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In: In the news|Rants
22 Jul 2010As I was checking in today on the latest tech news, I found out that Twitter has announced that they are building their own data center. Death to the fail whale they are calling it. Maybe so, but what really got me was this. Twitter will have full control over network and systems configuration, with [...]
In: Dumb People|Rants
15 Dec 2009Seriously CNN, is this the best that you can do? In case you are wondering why people no longer look to you for news, this is why. Some blowhole closing his twitter account shouldn’t make the front page of cnn.com.
In: In the news
29 Apr 2009Many of us are on twitter (@usrlocal), and for the most part, there isn’t a whole lot productive that happens there. Sure, some people are using it for marketing, some are using it to keep up with friends, some are just being stupid. Yes folks, there are some people that literally tell us that they [...]
In: In the news
8 Apr 2009Has anyone else been having a bunch of issues with Twitter as of late? It seems like the service is even more unstable than is has been in the past few months. My biggest complaint right now, besides it being down a lot, is the profile settings. Yes, I’m _finally_ getting around to setting a [...]