How the NewEgg warehouse works…

Inside Newegg NJ

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I pretty much agree with most of this blog post:

What Web Hosting is For

Nobody puts any attention on email hosting, and everyone is giving it away for free. And all the free services like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc are remarkably good… much better than what you could roll on your own, or buy from any for-pay email hosting companies.

Personally, I’ve stopped hosting any of my email on my own servers about 2 years ago.. which I’m sure surprises lots of people since I love managing email servers… but the reality is that its just a huge pain, and its a 24×7 service that you can’t live without – and frankly, Google/Yahoo/Microsoft are all really good at it and I have other things to do. 🙂

Lately, I’ve also grown fond of the web-based interfaces from Google/Yahoo/Microsoft… I find them much more useable than OutlookXP/2003/2007 and even better than my all-time favorite Eudora. I’m getting really close to going 100% web on my email – maybe this summer… hmm…

A quick video showing how Bump Keys work… your locks are not safe.

Now this is a how you build a datacenter… wow!

• 407,000 square feet of space
• 250 MVA Switch owned substation
• 146 MVA of generator capacity
• 84 MVA of UPS supply
• 30,000 tons of system plus system cooling
• 4,500,000 CFM
• 30 cooling towers
• 100% heat containment using thermal-scif™
• Designed for 1500 watts per sq. ft. density
• 7000+ cabinets

http://www.switchnap.com/pages/products/the-supernap-video.php

More coverage here: Huge Data Center Going Up In Sin City

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So now we have these new-fangled “crazy ants”… wonderful. 😐

The good news? They eat fire ants, the stinging red terrors of Texas summers.

But the ants also like to suck the sweet juices from plants, feed on such beneficial insects as ladybugs, and eat the hatchlings of a small, endangered type of grouse known as the Attwater prairie chicken.

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics

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Cummon people Unlimited is Unlimited!

A Comcast insider tells me the company is considering implementing very clear monthly caps, and may begin charging overage fees for customers who cross them. While still in the early stages of development, the plan — as it stands now — would work like this: all users get a 250GB per month cap. Users would get one free “slip up” in a twelve month period, after which users would pay a $15 charge for each 10 GB over the cap they travel. According to the source, the plan has “a lot of momentum behind it,” and initial testing is slated to begin in a month or two.

Comcast Considering 250GB Cap, Overage Fees

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Hey we made TechCrunch! Oh yeah!

Please Digg it when you get a chance!

Natuba is a new photo sharing site that targets iPhone users with an emphasis on mobile uploading.

The iPhone Gets Its Own Photo Sharing Site

Yes, yes… I have a X300 – and I love it… 😀

(Thanks Nate for the link)

I had a minor hiccup with my Lenovo Thinkpad X300 where the power manager went nuts and I wasn’t able to switch it to a lower power mode when on battery… after some googling, this blog post (and the comments) helped fix my problem:

I am working with a Lenovo Thinkpad T60 and ran into an unexpected problem. The Power Manager refused to start with the error You are not authorized to display the panel for selecting a power scheme though I am using a windows account with administrative rights

Thinkpad Power Manager problem

SEC S1 Filing:

SEC EDGAR Filing Information

Rackspace’s Press Release:

Rackspace, Inc. (Rackspace® Hosting) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The shares in the offering will be offered by Rackspace Hosting and certain selling stockholders. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not been determined.

Rackspace Hosting Files Registration Statement

The Rackspace IPO site:

http://www.rackspaceipo.com/

Public Press:

Rackspace Inc, which delivers Web sites, Web-based IT systems, and computing as a service, on Friday filed to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering of common stock.

Rackspace Inc files for $400 million IPO

Managed hosting specialist Rackspace, Inc. confirmed late Friday that it has filed forms with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO). The shares will be sold through a “dutch auction” process similar to that used by Google in its 2004 IPO.

Rackspace Confirms $400 Million IPO

Web hosting provider Rackspace filed for an initial public offering with the SEC last night, as we predicted it would. The company will try to raise $400 million, and it intends to set the IPO price through an auction, much like Google did. The underwriters are Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and WR Hambrecht & Co. (the leading proponent of such IPO pricing). Pricing through an auction is designed to make sure the company raises the most money possible instead of giving up a first-day pop to investors who are allocated shares by the investment banks doing the deal. Shares will still be allocated to such clients, but anyone who bids beforehand in the auction at or above the eventual IPO price will also get shares. All in all, it is a much more efficient way to price an IPO and more companies should do it.

Update: Rackspace Files IPO, Will Set Price Via Auction

Rackspace had raised more than $30 million over the past decade. It was founded in 1996 by three students at Trinity University: Richard Yoo, Dirk Elmendorf and Patrick Condon. Then, in 1998, Graham Weston and Morris Miller invested seed capital into the company and took over management of the company.

Web-hosting service Rackspace files for IPO

My sister just launched BubbleVine! w00t!