Datacenters Emit Toxic Local Rumble

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Subsonic / Infrasound noise pollution emitted by data centers – collected evidence. What’s super-interesting: Around 8:00 in, BJ doubly-quadruples the speed — letting you hear the subsonics by translating them into range of human hearing. “When reviewing the data, it’s hard for even the most skeptical [music] person to come to any other conclusion than … Read more

Organized Forgetting – The Mystery of So Many Water Fountains

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Tens of thousands appeared worldwide within a generation, then vanished just as impossibly. I am only 44 and live in Scotland, and I remember no one buying water and drinking from water fountains. It’s so vague a memory, they weren’t in my village but were in nearby towns. We had a tap in our local … Read more

Chicago’s last manually operated public elevators near their last ride

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Chicago’s last manually operated public elevators near their last ride The Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue is a living museum where art is displayed and made behind every door on every floor. It’s home to the Studebaker Theater, which began as a showroom for the company’s horse-drawn carriages, and it’s where W.W. Denslow … Read more

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