August 30, 2011 – We all take things for granted. Like having a school. Or a computer. That's why Gizmodo and some friendly gadget companies are teaming up with Surf For Life, a non-profit that lets people help local causes while on vacation. In September, I'm going to El Salvador's El Cuco region with some amazing... [Gizmodo]

August 24, 2011 – Steve Jobs' death is heartbreaking, but might be the perfect point to take a second and look at the good, bad and as he might have put it, "insanely great" parts of a history-changing life. Foreword (It's long. [Gizmodo]

July 30, 2011 – 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. You see, most surfers are inherent detail oriented gear heads. [Gizmodo]

June 3, 2011 – Sick of military shooters, third-person action adventure and grinding for experience points? There's still something for you at E3 2011 in this, the best of the rest of the games we're expecting to see grab our attention next week. These are the less crowded genres of E3: More »

June 2, 2011 – Colin Rich builds mini-spaceships out of styrofoam, foil, modified off-the-shelf cameras and weather ballons that carry them to the edge of space. For his third craft, the payload included sensors to measure radiation from Fukushima and pollution. [Jalopnik]

May 26, 2011 – Hosting a party can be a stressful undertaking. Will people come? Will they have fun? Is vomit bad for houseplants? We answer all these questions and more. [Jezebel]

May 26, 2011 – Memorial Day weekend is coming to mark the start of summer, and once again I find myself confronted with assholes all over the place telling me I can't wear shorts. First there's designer Tom Ford: A man should never wear shorts in the city. [Deadspin]

May 25, 2011 – John Delaney was reportedly just 150 feet from the peak of Mount Everest when he died Saturday, having collapsed from an unknown medical condition. The Intrade founder passed away without knowing he had a new daughter. [Gawker]

May 25, 2011 – In real, modern combat, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers have cameras attached to their helmets. The videos make it to YouTube (and on Kotaku, too), giving the rest of the world a first-person view of real combat. More »

May 25, 2011 – Last night I sat in front of an arcade machine in a darkened room of my house and played '80s arcade games until well past midnight. While I haven't given up on the idea of building a little arcade in my home, Ion's iCade does a good enough job of replicating a form of the experience on an iPad or... More »

May 24, 2011 – Computers get hot. Google data centers? They've got lots of them. Their new center in Hamina, Finland, was built in an old paper mill with a network of granite tunnels underneath them. [Gizmodo]

May 19, 2011 – Google Advisor isn't entirely new, but it's official launch today brings a more complete version of the webapp that helps you find the best mortgage plan, credit card, bank account, and other financial services tailored to your needs. The way it works is pretty simple. [Lifehacker]

May 18, 2011 – Gilt Taste, the high end grocery store concept by world class food writer Ruth Reichl, is going to have an iPad app with pages you can flip without touching the screen. [Gizmodo]

May 18, 2011 – It's almost too good to be true, but the tweet above apparently briefly appeared on the official Secret Service Twitter account. It was promptly deleted, but not before dozens of people retweeted it, including Time political reporter Amy Sullivan. [Gawker]

May 17, 2011 – Ninety six minutes. Eleven shocks by defibrillator. Two dozen rescuers pounding his chest in shifts to bring vital oxygen to his limp body. A helicopter, even. [Gizmodo]

May 17, 2011 – When jeans mated with leggings, they begat jeggings. Then jeggings knocked boots with underwear, and created something horrifying for men. We should have known that a version for women was right around the corner. [Jezebel]