Endlich mal ein Multimillionär, der sein Geld für sinnvolle Dinge ausgibt.

"Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker's library. (...)  Stuffed with landmark tomes and eye-grabbing historical objects—on the walls, on tables, standing on the floor—the room occupies about 3,600 square feet on three mazelike levels. Is that a Sputnik? (Yes.) Hey, those books appear to be bound in rubies. (They are.) That edition of Chaucer ... is it a Kelmscott? (Natch.) Gee, that chandelier looks like the one in the James Bond flick Die Another Day. (Because it is.) No matter where you turn in this ziggurat, another treasure beckons you..."

Bilder und mehr gibt's hier.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker

– RH Fri, Oct 10th 2008, 15:38 # nach oben