Bowling with God: Vint Cerf Talks Time Travel, Porn, and Web Addiction
They say that success has many parents but failure is an orphan. Judged by that standard—or any other—the Internet is a success. Al Gore invented it. Tim Berners-Lee got a knighthood out of it. Everyone was using it before it was cool. But only two men have ever borne the title “Father of the Internet.”…
Middle Earth: Why We Need to Turn Our Map on Its Side
Though he never actually crossed it, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras is sometimes credited with having first conceived of the Equator, calculating its location on the Earth’s sphere more than four centuries before the birth of Christ. Aristotle, who never stepped over it either and knew nothing about the landscape surrounding it, pictured the equatorial region…
A Closer Look at Geoff Manaugh, Gizmodo’s New Editor in Chief
In an in-depth Q&A published last night, The New York Times’ Steven Kurutz talks to our new Editor in Chief, Geoff Manaugh, about his vision for Gizmodo. In the profile, Manaugh discusses everything from military technology to elevators, commenting on how his voice will fit in with Gizmodo’s focus on gadgets: You might come to…
