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On Migration

admin — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:57:09 -0800

Today's an exciting day for gurBlogs and Room Eight. We just finished migrating to our new host, the Media Temple gridserver. The gridserver is a fairly new hosting technology (which Tech Crunch reviews here). Unlike traditional shared hosting environments, where multiple sites are hosted on one server, the gridserver is just that: a grid of multiple servers that function as one collective host.

The best part about the grid is that it enables sites to pay-as-they-grow; and to withstand unforseen spikes in traffic. And for starters, we're paying about a tenth of what we were paying on our previous vps. Love it!

Just thought I'd share.

Day One: Has To Change

admin — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:35:49 -0800

We did it because ... well ... we just couldn't let slip the idea that our governor-elect was soliciting ideas from the people (a good move) - but then just reprinting them back to us (a tad lame). What's the use of this whole technology bit - if you don't push it to the nth degree, or at least to Day One, 2004?

If everything's going to change on Day One, 2007 - I hope that everything includes Eliot's interactions with the blogosphere as well. There's a real opportunity for Eliot to revolutionize the meaning of government entirely.

And for that, we shall see!

What's This LunchBox?

admin — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:50:44 -0700

So, I've been meaning to write a few thoughts about this LunchBox thing for a while... but have been otherwise disposed.

Last month, Room Eight (my utha blog) launched this daily 3-minute satirical vlogcast about New York politics (aka LunchBox). Not only did it mark my foray into the vlogosphere but separately, also proved to be quite a departure from Room Eight's standard, more insiderish fare.