The Huffington Post reports on three easy ways to tell if twitter is down.

#1 seems suspicious, but we can give them the benefit of the doubt that Twitter's blog is hosted on a different server than site itself. But #3? Really? Check a Twitter Feed to tell if Twitter is up?

Highlighted screen capture from Huffington Post:

For your entertainment, here's another screenshot. This is from their actual Twitter Feed. Great information here:

Maybe they need to tweak their keywords a bit. (and, more importantly, realize that this is a ridiculous way to determine the up-status of a service)

There's no way Microsoft is serious with this idea, right? Is this a little tough-in-cheek humor from a sleep deprived ad exec? Or just a parody? Please tell me it is.

How the hell do these four people know each other? That black dude looks like he standing a little too close to the chick according to other apparent Microsoft advertising policies. But it was the white dude that threw up a gang sign at the 6:13 mark.

Check out how judgmental the old lady is at the 2:40 mark. Priceless. "Oh... you went straight to an activity... well, if that's what you tramps are into nowadays..."

And seriously - do I want to know what the white guy's "third" activity was (2:58)? Judging by their reactions, it looks like the others already do. I thought the blond chick was going to shit herself when he said he did THREE activities.

Tonight, Stephanie is going to a Bachelorette party.

I'm staying home.