We have never said much about our data centers, but this week that
changed in a very cool way. We launched a new site that takes you
inside our data centers, with lots of great photos, a walkthrough
courtesy of Street
View, plus a WIRED
story by Steven Levy about how our data centers have changed since the earliest days
of Google.
Looking back a bit, about 250 million years ago, scientists have now figured out why there
were no new species for 5 million years in the Early Triassic period. It
turns out to be a simple answer: the weather was really hot. A study found
that the average land temperature near the equator was 50 to 60°C, which was enough to keep
new species from developing.
Returning to the present, this past week saw the final journey of the Space Shuttle
Endeavour to its new
museum home. This event provided some incredible
juxtapositions as the spacecraft rolled down Los Angeles city streets past homes,
restaurants, and onlookers. It was definitely not typical L.A. traffic.
The tagline of Google Developers Blog up there at the top is “News and insights on
Google platforms, tools, and events”. This is somewhat less true on Friday, when we publish
Fridaygram, a
post containing stuff that’s simply interesting and nerdy.
