Archive - Feb 18, 2008

Only because Simon had to send back another article in response to this Harpers Annotation (blueprints for Googles new data-farm next to the Dalles Dam on the Colombia River) I sent him:

Keyword: evil

The blueprints depicting Google’s data center at The Dalles,Oregon, are proof that the Web is no ethereal store of ideas, shimmering over our heads like the aurora borealis. It is a new heavy industry, an energy glutton that is only growing hungrier.

Presentation: Feb 28th. Interview project March 3rd. Presentation March 6th. Seminar March 18th.

How did I not know any of this? I blame the fact that I can't sync I-cal to my internets.

This is actually very cool, and yes probably represents the loss of another 45 minutes worth of productivity.

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That's one sexy map you got there.. I am not sure how well it will work , but it's worth noting that the site is launching from Pakistan.

Ahhhhh.... aside from a slight cold, this couldn't be a better day.

It's reading week, so theoretically I should be catching up on all that stuff that is in my big folder full of shit I haven't done since who know when, but it ought to get done.

Instead, I slept in, made a second latte (!) gossiped with Alison and then spent a good hour setting up my very own Netvibes home page.

Utterly wasted time.