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Yesterday was a remarkable day for the small, slightly obsessed band of Google data-center watchers of which I am one. Around each of the company’s sprawling server farms is a high metal fence patrolled by a particularly devoted squad of rent-a-cops, who may or may not be cyborgian in nature. Ordinary humans seeking a peek at the farms have been required to stand at the fence and gaze at the serene exteriors of the buildings, perhaps admiring the way the eponymous clouds of steam rise off the cooling towers in the morning: [photo by Toshihiko Katsuda] Everything inside the buildings…

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ProductDose: One thing I’ve been wanting to do this year is to make more food at home instead of eating junk out for most of my meals. Problem is I can’t cook. At all. Then a friend suggested to me a crock pot. He said I can just dump random food items in the pot, turn it on, and leave for the day and when I return in the evening there will be delicious magic stew in the pot ready for me to eat. You can’t get any easier than that.

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