Gotta love Comcast’s new scheme for gaming the speed tests, PowerBoost:
What is PowerBoost?
PowerBoost is a patented-pending Comcast network technology that enables you to experience faster connection speeds while you are downloading and uploading large files to the Internet.
How long does the PowerBoost burst last?
A PowerBoost burst will normally last as long as the 10MB […]
Archive for June, 2007
PowerBoostin’
10Jun07Jealous of the Nokia N95
10Jun07I’ve got no interest in Nokia phones, I soured to the Series 60 OS long ago, but I am stunned by the photos in the Nokia N95 pool on Flickr. That phone is a serious rival to point-and-shoot cameras. My phone couldn’t take a usable photo to save it’s life…
Congrats to 37signals…
09Jun07for finally releasing a proper date picker for Basecamp Milestones. But I don’t take back calling you retards, it is flat-out inexcusable that such a beneficial-yet-minor UI change was, in their own words, a “a long top-requested feature.”
Im in ur blogz, posten memes
09Jun07I am convinced that the Internet’s sole reason for being was to bring us I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER, aka lolcats.
Mmmmm, speedy.
09Jun07My colleagues at ServerBeach have put up broadband speed tests in their Herndon, VA, Los Angeles, CA, and San Antonio, TX data centers. Here are my results from my home in Lauderhill, Florida (Comcast 8196/768) and the server hosting this site at the Peer 1 Dedicated Hosting Miami data center:
Note that the above […]
Closed
09Jun07UPDATE wp_posts SET comment_status = ‘closed’, ping_status = ‘closed’
Previously.
GrandCentral
05Jun07Signed up with GrandCentral last week. At it’s core, GrandCentral provides the one number ringing multiple locations that many others have done before. What’s different is control. Calls can be screened, blocked, recorded, and transferred to another phone with ease. Online voicemail and call logs. Click-to-dial that calls your phone and connects you through to […]
Peer 1 is 9th?
04Jun07Over at the P1DH ‘blog comes news that Profit Magazine’s 19th annual list of Canada’s 100 fastest-growing companies ranks Peer 1 as #9. Who knew that Canada even had 100 companies? I kid, I kid my bosses to the North. I think Canada is lovely and I wish someone up there would invite me to […]
