Great Bill Simmons piece from yesterday. I wonder what his reaction will be about that amazing moment where, late in game 6 Dwayne Wade dribbles the ball right at Dirk, throws a big elbow at him, and the refs send him to the line?
Amazing game, Dwayne, but you got some help on that one.
Congratulations to the Hurricanes. With their AHL team in nearby Lowell, we’ve gotten to see a number of the guys play there, including Commodore and Staal. It’s also good to see some Bruins alums, Coach Laviolette and Glen Wesley get their name on the Cup.
We don’t think much about coal. Maybe you’ll hear about a mining accident, or you’ll see a strip mine from the road or the window seat of an airplane. Maybe you’ll visit a historical building in the US and you’ll see the remnants of a time when people lived with coal as part of their everyday life – had it delivered, stored it somewhere, and shoveled it into furnaces and stoves.
Spending the day at MIT with the MIT Energy Research Council. This is a major area of investment for MIT, driven by the new President, Susan Hockfield.
I’m personally very interested in the emerging energy landscape, and how it interacts with the growing energy needs of data centers. In particular, there’s two areas that I see room for improvement: 1) would we design the electrical distribution systems of data centers differently if remotely generated electricity were not the primary energy source, and 2) with adequate WAN capability, where should we put tomorrow’s data centers?
Hal captured exactly what I was thinking when I was watching the Mavs-Suns game last night. Other than a vague interest in the local team, I haven’t really followed the NBA much for a long time. But somehow I find the Mavs compelling.
I always get the impression that the formal NBA hates Mark Cuban, but I think he’s the best thing to happen to the game in ages. Who else will publish stats on officials in a tasteful way?
If you want to feel a little better about things, it’s worth reading this article in Science Daily about the apparent recovery of the ozone layer. While its still not healthy over the South Pole, there is evidence of an overall recovery. Some scientists are even predicting return of the ozone layer to pre-1980 levels by later this century, with the southern hole in the ozone layer completely closing.
So what changed?
The Guardian has an interesting interview with sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling.
He talks about favorite Sun themes of the participation age - everyone and everything on the net all of the time, and how these ideas interact with sustainability.
He also hits on one of my favorite themes, which is how we are going to have to get create with technology in order to move forward to sustainability instead of backward to sustainability (remember, a few million people living in caves is sustainable, but probably not what we have in mind for our grandkids).
We did one of those simple-but-effective activities at JavaOne. Working with the San Francisco Bike Coalition we provided free, secure bike parking at the Mosconne Center for each day of JavaOne.
Was it effective? We got a few dozen bikes each day, but it added up to some goodness. Total CO2 savings were in the multiple ton range, assuming those folks would have driven if they hadn’t rode. We’ll make it happen again next year, and I want to hit the 20-ton savings mark.
I had to have one of the strangest first trips to JavaOne.
You could wonder how I’ve been in Sun and Java for so long and never made it to JavaOne, and I couldn’t give you a good answer. But this was going to be my first year one way or the other, as I was selected by BEA to give their keynote on Wednesday. This was a great honor, however I left BEA for Sun between the time I was selected and the event took place.
Well, at least Sergei Samsonov is. Oh yeah, and he plays for the Oilers now. They’re about to go up 3-0 against the Mighty Quackers.