Linked List: April 8, 2011

Friday, 8 April 2011

Midnight Martian 

My thanks to Midnight Martian for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed.

Midnight Martian creates apps that combine virtual reality 3D with multitouch on iOS. Moonlight Mahjong is a terrific iOS Mahjong solitaire game — the sort of game that’s perfectly suited to the iPhone and iPad. Moon Globe and Mars Globe combine astronomy with geology, history, and exploration. All three apps have free versions available.

Excellent Cars 2 Poster 

Cool.

The Data Center Is the New Server 

Jason Hoffman:

Because the new box is the datacenter (used to be the PC, now it’s DC), the walls of a datacenter are the chassis and the PC-style servers are just a component in that box, no different than a power supply or a motherboard.

See also: Jon Stokes on why Facebook open-sourced its data centers.

‘It’s Like Being a Huge Fan of Winning’ 

The Yankees play the winless last-place Red Sox in 15 minutes.

‘Fuck You. Pay Me.’ 

Mike Monteiro, co-founder of Mule Design, speaking at CreativeMornings San Francisco, has some good advice for those working in client services. Corresponding weblog post here.

The Day Fred Wilson Dumped AAPL 

He sold two years ago at $91; it’s at $336 today.