Picture: Twitoaster shutting down this Sunday

PICTURE: Time to unplug the toaster: Twitoaster shutting down netflix

As of March 21 Manila time 1:06 am Twitoaster is Down.

From product goals to technical stuff, there are many areas where Twitoaster needs to evolve and to be improved. And I unfortunately don’t have the time anymore to work on all of this. So this Sunday (March 20th):

• The Twitoaster API will be totally shut down (read & write). Any external service relying on it will obviously cease to function (i.e. Twitoaster WordPress plugin). Please note this also includes the feeds!
• The website will remain accessible in a “read-only status” for some time. That means you’ll still be able to access your threaded timelines, conversations, rankings… but nothing will be updated anymore and you won’t be able to login with your #twitter account.

I really wanted to thank you guys again for using Twitoaster. Take a last bite in the toasts while they’re still hot. I’ll update this post when I’ll actually unplug the toaster.

Malacañang Palace unveils new logo

The 2011-version Malacañang signage, with the noticeable arched balcony

Malacañang Officially unveiled a New look Logo as of 2011 Malacañang Palace Officially launch New look Logo. finance

Malacañang Palace on Monday launching the revised signage for the Press Briefing Room in the New Executive Building. In a briefer published on the Official Gazette, the palace said the 2011 version is the latest update to the logo since 1986.

2011 Revision

The 2011 signage for the Press Briefing Room of the New Executive Building is the latest update since 1986. The present modified design harmonizes the elements of past official signage, incorporating the famous Pasig River façade of the Palace with its arched windows and two towers, the name of the official residence and its location. The background color is the national blue, as used in the national flag and presidential seal. The font used is in keeping with the traditional typography used in official stationery since the Commonwealth era.

What can you say about the new Palace Unveils 2011 Logo?

Skype Down Millions users affected

Skype Down for Many Users

Millions affected as Skype goes down: Skype has explained today’s downtime on its blog, nothing that “Customers using the enterprise version of Skype for Windows  may still experience delays signing in.”

Last month, Skype hit a new usage record, hosting 25 million people on its service concurrently, speaking to both the ubiquity of the service and the problem created when it goes down. Let’s just hope this doesn’t rival the Skype outage of 2007, which saw the service down for an extended period of time.
Update (3:20 p.m. ET): Skype has posted an update on its blog , assuring users that the service should return in “a few hours.”

Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system.

WikiLeaks.org Downed By Its DNS Service Provider

WikiLeaks Downed By Its DNS Service Provider. finance

WikiLeaks has been struggling to fend off a DDoS attack ever since it started leaking secret embassy cables, and now it lost one more ally: its DNS services provider, EveryDNS.net.According to a statement from EveryDNS.net, the services were terminated as the DDoS attack on WikiLeaks started to be a threat to the service itself and its other users.

“EveryDNS.net provided domain name system (DNS) services to the wikileaks.org domain name until 10PM EST, December 2, 2010, when such services were terminated see the Picture below. Read More...