This a few weeks ago from Apple Insider

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs stayed home last night to catch up on some much needed rest while his attorney made another go at convincing a local review board that he should be free to demolish a historic but abandoned mansion that has fallen into a state of disrepair.

Jobs has been petitioning for the right to raze the 14-room, 17,250-square-foot structure in California’s Woodside woods for eight years so that he can erect a smaller, contemporary style home for his family.

I mean come on man.  Why?  Just because you’re rich and want an area that’s inaccessible?  I see no reason why the man can’t just find a plot somewhere else with the billions he has.

In any event, while the rich get richer I’m going to go collect pennies on the street.

But before that, I did enjoy these pictures of the abandoned structure….