http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:23:02 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:23:02 Due to the excessive size of the archives of this forum, we're going to be swapping this one out for a new forum, and transferring it to the Archives, where all threads will be searchable and readable.

The new forum will be called General Discussion: Presidency, and will be listed in the same pla... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/154 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:05:33 because YouTube is having reliability issues tonight, and the hung connections generating from our servers attempting to connect to YouTube were causing our servers to overload.

It's likely that YouTube will resolve the issues quickly and we should have the forum back up tomorrow.

Thanks
Elad... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/153 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:30:13 1) On a typical busy weekday, we get about 1,000,000 page views and 150,000 unique visitors
2) Over the past month, we've had over 2,500,000 unique visitors to the site
3) A busy day will see about 20,000 new posts
4) We have 6 top-of-the-line dedicated servers running the site
5) During the hea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/152 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:39:28 Democratic Underground will be temporarily unavailable Thursday afternoon (July 16) while our ISP performs upgrades and maintenance to our network hardware. This work will help maintain the long-term reliability of our servers and network hardware.

The work will begin around 2pm EDT (11am PDT). ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/146 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:53:10 Here are the pictures...

The Young Turks and Randi Rhodes spotted at Mile High...

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/elad/Denver/youngturks.jpg

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/elad/Denver/randi.jpg

This Obama look alike posed for a picture at the burger stand...

http://up... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/142 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:36:39 So, I have so many pictures to share from tonight, that I'm going to split my report into two threads. The first will be a description of what I saw, and the second part will be all the photos.

Basically, after I posted my thread earlier this afternoon, I headed down to the field to see if I cou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/141 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:18:33 ...turns out that the spots will be rotating due to limited access, so I will only be able to post updates every once in awhile. The rest of the time, I guess I will wander around taking pictures or something. :)

The stadium looks great, although it has been kind of a pain in the ass getting her... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/140 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:26:25 So, on our way out of the Pepsi Center security perimeter on our way to the DU meetup, what do we see, other than the anti-war protesters gathered right outside our parking garage. The police were very obviously preparing for the worst. They were rolling in vans, buses and other methods of transpo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/139 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:38:20 was electric. The place went crazy. It's been so loud and crazy in here all day, and when Hillary took the microphone and started speaking, everyone got hushed. When she started the motion to nominate Obama, the whole place cheered and screamed.

When Nancy Pelosi asked if there were any second... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/138 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:09 She praised all the work that bloggers have done, and called us "revolutionary agents of change." The remarks were short but it was great of her to take the time to encourage bloggers to keep on keepin' on.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/elad/Denver/maya.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/137 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:35:53 The announcement says that he is doing a "live blog" from the Big Tent. I'm not sure where it is being posted, so keep your eyes peeled. He generated quite a lot of interest from the bloggers here at the Big Tent.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/elad/Denver/dpatrick.jpg

Today the hea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/136 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:27:17 My seat tonight was even crappier than Monday night! But I got there in time to "see" the main speakers.

Ted Strickland seemed to be too slow, pausing way too much, and Deval Patrick who immediately followed him seemed rushed. Mark Warner was fun, but not too exciting. The crowd often seemed a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/135 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:02:01 than they were yesterday. Nonetheless, I did not encounter any major protests in my excursions. I walked all the down to Civic Center Park (where the protests originated yesterday), zigzagging through 15th, 16th and 17th streets. The protesters I did run into were what you would expect, generally... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/134 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:06:56 Today it's hot and sunny in Denver, and although I felt like we'd be more efficient today now that we know our way around a little bit, this is the first chance I've had to stop and edit the pictures and write a post. Tygrbright is currently hanging out at the Pepsi Center, seeing what she can see,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/133 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:52:35 The place was packed and the crowd was electric when she spoke. It was so packed, that I actually couldn't get a halfway decent seat. I was parked literally behind the stage with a giant set of speakers blocking my view of the TV that was theoretically providing those of us unfortunate enough to s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/132 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:55:21 Hey everyone... I've made my way through security and into the Pepsi Center, and I even managed to find the blogger lounge through a maze of tunnels in the basement on the Denver Nuggets practice court. I also met up with Tygrbright, so she is safe and in Denver, and will hopefully post an update ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/131 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:41:24 On my way to lunch, I stepped outside the Big Tent, and what do I see? A group of protesters driving by, shouting anti-Obama slogans, and driving a HUMMER! Check it out... I particularly like that they can't even spell "plagiarize."

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/img/08/0825_elad1.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/130 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:02:13 We spent a good part of the day running around trying to find all the places we need to go, but I think we're finally in good shape. The DNCC came through for us big time, we not only got 2 Hall credentials and 1 Perimeter credential, but they got us media packages and two parking passes (which is ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/129 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:09:40 ...and settled in to the cozy but completely adequate (I have wifi and cable) Super 8. I'm pretty tired from traveling and looking forward to getting some sleep tonight, but more excited about checking out all the events tomorrow.

We will have access to the [link:www.bigtentdenver.org/|Big Tent]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/128 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:02:35 Hey everyone, as you [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3840026&mesg_id=3840026|may have heard] I will be in Denver for the Democratic Convention starting Sunday evening, through Friday morning, covering the goings-on for Democratic Underground. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/127 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:45:52 Democratic Underground will be unavailable for several hours starting around 9pm EDT Saturday evening. We are upgrading to a brand new database server that is much more powerful than our current database server in order to prepare for the increased traffic we expect for the general election, as wel... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/123 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:21:02 x... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/122 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:06:40 Changes today were implemented to the login routine, but most of you shouldn't notice any difference.

However, if you suddenly experience problems logging in, please email me and let me know (elad@democraticunderground.com).

Thanks!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/121 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:36:58 There was a glitch that caused a number of people to be unexpectedly logged out. Everything should be fine now, but a small number of people may be experiencing strangeness with their login that makes it appear as if they're not logged in some of the time.

If you're experiencing this type of str... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/120 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:47:32 We've been experiencing network trouble since the early AM off and on today. If you've had slow response time trying to get to DU, that's why. We believe we have a handle on the problem for the time being and will continue to work on it.

Thanks for your patience!

[i]Please kick and recommend... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Elad/119 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:13:10