Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month December 2011
Underground data center in Norway cooled by fjord water
The center is buried underground, which means it uses the earth and the surrounding rock as moderators. Then it uses water from the neighboring fjord in a closed loop ground water heat exchanger and the cold efficiently cools the underground…
State of California websites still in the Dark Ages
In an era when data is steadily moving to the Internet and the cloud, the sad truth is that State of California websites are too often inadequate and archaic. Information should be easy to find on state websites. It’s not.…
2011: looking back, looking forward…
Charles Pierce has something to say as 2011 comes to an end–his post is titled America Will Only Get Better When It Is Ours Again. [O]f course, we must never make the perfect the enemy of the good. But you…
California barred from cutting Medi-Cal rates
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder in Los Angeles yesterday granted the request from the California Hospital Association for an order to stop California from imposing the reductions, saying the hospitals had shown there would be irreparable harm if she didn’t…