327,452 Tweets a Minute
Twitter posted its election night numbers yesterday — 327,452 tweets per minute at the peak. That's the story I actually want to talk about, not who won.
327,452 Tweets a Minute (And I Refreshed Anyway)
Twitter hit a record 327,452 tweets per minute during last night's election coverage. A look at what that traffic spike actually says about web infrastructure, plus a tangent about the iPad mini.
A Flooded Basement Took Down Half My RSS Reader
A flooded basement data center in lower Manhattan took Gawker, Gizmodo, and a handful of other big sites offline for days after Sandy, and it made me paranoid about my own dinky hosting setup.
Six Days Without Power
Six days without power after Sandy taught me more about battery packs, car chargers, and generator-owning neighbors than I ever wanted to know.
The Basement That Broke Half the Internet
A flooded basement at a Manhattan data center knocked Gawker, BuzzFeed, and chunks of Huffington Post offline this week, and it's a small, clean example of how fragile "the cloud" actually is.
Storm Prep, Backups, and an iPad Mini I Might Not See for a While
Storm prep notes on the eve of Sandy - backing up the laptop, panic buying at the grocery store, and worrying about a preordered iPad Mini shipment more than I probably should.
Two Days Into Windows 8 and I Still Can't Find Anything
I paid the $39.99 and spent Friday night upgrading my aging ThinkPad to Windows 8. Two days in, here's what actually happened once the install finished.
Nobody At The Microsoft Store Could Explain Windows RT
Windows 8 and Surface RT launched today, and a trip to the Microsoft Store made it obvious nobody, including the staff, can clearly explain what Windows RT actually is.
My iPad Lasted Seven Months
Apple's iPad mini event made my seven-month-old iPad 3 obsolete overnight, and I'm more annoyed about the dead accessories than the device itself.
Seven Months Later, My New iPad Is Already the Old One
Apple's iPad mini event was the big story this week, but the part that actually bugs me is that my seven-month-old "new" iPad is already the old one.
Google's Earnings Leaked Two Hours Early and It Was Kind of Amazing to Watch
Google's Q3 earnings leaked two hours early this week thanks to a filing screwup at its outside print vendor, and it says more about how fragile Wall Street's plumbing is than about Google's quarter.
The Real Record From the Space Jump
Everyone's talking about Felix Baumgartner falling from the stratosphere last Sunday, but the number stuck in my head is the 8 million people who watched it live on YouTube at once.