Steve Jobs’s sudden resignation is a shock, but might be the perfect point to take a second and look at the good, bad and as he might put it, “insanely great” parts of his life so far. More »
Cyrus Sutton is a surfer. And he’s reviewing Final Cut Pro X for Gizmodo. Why? Because he’s one of the best surf flick directors in decades. His movies exude a summertime vibe I wish I could bottle up for winter. More »
After five years at Gizmodo, I’m moving on to play around in the ocean a bit more and figure out what my next adventure is. Thanks for reading the site – I’ve had fun creating it. P.S. Joe Brown will be taking over for me. Congratulate him warmly!
This week is the centennial of the Titanic’s launch, May 31, 1911. Why was she considered unsinkable? Because of her 30 compartments which could be sealed against one another with a pull of a single lever. [The Scuttlefish]
From the New York Times: Spirit has been incommunicado for more than a year despite daily calls by NASA. The cause of Spirit’s silence may never be known, but it’s likely the bitter Martian winter damaged its electronics, preventing the six-wheel rover from waking up.
Computers get hot. Google data centres? They’ve got lots of them. Their new centre in Hamina, Finland, was built in an old paper mill with a network of granite tunnels underneath them. Tunnels filled with cold sea water Google could pump into their centre to rob the computers of heat before Google sent the water back from where it came from, mixed with more cold water so it wouldn’t affect wildlife. This is an inspiring design decision. More »
