I had a contract at The Cobalt Group down the street from them last year. Downtown and some of the industrial district in Seattle are really quite lovely. We almost ended up living down there—well, staying that is—b/c we liked it so well.

The Starbucks building used to be the Sears and Roebuck western distribution center. It was built in 1913 and is one of the better looking buildings in Sodo. As you can see, it’s difficult to take a bad picture of it.

I don’t think I’ll be building this but I put together a part-sized schematic just for fun. I think it’s right but since I only protyped about 50% of it I can’t swear it. You could get this into a square inch if you knew what you were doing. Then again, I’m sure there are ICs that could hold all of it and more in less space.