Tuesday, December 21, 2021
SAY WHAT? ...Google "Looking at Mesa"?? [Talking Glass Media]
Hmmm... Google Looking at Mesa???
Update: At this time, specific details have not been finalized
Google Looking at Mesa ???
"The Mesa City Council approved a development agreement with the multinational technology and Internet services giant, Google. That agreement outlines a potential project which would include a data center and accessory office facilities.
“Mesa would be pleased to welcome a global leader in innovation like Google to our community. They would be a great match for the Elliot Road Technology Corridor.” Mayor John Giles said. “There is still much to be done but we are excited to be working with another ‘Big Four’ technology company and the future prospects.”
Google, which specializes in Internet-related services and products including online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware, is exploring the acquisition of 187 acres in Mesa’s Council District 6 just northwest of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
"I’m happy that Google will be joining our business community.” District 6 Councilmember Kevin Thompson said. “This will be a win for Mesa, our citizens and the entire region. I look forward to working with them.”
At this time, specific details have not been finalized. While the Development Agreement contemplates milestone minimums which Google must achieve, they do not reflect the actual project scope.
“We have a great Economic Development team and City Attorney’s Office that have put a lot of time and effort into this project to get us to this point.” Mesa City Manager Chris Brady said. “We are also grateful to our partners, Salt River Project, the Arizona Commerce Authority and Greater Phoenix Economic Council, for their assistance along the way.”
RE-THINK BUILDING 'A SMART HOME' : Dumb Home Tech The Smarter Option
from the simplify-all-the-things dept
While various standards have tried to unify the space, they've not been particularly successful. In part because the central control of all these devices has been fractured across different standards and technologies (Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth) all jostling for primary control despite none of them working particularly well. Enter Matter, a new open-sourced connectivity standard created by over 200 companies that's attempting to bring some sanity to the space.
Matter is an emerging communication protocol leaning on numerous existing technologies -- Thread, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ethernet -- with the goal of letting all of your smart home devices communicate with each other locally, without the need for a controlling gateway and hub. The Verge has a great breakdown on how the standard hopes to accomplish this . .
[...] This time though there seems to be an underlying understanding that simplifying this mess is in everybody's interests, from the biggest companies looking to sell more smart home gear, to the smaller players developing innovative new solutions. As such Matter is being directly supported not just by Amazon, Apple, Google/Nest, and Samsung, but a long line of other smart home and IOT companies like Wyze, Ecobee, iRobot, and others. Matter should find its way into products starting sometime near the end of next year, at which point you'll be able to see if the underlying promise materializes.
SUBVERSIVE STREAMING MELODRAMAS: Doing The Royals: Russian Emperor Peter III + Catherine The Great
Before there was The House of Windsor
Move over, The Crown! Why The Great is the racy royal drama you need to watch
Initially released on streaming service StarzPlay in the UK, its first season aired weekly on Channel 4 in early 2021. It hit audiences like a shot of vodka to the throat, with wild party scenes, grisly fights and a punchy script packed with waggish one-liners (“women are for seeding, not reading”). Having already received acclaim – and two Emmy nominations – in the US, it quickly became a word-of-mouth hit across the Atlantic.
The plot also proved compelling. Season one saw the dazzlingly intelligent, progressive Catherine leave Germany for Russia, finding herself utterly repulsed by the casually violent yet pitifully dim Peter. Unperturbed, she tried to fulfil her duties, even keeping her cool when her new love served the head of a Swedish soldier on a silver platter for dinner. Soon – not long after Peter’s failed attempt to drown her – Catherine resolved to transform Russia by taking over as empress, forming a motley crew to stage a coup. There was just one more problem: she was pregnant. When Peter captured her lover, however, Catherine was further fuelled by rage, and the gunshot signal was fired.
The second season picks up four months later, with the civil war at a standstill. As bored children kick a decapitated head around as entertainment, it’s clear that not much has changed. Peter eventually abdicates because … well, he’s very hungry. “I bait him out of hiding with roasted food,” explains Fanning. “It’s really easy – he’s a simple, simple man.” And just like that, Catherine has the power she so badly wanted: “Now what are you going to do with it? Are you even going to be a good leader? That’s something she’s grappling with – becoming a mother both to Russia and to her own child.”
Convinced that this is a temporary state of affairs, and excited about becoming a father, Peter willingly becomes Catherine’s prisoner in his rooms, where she also uses him as her willing sexual servant. . .Amid all the chaos and shifting power dynamics in Peter’s playground, Catherine receives a visit from her mother Joanna (Gillian Anderson). . .As well as establishing herself as the stern matriarch who turns Catherine from a ballsy empress to an obedient child, Anderson embraces the fun of the series, taking on a very silly storyline that provides some of the biggest laughs. Not one to be outdone, Peter also boasts a celebrity dad – Jason Isaacs – in a short but standout scene that explains why he ended up the way he is.
The arrival of both parents is significant, as Catherine and Peter spend the season preparing to welcome baby Paul (“That was the real name of their first born!” Fanning laughs. “We do play with history, but that time it was totally true. Paul – it’s too good that it can’t be made up.”) The imminent birth even brings out a new side of Peter, one that almost makes you warm to him. Referring to the aforementioned “real” teddy bear, Hoult explains that Peter is “not good at showing it, but he does really try and love Paul. It is an endearing thing, him wanting to be a dad.”
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