Lots of old people in Japan.

A subset of Bloomington’s biggest employer (outside of IU) gets sold.

Amazon builds warehouse on site of former Cleveland-area mall.

Interesting write-up of why most cargo ships docking at US ports are foreign-owned.

Health insurance may no longer reimburse for ridiculous emergency department visits.

Tuition covers about 18% of the operating costs of Harvard.

How to read a bourbon label.

Maria’s eclipse writeup.

I don’t understand the MoviePass business model, either. $10/month for 1 movie theater ticket each day.

Amazon’s Attempt to Upend the Parts Supply Chain.

Colorado 14er (and many surrounding acres) for sale. Anyone have $21 million to loan me for the down payment?

Prototype rodeo.

Bankrupt brands brought back to life online.

Walmart tries scan and go again.

Michelin futuristic tires.

Amazon dreams of underwater warehouses.

‘Write No Matter What’.

RIP Microsoft Paint.

RIP Flash.

Commonsense efforts to prevent voter fraud.

EnerNOC, demand response provider, may be for sale.

How to counter insider threats more effectively.

How complacent are you? I got Tier 2: “You are a striver —You embrace newness, but you need to strive harder to break the mold.”

Google buys Kaggle.

Mark Cuban takes a stab at healthcare reform.

Each bitcoin transaction represented at least 26 kWh of electricity.

Between my optimistic lower-bound estimate, and the BECI, we’re still left with a staggering amount of electricity embodied in each bitcoin transaction—anywhere from 26 to 100+ kWh, or enough to power 0.9 to 3.6 US households for a day. To repeat, this is thousands of times more energy-intensive than an estimate for a credit card transaction.

Where we went for my birthday last week. Front-flip yes, back-flip no.

Solar Bill of Rights.

Keep at it, slacker.

Monk mode mornings. I’m not awake enough to be productive early on.