyurl.com/dl2c39 RyanAir, new inflight safety system. Before Helping others with O2 Mask, please pay for your own. #
- http://tinyurl.com/b5a9qv Ouch… #
- What Fun, its been a while since I have reinstalled OSX, forgot how much easier than Windows Installer is… #
- Migrated all my coursework to SVN, I tried GIT but it wouldn’t behave. #
- trying to listen to #noagenda stream keeps dieing on me, mirror anyone? #
- @adamcurry #noagenda stream is much better now #
- @adamcurry #noagenda people don’t want truth they want another story about Jade Goody #
- versions has to be the best thing since sliced bread http://versionsapp.com/ #
A Bad Week For The Cloud.
The world is abuzz with talk of the next big thing in computing, the cloud. Well this week my experiences have told me one thing, the cloud sucks, it is the biggest pile of BS since the bailout of the banks.
First, Google Mail (gmail for the US) failed. Leaving customers both on hosted and the standard accounts, then my favourite hosting provider of nearly 5 years fails on me, there (gs) or GridService. The cloud based shared hosting system, which I decided to put some of my clients on to allow rapid scaling or as it has turned out rapid failing.
The storage cluster of which my server is a part has failed, in a whale like fashion – Spewing its entrails all over the server. Thankfully my managerie of dedicated servers are still up and running, but I hadn’t transferred the remainder of the sites out of the (gs). Meaning the biggest of all my sites is no down for the count, and has been down for over 24hrs.
I love (mt) mediatemple, and there support staff are not doubt taking flak from every corner. But, I would really appreciate it if I could edit my DNS entries so I can get something up to explain to customers what the hell is going on, and no we haven’t gone bankrupt.
I would like to add, that I still would recommend mediatemple to anyone, but just not the (gs). If you want cloud Amazon EC2 or mediatemple (cs) when its out is what you want.
last.fm vs TechCrunch
Being the heavy user of Last.fm I was a little concerned when techcrunch broke the story that supposably, last.fm had given the RIAA, information pertaining to users who had scrobbled any tracks from the Upcoming and undrealeased U2 album. The fact I can’t stand the rose tinted glasses wearing, Irish Hypocrite is beside the point.
Firstly, what got me there was no mention of the Data Protection act fair enough last.fm is a CBS company, but its still based in the UK (for the most part) and that would mean the passing of this data would be illegal. You cannot pass data to a third party without consent from the data subject.
Also it seems like there are alot of people and blogs posting unsubstantiated rumours to get traffic and therefore ad revenue etc. I know its always been there but it seems like everybody is at it even big news companies, what little credibilty these sites have is been quickly ruined by hastly researched stories and a all too trigger happy publish finger.
Last.fm – Keep up the good work.
This week I was on the internet and found this…
UK car industry needs support? No.
Hot of the presses a car factory in the UK is close to closing. I love how we think the UK still has a car industry, and we now have the go to phrase we need government support.
Car companies are making less money and don’t need such output from their respective factories. These business are too big even for the good times, getting money off the government can only help for so long. They will still loose money and still lay-off or even close the factory. Business are categorically not big enough to fail, and if the companies or unions associated with those companies believe that all there prayers are answered with a handout. They should be forced to close.
We are already as a nation up to the neck in debt, yet we seem content to believe what the government says and continue borrowing and spending as if money is going out of fashion. Business isn’t a business if it isn’t making money from its products and ultimately it ends in failure.
Look at the US auto-industry, GM has announced that it is going to cut 50,000 jobs and needs at least $12 billion to keep going. The first round of bailout money was meant to put a stop to this and ultimately the business is so big and loosing money from so many outlets, the company as a whole is un-viable. A bank wouldn’t lend to GM in the good times under those conditions so why should a Government under the same ultimatum.