Twitter dumped Joyent as its hosting provider late yesterday (see our report here) and it was presumed by some that the switch away form Joyent was due to the poor reliability of the service. We later learnt that Twitter had switched to Verio, and this is where the rumor mill gets interesting.
According to one source, the move to Verio wasn’t related to issues with Joyent, but due to a yet to be disclosed investment from Japanese telco NTT, who are also the full owners of Verio. They did not provide the amount of the investment or terms, but they suggested it was finalized at the same time the Digital Garage investment was announced. Apparently it had been a done deal for months prior to that, hence the talk that Twitter had been planning a move away from Joyent for months. The Digital Garage deal was announced January 16, so presuming reasonable preparations before that, 15 days after signing to make the move is a reasonable enough time frame.
There is some sense in the notion that NTT may have been involved along side Digital Garage in taking a strategic investment in Twitter. Although both companies are separate, they often cross paths in Japan, and staff such as Stuart Woodward have worked for both. Twitter’s still strong roots as a mobile offering would also appeal to NTT, particularly as Google tries to break into Japan with Jaiku one of the platforms they may eventually be offering, and Digital Garage is creating a Japanese version, so all the better if NTT gets the mobile version of that exclusively on their phones. NTT does however have a search deal with Google, but no doubt due to the promised financial returns from it as opposed to any greater love for Larry and Sergey.
This is an unconfirmed tip so we’ve put an email into Twitter for comment on this, and if we get a response we’ll add it.
On the reliability side, the move to Verio isn’t going well for Twitter so far with regular down time, delayed messages and related issues in the just over 24 hours since the move was made. As one wag suggested on Twitter, “even www.istwitterdown.com can’t keep up.”
Kara Swisher’s elves must have Mark Zuckerberg’s number. Because she is reporting details from an all-hands meeting the Facebook founder held on Thursday for employees that had an open dial-in number, in which he revealed the following financial metrics for the still-private company:
2007 Revenues: $150 million
2008 Revenues: $300 to $350 million (projected)
2007 Headcount: 450
2008 Headcount: 1,000 (projected)
2008 Capital Expenditures: $200 million (i.e., servers)
Cooking and recipe sites are a dime a dozen online, but usually they often generic recipe sites tailored for people who cook regularly….and despite women’s liberation and equality of the sexes that’s still statistically women.
Culinary Seductions is billed as “the guys guide to cooking for girls” and does just that, offering recipes for men wishing to look smart by cooking for women.
The recipes are split into Dishes/ Course (including “food for the morning after”), difficulty and moods. Moods include decadent, snugly, saucy, sassy, nutty and luscious, but seem to miss out some obvious mood choices for a partner like cranky, irrational and argumentative.
The recipes on offer seem to be reasonable enough; there’s nothing ground breaking in the food but the way its split up is helpful and the instructions are fairly straight forward.
Might be worth a look if you’re a bloke looking for something to cook for your better half.
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You can argue all you want about who won the Democratic debate tonight, but all that matters is who wins on Super Tuesday. If viral video is any indicator (and I don’t think it is), Barack Obama is already ahead. From the folks at Barely Political, now part of Next New Networks, here is latest Obama Girl video: Super Obama Girl. It just came out:
Personally, in my book, you can never top the original Obama Girl video. Let’s review (for comparison purposes only):
There’s also the whole YouBama phenomenon,which we broke, and now the Washington Post, Yahoo News, and CNN has picked up. I got an e-mail earlier tonight from YouBama co-founder Christopher Pedregal informing me that “Our servers are melting.” They seem to be back up now. I wonder how long before someone puts the Obama Girl videos on YouBama. Check out Craigslist founder Craig Newmark’s Obama video testimonial. He ain’t no Obama Girl, but he is sincere. Where are all the viral videos for Hillary or McCain?
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I’m so god damn happy right now. My favourite American show is BACK! The season premiere of LOST! Excitement is at its peak right now for Lost fans. The cliffhanger at the end of season 3 left us wanting to know more: Who are the people in the ship? Who is going to leave the island and who will stay? Why does Jack in the future want to go back to the island? Well, no more words are needed, just DOWNLOAD
Quality Analysis coming up. Not much info is out there right now, but I wanted to post this as quickly as possible. As soon as theres more I will update.
More of the Island’s secrets will be revealed as the castaways continue to seek rescue after making contact with a freighter. Season 4 will feature both flashforwards and flashbacks. Production began on August 17,but halted in late November due to the writers’ strike. As a result, the current plans are to air the first eight episodes of a shortened season.
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Lost fanboys (and girls, of course) can rejoice now that a small clip show with teasers and previews of the upcoming fourth season. Because this is a preview show, it is appropriately numbered E00. This preview show will As this is not ‘a real episode’ I don’t feel the need to rush this post right after pre time. Also see the other rls below if you want more.
A clip show recapping the first three seasons and exploring mysteries on
and off the island in preparation for the fourth-season opener.
Twitter dumped Joyent as its hosting provider late yesterday (see our report here) and it was presumed by some that the switch away form Joyent was due to the poor reliability of the service. We later learnt that Twitter had switched to Verio, and this is where the rumor mill gets interesting.
I’m so god damn happy right now. My favourite American show is BACK! The season premiere of LOST! Excitement is at its peak right now for Lost fans. The cliffhanger at the end of season 3 left us wanting to know more: Who are the people in the ship? Who is going to leave the island and who will stay? Why does Jack in the future want to go back to the island? Well, no more words are needed, just DOWNLOAD
A clip show recapping the first three seasons and exploring mysteries on
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