Gizmodo: 2001

HAL 9000 Papercraft Will, At Some Point, Cut You

Mark Wilson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST

We know. He certainly looks cute and harmless. But sooner or later, the HAL 9000 (freely printable papercraft version) could get a small, unintentional dent in the side. "I'll just toss him in the shredder for another," you say out of earshot from the harmless little paper computer. Or so you thought... [Mr. Hal 9000 via Botropolis]

Search 2001, the Year When Google Actually Did No Evil

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:40:00 EDT

Ah, 2001. You and your monoliths and your psychotic computers and your awfully bad presidents taking power and your Tiananmen self-immolations and your terrorist attacks... a year with no iPods or YouTube or amazing technology blogs or Gizmodo! How much we don't miss you. Apparently, Google does, because they have found a vintage search index and have made available a 2001 Google. You know, the year when Google was actually not evil. [Google 2001 via Google Blog]

Arthur C Clarke Dies, Probably Headed Back to the Stars

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:30:06 EDT

[Biography of Sir Arthur C Clarke]