Twitter Updates for 2010-01-05

  • WANTED : inexpensive hosting provider with SSH+PHP+MySQL+Cpanel+Apache+Django, or root/do-it-yourself. Cost $10 to $20/mo. Suggestions? #
  • @mathiasbaert sounds about right – i'll dig around their website some more. Are folks fans of #slicehost ? in reply to mathiasbaert #
  • Amused at #slicehost selling 256Mb domU instances under #Xen after the noise about #Solaris now requiring 64bit to be dom0 = 4x domU in ~2G? #
  • ps: yes I can do maths: 4 x 256 = 1G, plus exec overhead and management tools = 2G. Probably need 4G for kernel, but 32bit works. Sigh. #
  • open source role (of sorts) available at microsoft http://bit.ly/4uzaMK #
  • I'm sure I've been on a #Lufthansa flight that did this: http://bit.ly/6rWZ1X #
  • @nselby few years ago, LHR to Frankfurt; we took off and then climbed like I've never experienced before. Felt like pointing at the sky. in reply to nselby #
  • inflating replacement tyre for mountain bike. extreme detonation of innertube on bounce test. #ouch #
  • @BSbikeNJ was fitting a MarathonPlus ATB tyre at home, tube was shot. New tube much nicer. U dont 'boing' wheel a few times before fitting? in reply to BSbikeNJ #
  • VPS selection: I think it's between #Slicehost and #Linode. Leaning towards the latter. Anyone had bad experiences? #
  • Just off phone from #Mastercard trying to clear payment to #GoDaddy; apparently fraud is so bad they consider blocking GoDaddy permanently #
  • Chap told me that #GoDaddy and #Trenitalia are two particularly notable sources of fraudulent c/c transactions; makes you go hmm… #

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