Real Men of Genius: Mr. Google Custom Server Builder

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Red Herring's Semi-Official Hardware Blog Presents: Real Men of Genius
Real Men of Genius
Today we salute you, Mr. Google Custom Server Builder.
Mr. Google Custom Server Builder
You've given us the real American dream: two gigs of storage for our email, the ability to search for images of fried food from any computer in the world, and a little sign that says, "Go nuts buddy!"
Pinch me, I'm dreamin'!
Pushing server-side innovation to its limits, you're doing a job traditionally reserved for women with tiny hands in the sweatshops of East Asia.
Sweatshops in East Asia!
You could buy from IBM, Dell, Sun. But no. Instead of spending any of the $9 billion Google has in the bank on servers you're rolling your own, patenting a "drive-cooling baffle,' and even looking into designing your own microprocessors.
I thank heavens for the drive cooling baffle!
So crack open an ice-cold Bud Light, server room monkey. You may be a nerd, but anyone who would rather build a computer than shop for one is our kind of nerd.
Mr. Google Custom Server Builder.