Friday, September 2, 2005

Message From DirectNIC Hosting in New Orleans Please re-post across the blogosphere, or e-mail to colleagues in the internet industry. - G.S. As an owner of Intercosmos Media Group, Inc., I would like to thank all of you for the overwhelming support you have shown our company, our group, and our fight. This week has been a nightmare for everyone involved. The team at Outpost Crystal has done an outstanding job. There are many employees behind the scenes who have also committed themselves to working 16 hour days amidst complete turmoil, to keeping direcNIC.com up and operational. Unfortunately all of these people are scattered across several states and telecommuting via hotel connections, pc cards, dial-up connections and even wi-fi hotspots. This dedicated group needs a temporary home until New Orleans is rebuilt! Please help us to find a temporary home for 55 employees. We are looking for the following: Short-term solution 6,000 - 8,000 square feet Ready to occupy, desks, chairs, etc Workplaces for 55 people Nearby datacenter preferable Internet connectivity Nearby housing Texas, Northern Louisiana, Georgia, & Florida are preferable... Please send any information to noah(at)intercosmos.com. I also want to take this time to thank all Internet providers who have offered assistance in secondary collocation, bandwidth and hardware. We especially want to thank National Net (http://www.national-net.com), Marlin Web Hosting (http://www.marlinwebhosting.com), and EV1 (http://www.ev1.net). They have been invaluable with their assistance. Best regards, Noah Lieske Co-owner / Director Intercosmos Media Group, Inc. 7:32:38 PM

Support the Red Cross Support the Red Cross. In response to requests from a number of publishers, we have added a service that enables publishers to splice into their feeds the following graphic and link for Red Cross donations in support of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. The service is located on the "optimize" tab for your feed. [Burn This! - The FeedBurner Weblog] 7:24:29 PM

Podcast From New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin The Mayor's urgent message on WWL-AM: http://www.zen41771.zen.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/WWL-AM%20Interview%20Nagin.mp3 11:52:00 AM

In Katrina's Wake In Katrina's wake. Massive hurricane slams into the Gulf Coast, turning lives upside down. It's a long road ahead for recovery efforts. Photos: Before and after [CNET News.com] 8:38:44 AM

Dave Winer on New York Infrastructure In the background are all the other preventable disasters that have been predicted. Recently, I think again on 60 Minutes, I saw a story about a key vulnerability in New York's infrastructure -- the subway system and the rivers it passes under. If there were a breach in one of the tunnels, say a bomb exploded, not ncessarily a big one, and caused one of the tunnels to fail, letting in water from the East River, for example. The entire system would flood, quickly, possibly killing thousands, and turning the city back to the time before the subways. Like New Orleans's levees, this technical innovation allowed the city to grow, from a relatively small concentration of homes and businesses in lower Manhattan, populating the rest of Manhattan and the boroughs -- the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens. Staten Island, which is still relatively unpopulated, has no subway connecting it with the rest of the city. People who argue that we shouldn't rebuild New Orleans would probably say we shouldn't rebuild New York either. Now, the city could be protected against this disaster, with walls that close automatically when there's a breach, and stay closed until it can be repaired. As far as I know, nothing is being done about this vulnerability. [Scripting News] 7:58:32 AM