Twitter is breaking down

Paul

Man down!

Around 11 am in San Francisco, our main database db006, crashed because of too many connections. We have to put the service into an unscheduled maintenance mode to recover. Folks will see degraded service for the next few hours.

We’ll keep you updated here and in Satisfaction.

[Via Twitter Blog]

So as you can see they are having a lot of problems at twitter. They are talking about the the API Project taking to much bandwidth and to much processing power. It’s got to be a combination of the two. They are melting and they can’t seem to figure out why. Of course they are say they know why, but if they are having this much problems constantly then why can’t they fix it. So I’ve been playing around with FriendFeed to see if it can compare to Twitter. I would love to hear if people are getting mad at Twitter or if they are use Friendfeed more and more often. I see no reason why people will keep accepting twitter if they don’t fix these problems really soon. Just my opinion.

Some videos from FF Scobleizer
Why Gillmore hates Friend Feed!!

Why Gillmore is wrong about conversation cycle (language is offensive for some)

Snackr RSS Ticker Keeps You on Top of News

Paul


Windows/Mac/Linux: Freeware Adobe Air application Snackr runs a news ticker of your RSS feeds at the bottom or top of your monitor, or as a scrolling sidebar. The application is very customizable, allowing you to add feeds individually or import an OPML file of feeds from your current reader of choice. If you like to keep an eye on all the latest updates to your newsfeeds, Snackr is an excellent option. The attractive Snackr is freeware, cross-platform, and requires Adobe Air.

Snackr [via Download Squad]

[Via LifeHacker]

I thought you’d like to see this little program. It might be useful for some of you!!

Customize Vista Open/Save Shortcuts

Paul
Whenever you open or save a file in Windows Vista, you typically get the standard dialog box which has shortcut locations on the left side. You can easily customize these locations to add or remove locations to best suit your needs. Here is how:
  1. Open a dialog box (either a Save As or Open dialog will work).
  2. Right click on some white space in the locations on the left pane and select Open Favorite Links Folder. The folder: “C:\Users\Your Name\Links” should open.
  3. Add or remove shortcuts as needed.
  4. Your changes should take effect immediately.

Once you take a few minutes to configure your locations, this trick should save you quite a bit of time.

[Via PcMech]

Thought people would like this little tip that I found on PcMech and I wanted to let people know. What do you think?

Un-answered questions

Paul
In the days of old, We’ve seen so much money going down the drain. I’ve only have to ask, some questions, that have been swimming in my head today. So I’ve figured I’d ask my users to submit there answers either via twitter or through the comment section of blogger. Anyways I’ve been quite curious of these questions:

  1. What type of OS is your Favorite? (Mac, Windows, or Linux)
  2. Do you have a favorite game? If so what platform do you use?
  3. Have you played with Linux or do you consider yourself a geek?
  4. Do you think Windows is going to die soon? If so who will replace it?
  5. Have you played with Linux? Do you think it is suitable for the kids?
  6. Have you played with a Macintosh? What do you think?
  7. What games would you like to see on this blog? (Give names of titles if possible)
  8. Is there Anything else you’d like to see posted on this blog? (Give Examples)
Now I know this is questions that most wouldn’t understand but I was curious about what people are looking for and want some input so as to make this blog even better. Please support this blog by let me know what you think.

Best of Tech-linkblog

Paul
So I’ve been thinking of what do next with the blog. It suddenly came to me, review what I’ve written and explore some my help posts and see if I can’t get even a better blog post going!! I’ve been so busy with a bunch of areas here are some things to consider:

This is one of my favorite post because it talks about hacking, err better not say that, using the command line for steam and make Half Life 2 more enjoyable. You see I’ve had problems with IGFX and Half Life 2. So I decided to tell people how to fix it, and People are constantly coming to my blog to read this article.

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This little Article was those who were having problems with Vista and Enemy Territories. I created this article to also help people play Enemy territory multi-player game. People also come to mine to look at this one. Also it seems to be very popular with people wanting to know how to get some old games to work with Vista.

So I was getting inspired on this one. People were having problems with this little skype text and some bot trying to trick people into thinking they had a virus. I decided I would write this page to better make people aware of other ways to find out if you had a virus. There are some good tips and suggestions on this one.

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As you can see I’ve done my research on this one. I’ve got a laptop with Vista Premium on it and have gotten my battery life to be to be extended to last around 2 1/2 hours. Not all the good but it is really good for those slightly long drives and other such things. I hope people find this as informative as I do.

This One was because of Alertscan on Skype trying to do what other scams do. They want you to install software and malware. So I did a post on this one as well.

I hope you enjoyed these post and soon there will be more. I’ve been doing some research on Vista SP1 and will have tips and tricks it also. Until Next time. (Same bat channel, same bat time!!)

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