We admit to being bewitched by Dubai’s manmade islands. Can you blame us, when they’re in the shape of poetic palm trees and the world? Now Time Magazine names as best invention of the year Google’s floating data centers powered completely by wind turbines and wave generators. Wonder if wearing a Mer-chan binary tee will get you a visitor’s pass to a floating data dream vacation? Or will it feel like Island of Lost Geeks? To learn their language (and understand the title of this post), check out this comic on binary counting.