datacenter design for HPC: Rate of Convective Heat Transfer q = hA(Ts − Tb); need CFM/kw < 100 & <<150

Average low density, non HPC, 5kw rack ≈ 5 hairdryers http://bit.ly/5qtGeA datacenter

RT @GoKunming: Cycling From Kunming To The Vietnam Border - Part One http://bit.ly/4Nhmpy travel

Mumbai India restaurants | Stan Sesser WSJ travel http://bit.ly/4x5zH1

travel China budget hotels | Stan Sesser, WSJ http://bit.ly/61hB9n

RT @EFF: Guide to E-Book Privacy: http://bit.ly/7WBXPS <-Track search, reading, purchase? Share with whom? Any customer control?

travel New form of malaria threatens Thailand -#Cambodia border http://bit.ly/60uWQc

37 Data and Visualization Blogs | FlowingData http://bit.ly/8WJLFv

Visualizing US Unemployment 2004 to Present (& How to Make a Map Like This) http://bit.ly/7CVzhV

A competitive board game on building *power grids* http://bit.ly/7INJnS datacenter infrastructure cool

Scaling challenges for future planet wide systems, not just 10*Facebook http://bit.ly/4PRGtH

Infographic coins remove confusion about value http://bit.ly/82uk8h <-but need clear country id! travel

datacenter container show review incl. IBM with flex config that addresses adoption barrier http://bit.ly/6XsrAb

British Airways (BA) strike next week for 12 days, 12Dec-2Jan? http://bit.ly/5GKxXR travel Oweee!

Looks like Agoda is big in Asia for hotel travel discounts, but not much splash in US except for FlyerTalk http://bit.ly/4QZ8QG

Cueva del Milodon (Milodon Cave), Chile mapped with photo/website data http://bit.ly/4rpmrv travel

Amazon spot EC2 instances, run work as long as your bid exceeds current spot price http://bit.ly/6GjKJ1

datacenter power arbitrage: 120v AC 30A rack in downtown SF $21/amp/month; $1K install

Mapping Patagonia Andes routes. Campamento de Agostini Chile map backpacking travel http://bit.ly/5Em4Aj

RT @sidboswell: Broadband mapping may have just gotten easier http://bit.ly/8gBRyV <-IDInsight's Broadband Scout http://bit.ly/4Efzco

Microsoft pivot : experimental analysis of large data collections http://bit.ly/72RDnq

Roundup of possibly worthwhile Google Chrome extensions http://bit.ly/7bxeiM

Lenovo Thinkpad System Update R4 for windows7 (found it previously, but not apparent today, duh) http://bit.ly/4W2TcG

Can Google Spanner principles be adapted to minimum case of 2 geo dispersed datacenter ? http://bit.ly/4NLkWJ

Need to reread Google on distributed systems, especially storage design. Light on network design. http://bit.ly/8r0uJl

datacenter site considerations: avoid electric power from coal. US energy map http://bit.ly/8rgYzM

Google wave still doesn't like iPhone. Inbox is ok, but wave display is blacked out on the right 1/3.

Global online mapping competition 15 Dec 09-31 Jan 10 http://bit.ly/8HhEh6

Interactive Mapping for Filmmakers @ BAVC, SF 12/3; 7PM http://bit.ly/8TTnjD

Japanese Google Picasa:quick response/QR bar codes with Web addresses. Scan QR code with phone; links to online photos http://bit.ly/4UhRST

Corporate Win 7 distro still borked with some weirdo authorization issue. Thanks Microsoft.