Seaworthy Data Storage
My green credentials may not be up to date, but is pumping 40% of the heat generated by a data center into the San Francisco bay (pdf) considered “green” nowadays?
Straight out of Snow Crash.
1/14/2008
Drug Made Legal?!
Dude, rock on! It appears that an aside in our effort to make everything illegal, the US decided to give absinthe a reprieve. It appears that the supposedly hallucinogenic drink has been legalized. Turns out all those bad side effects were from bad distillation processes. Now if we can only do the same with marijuana we can continue the trend of shifting prison population from drug offenders to violent offenders.
I do however have it on good authority that Absinthe gives a MEAN hangover, so you might want to do your experimentation with small quantities.
Chicago Spire Condo On Sale
Got $15 Million? Want to blow it? The Chicago Spire condos went on sale today. I guess the sort of people that buy $15 Million condos, don’t really care about the housing market. Best line from the article: “With most units priced from $750,000 to $15 million, she added, ‘it will appeal to a specific audience.’”