SCIENCE!! at the Natural History Museum

I am going to this on June 6. I have a couple extra tickets because the tickets were cheap and I thought I could probably get a couple-three friends to go.

http://www.nhm.org/firstfridays/

Tour of marine hall! Evolution of dolphins and apes and their minds! Two countem two rock bands including the fabulous Mountain Goats! A DJ whom I should probably know about but I know nothing about DJs!

BUILDING BRAINS AND MAKING MINDS!!!!!!!!!!

We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now: Powering the Internet Isn’t So Green

“Data centres consumed 0.6% of the world’s electricity in 2000, and 1% in 2005. Globally, they are already responsible for more carbon-dioxide emissions per year than Argentina or the Netherlands, according to a recent study by McKinsey, a consultancy, and the Uptime Institute, a think-tank. If today’s trends hold, these emissions will have grown four-fold by 2020, reaching 670m tonnes. By some estimates, the carbon footprint of cloud computing will then be larger than that of aviation.”

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11412495&CFID=7201199&CFTOKEN=82937133

Rats, Sydney Pollack died

He was a talent, productive, and apparently a great guy.

I actually got to interview him once and he was one of the very few famous people who impressed me and made me think: this person deserves to be famous. Refined, gentlemanly, and very warm and genuine.

Wrote well, acted well, directed well. And he flew his own jet all over the world, which I thought was particularly badass.

fan letter sent to portbrewing.com just now

WELP,

I JUST HAD A 22 OUNCE BOTTLE OF YOUR SECOND ANNIVERSARY ALE. IT BLEW UP THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND TOOK MUCH OF THE SKULL CLEAN OFF. I SUPPOSE I WILL REGRET THIS LATER ON BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN GETTING THERE THAT I’M STILL HAPPY WITH THE RESULT.

I HAVE NEVER ENJOYED ILLEGAL DRUGS BUT I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO HASHISH IN THERE DUE TO THE INTENSE NEARLY OILY HOP FLAVOR. DEAR GOD THAT WAS GOOD. THE GUY AT HI-TIME WINE KEPT IT IN A LOCKER AND I THINK THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE THIS IS A GENUINELY DANGEROUS LIQUID.

THANK YOU FOR COMPLETELY DESTROYING MY SKULL, MY BRAIN, AND MY HIGHER REASONING IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. I SALUTE YOU FOR SUPERIOR AND DEADLY BREWING.

SALUD,

CONRAD