To: The Good Steve. From: Gizmodo crew. Message: Happy birthday, Senor Wozniak. It’s not only that you made the world a better place with all your inventions, but you are also the coolest guy in the whole computer industry.
YouTube turns five this month, and to celebrate the site is taking a look at the many lives it’s reached over the past half decade. With two billion views every day, it’s hard to imagine an internet without it.
Dearest copier, thank you for making office tasks simpler, tolerating our very NSFW pranks, and frustrating us with error messages for over 50 years.
You’ve seen Steve dance before. Today, if you are using Windows, sending emails from your Hotmail account or even editing Excel spreadsheets, I insist you do a little monkeyboy dance in your seat. For Ballmer – the ever-entertaining CEO.
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Akira Kurosawa’s films have been the greatest influence on my life, along with Karate Kid and Enter the Dragon. The samurai films were about the sword fights, secondary; first, they were about characters and timeless stories.
Bill Gates — one of my favourite Gizmodo readers, technology capo di tutti capi and philanthropist — was in Vancouver last week, watching a U2 in concert and celebrating. And of course, Bono greeted him. Belated Happy Birthday, Señor Gates. [Techflash]
