Today Yahoo opened its new data center, officially called the “Yahoo Computing Coop”, unofficially called the “Yahoo Chicken Coop”.  In the Buffalo/Niagara Falls suburb of Lockport, NY. Why?  The basic architectural principle is based on the Chicken Coup.  Using louvers to take in cool air to cool down the server farm (pun intended). It is [...]

As you may know whenever mentioning Nikola Tesla a great deal of lore surrounds the stories.  I believe much of it to be true especially considering the great inventions we do know for sure (alternating current) and that the US government took all of his papers after his death. You may also know that Nikola [...]