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Custom domain IP changes make posterous faster or slower?

The new rackspace hosted posterous blogs are supposed to be quicker in loading up for web visitors

Ping and traceroute show an interesting latency story when viewing posterous custom domains from Australia.  

OLD IP Ping

Ping statistics for 209.20.70.130:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 261ms, Maximum = 268ms, Average = 263ms

NEW IP Ping

Ping statistics for 184.106.20.102:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 281ms, Maximum = 293ms, Average = 287ms

Tracing route to custom.posterous.com [184.106.20.102]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    52 ms    32 ms    41 ms  nexthop.wa.iinet.net.au [203.215.XXX.XXX]

  2    36 ms    47 ms    40 ms  te7-1.per-qv1-bdr1.iinet.net.au [203.215.4.18]

  3    71 ms    74 ms   117 ms  xe-3-3-0-0.syd-ult-core1.iinet.net.au [203.215.20.6]

  4    96 ms    97 ms    71 ms  xe-0-1-2-0.syd-mas-core1.iinet.net.au [203.215.20.111]

  5    77 ms    73 ms    74 ms  34023.sydp06.cu.reach.com [134.159.160.57]

  6   225 ms   260 ms   227 ms  i-0-5-0-0.tlot-core01.bx.reach.com [202.84.140.102]

  7   253 ms   246 ms   256 ms  i-2-5.tlot03.bi.reach.com [202.84.251.242]

  8   244 ms   285 ms   248 ms  xe-11-2-0.edge1.losangeles6.level3.net [4.68.62.9]

  9   245 ms   243 ms   258 ms  vlan90.csw4.losangeles1.level3.net [4.69.144.254]

 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.

 11   252 ms   270 ms   257 ms  ae-3-3.ebr3.dallas1.level3.net [4.69.132.78]

 12   251 ms   253 ms   398 ms  4.69.151.169

 13   254 ms   314 ms   258 ms  ae-91-91.ebr1.dallas1.level3.net [4.69.151.162]

 14   316 ms   339 ms   286 ms  ae-14-14.ebr2.chicago2.level3.net [4.69.151.117]

 15   410 ms   285 ms   322 ms  ae-2-52.edge1.chicago2.level3.net [4.69.138.162]

 16   304 ms   303 ms   279 ms  rackspace-m.edge1.chicago2.level3.net [4.71.248.54]

 17   325 ms   308 ms   312 ms  vlan902.guard-6504.ord1.rackspace.net [173.203.0.93]

 18   314 ms   292 ms     *     vlan901.core1.ord1.rackspace.net [173.203.0.62]

 19   286 ms   417 ms   280 ms  173.203.0.217

 20   303 ms   290 ms   287 ms  custom.posterous.com [184.106.20.102]

 

 

The Afternoon Perth Twitterati got duped

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Update 24/02

The account has been deleted and changed very soon after this blog post appeared.  Turns out whoever it was has now renamed to lisa_scaffidi and started tweeting again.

If you are on twitter please block and report for spam @Lisa_Scaffidi and @LisaScaffidi

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original post: 

Hello Perth! This is your Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi. Yes, I am on Twitter! Follow along, and please, re-tweet to all your Perth friends.

Hmm Lisa is outgoing and I really admire her but for a Perth pollie to come up with the above? 

The follower seeding soon started as one or two people retweeted the fact that Lisa was on twitter and in 6 hours she had over 400 followers.  I had my doubts I welcomed her initially and later at night also mentioned her birthday as it falls on the same day as my wife's birthday but did not get a response back.  All her responses were about Rocky IV though she did also reply to some well known perth tweeps that would make sure the seeding would work well.

Now seriously, would, our lord mayor say this:

Thanks to all my new followers! Some great ideas about #perth Now it's time to kick off the Manalo's and call it a day!

That was also the same time the first # tag appeared.. It is possible that someone taught her how to do it, but for a n00b this is amazing:

Enough ad's!!! Lets get back to RockyIV !!! #perth #vibrant #RockyIV #drago4mayor yay it's back on he's skipping! #gorocky #yes #80'smontage

that is taking the piss and it is hash tags on steroids you need to know you way around twitter to do that.

Finally being able to work without staff at night and retweet this:

'rocky' is now trending in #Perth http://trendsmap.com/au/perth

Enough already #Perth you have been pwnd. that is all.

I hate spammers but I hate people that steal other's identities even more. You are not funny.

Don't give this person oxygen IMO and do not follow or RT.

Australia Joins the world on Twitter

Rejoice my fellow Australians we don't have to see what is trending in the world or in America anymore on the twitter web interface and those apps that support it.

Australia is here as a location trend category!!

Finally we are rid of Beiber!

 

Google is forward thinking especially on privacy

I was reading about Google Instant and was wondering why i needed to be logged on to use it, so I thought I would look at the privacy policy (as you do!) 

http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy_faq_2010.html

Privacy Policies Update – October 3, 2010

Screamed the headline, when I looked at my phone we are still on the 9th of September..  For a big corp to come out with what they are planning to do and to make it public is great to see.  Most companies will put a new policy in place retrospectively.  Hat tip to the big G!

I declare Google as the future thinking corp ;)

As if we did not know that already!

posterous new post via web interface whinge

I bring up my posterous blog on a web browser, I am sure the server knows that I am not on a mobile device, because it does not show me the mobile version.

Then why does it start my email client when i click on new post?

Surely it should default to post by web? Especially since the new Media uploader has now been added?

Thoughts?

 

Feel like one of those late night premium SMS ho's

Not sure what to make of twitter's new intro to first time or not logged in viewers to your twitter profile..

txt me txt me now babe.. 

..and receive HOT updates from _ashul :)

My Hello World Post - Unsolicited Email

I have had a lot iof ideas for my "blog" but just have not had the inclination or the time to start and now I felt that everytime I feel the urge to stand on my soapbox and shout i should just blog it!

This is what I just got in my inbox:

Hi,

Hope you are well.

I am Angel,
Website Development Manager,

 We are based in India (Delhi)

I was surfing through site from your domain and came across yours URL: www.eduka.com.Have been observing various changes in trends in the Industry and the types of sites other players in your domain are using.

The field has grown since you last updated your website as per available records in Domain tools. There are a lot more advanced and user friendly websites

 Which appeal to the consumer

A website determines the brand of a firm in the online world.

Do let me know if you are willing to discuss a possible redesigning/redevelopment of your website and I will be happy to explain in greater details.

For More Info Visit Our Website Url: http://onlineseosolutions.org/web-design-development.html

I look forward to your mail.

Kind Regards
Angel
Website Development Manager,
ID: angel@onlineseosolutions.org 

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