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You Can’t Blame Data Centers in Seattle for Our Skyrocketing Electricity Prices
This post was originally published on GeekWire on April 20, 2026. I had noticed this “data centers in Seattle” PR op under way and flagged it in last week’s newsletter. After a vague report that some companies were seeking to build “large” data centers in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson is exploring a moratorium on new…
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I Went to China and All I Got Was This Lousy iPhone
Apple is getting grief for what appears to be an underwhelming launch of the iPhone in China. It is not really a surprise – China is awash in fake and gray market iPhones. When you walk down the street, the street hawkers greet you with “Watch, DVD, iPhone”. Why settle for the WiFi-less plain old…
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This Nobel Prize Thing
I find myself perplexed by this inexplicable award. Has the Nobel prize selection committee completely lost its senses? I mean, what exactly is “the landscape of the dispossessed” and how do you win the Nobel prize in literature for writing about it? Why isn’t there more discussion of this bizarre choice? I know there is…
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PHuW!™
I have a theory that companies peak soon after they make big, bold, public and very round revenue forecasts of fifty billion or more. Basically, they’re so busy trying to grow to the sky they miss important changes in the market and/or hubris gets the better of them. In some cases, the wheels come off…
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Omnia Iam Fient Quae Posse Negabam
Factum est. Appareo decet nihil munditia? Ad absurdum? Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. Luke sum ipse patrem te.
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The Wisdom of Clowns?
So I am looking up Korea on Wikipedia and some things are amiss. I can only assume it is a North Korean plot: Korea was united until 1998; at that time it was split into South Korea and North Korea. Since the Goryeo Dynasty, Korea was ruled by 7 governments and maintained political and cultural…