[geeklog-devel] Gravatar bought by Automattic

[Michael Jervis]

> I guess that's a good thing. Gravatar has been incredibly slow at times
> (thus increasing a site's load time) - so much so that I've disabled it
> on most of my sites. The Wordpress guys have some experience with load-
> balancing, so let's hope they make Gravatar speedy (and usable) again.

Your wish was their command:
http://barry.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/making-gravatar-fast-again/