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Behind Live Mesh: How we run cloud services
via MSDN Blogs by Live Mesh Team on April 29, 2008
A quick self-introduction: I’m Alex Mallet, one of the development leads on the Live Mesh project. I’ve been at Microsoft since ’97, except for an abortive [but instructive] side trip to graduate school in an attempt to get a PhD in computational biology. Just about all of my time has been spent working on distributed systems, of gradually increasing scale – I started out working on IIS,...
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Tea Infuser Design Clips On, Catches Drips [Tea]
via Gizmodo by Kit Eaton on May 19, 2008
Tea is the fuel that keeps many an editor's brain ticking over here in the Giz office: I make mine with teabags, Blam loves the new Sorapot. So this new design is of more than passing interest: student Paul Sukphisit has reinvented the tea infuser. And it actually looks like he's really "built a better mousetrap" with his idea, since it cures some of the ills of normal infusers.It clips...
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The Coolest Internet Network Operation Centers [Network Operation Centers]
via Gizmodo by (author unknown) on May 21, 2008
Shared by Pat SomedayThis is a shot of the interior of AT&T's Death Star, their stunning global network center in Bedminster, New Jersey—where they work to suppress good wireless reception and run their Random Billing Generator. It looks more amazing than NASA's, but it's not the only cool network operation center running the intarwebs: in this gallery you can see some of the...
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Photos of pajamas as outerwear in Shanghai. The prevalence of...
via kottke.org by jason@kottke.org on May 22, 2008
Photos of pajamas as outerwear in Shanghai.The prevalence of pyjamas, Guariglia explained to me, was due to both the extreme summer heat and the lack of plumbing. Most Shanghaians share outdoor communal toilets and thus the boundaries of what was considered one's home have expanded past people's houses to the public bathrooms. Once that relaxation of the dress code became acceptable...
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World's Biggest Airport Opens in Beijing [Beijing Airport Finished]
via Gizmodo by jesusdiaz on May 26, 2008
The world's biggest airport is now finished and ready for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The $3.5 billion gigantic dragon terminal, which is the centerpiece of the 501-square-mile complex capable to allow 50 million passengers per year, looks even more impressive in the amazing, almost unreal photos.The new Terminal 3 has been designed to be energy efficient, allowing for natural...
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Peak Water ?
via The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz on May 26, 2008
Last week, we discussed Peak Oil; Today, we look at "Peak Water."Click for ginormous graphicsWIRED SCIENCE | Peak Water | PBScool Source:Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry. How Three Regions Are CopingMatthew Power WIRED MAGAZINE: 16.05 04.21.08 | 6:00 PM Science : Planet Earth http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-05/ff_peakwater
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BBQ Baja is Barbeque in a Box [Grilling]
via Gizmodo by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
Shared by Michael Makes me hungry!Charcoal grilling undoubtedly tastes better than gas, but coals can be a pain. This Baja BBQ is a solution to the more lazy among us who'd rather not deal with coal chimneys and lighter fluid. Constructed of 100% recycled biodegradable paper pulp, the Baja's 2 pounds of coals will be perfectly hot after 20 minutes and a match. And the whole thing sounds...
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Descent of the Phoenix
via Astronomy Picture of the Day by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
Descent of the Phoenix Credit: MRO-HiRISE, NASA, JPL, Univ. Arizona Explanation: In this sweeping view, the 10 kilometer-wide crater Heimdall lies on the north polar plains of Mars. But the bright spot highlighted in the inset is the Phoenix lander parachuting toward the surface. The amazing picture was captured on May 25th by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Though...
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Discovered in the bathroom of Jamie Oliver's restaurant, Fifteen: the...
via kottke.org by jason@kottke.org on June 02, 2008
Discovered in the bathroom of Jamie Oliver's restaurant, Fifteen: the Dyson Airblade hand dryer. You stick your hands in and slowly draw them out through a thin jet of fast-moving air. Your hands are dry in about 8 seconds. (link)
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After the Quake
via The Big Picture by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
After nearly 70,000 confirmed deaths and five million people left homeless (as of May 29th), the Sichuan Earthquake of 2008 continues to cause hardship across the region. More than 30 "quake Lakes", formed by landslides have flooded many areas, relief and supplies are still needed and the cleanup continues. (13 photos total)A couple reacts immediately after an earthquake struck during their...
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