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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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Feedburner Under Google: “Dreck”
Another ding for Google’s acquisition track record: I used to see a decent amount of ad dollar revenue via Feedburner… Then Google took them over, and its been a total clusterf*&k ever since… Utterly embarrassingly dreck. How worthless it is? The revenue dropped about 90%. Gee, why aren’t you folks reading TBP clicking on payday…
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Negative Intrinsic Value?
Ouch. This is not a stable situation. JAVA: 4.62 -0.15 (-3.14%) – Sun Microsystems, Inc. Behold: Sun, if it still has $3.5B cash, is now a negative-net-worth company (at $4.62/share, mkt cap = $3.43B). Low price for today so far was $4.51. Peter O’Kelly’s Reality Check
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The NASCAR Bailout
It only took on the order of $110 billion in additional “sweeteners” to get enough votes to pass the $700 billion bailout bill (a bill almost certain to be a disaster, we just don’t yet know what the unintended consequences will be). The “sweeteners” took the form of new or extended tax breaks. One can…
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But Are They on Twitter?
Amidst a story about Somali pirates capturing a Ukrainian ship carrying 30 Russian T-72 tanks and ammunition is this gem: The pirates are highly organized. They work in teams. There is even a pirate spokesman (who could not be reached for comment on Friday). Who says PR is dead?
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MySQL or My Bad?
I was wondering a few months ago how Sun’s MySQL acquisition would impact their relationship with Oracle: How has the MySQL acquisition by Sun impacted the relationship with Sun’s biggest historical partner, Oracle? I may be misjudging Oracle’s leadership, history and culture, but my guess is they view databases as their birthright and treat any…