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Data and Technology, Highlights

Posted on December 7th, 2008

Written by cliff

Tags
bahnhof, datacenter, james bond, pionen, stockholm, sweden, technology, underground

World’s Coolest Datacenter

Ever since coming to work at UC Santa Cruz, I have been feeling pretty lucky to work in a well engineered and managed datacenter. So lucky, in fact, that I’ve been cultivating hatred towards me in my former coworkers by regaling them with stories about how wonderfully designed everything is here. The problem with thinking [...]
Highlights

Posted on December 21st, 2006

Written by cliff

Tags
Alkyl-Phosphonates, arson, british, burning, burning goat, flame, Gävle, government, prank, retardant, straw goat, sweden, swedish goat, webcams

How To Burn The Swedish Goat?

Derek writes me today to tell me about a 43ft straw goat sitting dead-center in the Swedish town of Gävle. Now a huge straw goat just sitting right out there in the open is obviously a target for sabotage, but the Swedes have won a special place in my heart by making a tradition out [...]