Apple honors Steve Jobs on one-year anniversary of his death, with home page video and letter from Tim Cook

Apple today replaced their home page with a 2 minute video featuring Steve Jobs stills and notable quotes. Below is the obituary that was published by CNET on the day of his death.

By the 20th Century, mental asylums had begun evolving from dark, isolated institutions where criminal and civil insane patients were housed together to the more organized, medical treatment facility that we know today. The old were left to decay. Here we present thirteen abandoned mental asylums.

18-year-old Manick Yoj, created this awesome mechanical hand for a steampunk-themed Halloween costume. The hand is articulated and follows the motion of the user’s fingers through front and back motion. Yoj says the project was well received by other Halloweeners.

Hide your cherries and get out of the way, Pac-Man remote controlled racers have arrived. These iconic Pac-Man racers can move in all four directions and include authentic 8-bit Pac-Man sound effects (sound activated by a button on the side of the remote). The racers are weighted so they won’t topple over.

With what surely must be an item on Batman’s utility belt, the new Ostrich Pillow, created by Kawamura-Ganjavian, lets you create your own Fortress of Solitude and catch a few Zzzzzzz’s anywhere, anytime.

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster originally conceived of Superman as a bald, telepathic villain bent on controlling the world. In 1933, Shuster reinvisioned Superman as a superhero and spent the next six years searching for a publisher to bring his vision to life. Here are 30 of the top Superman and Action Comics covers from…

A collection of some of the most unusual, creepiest, and scary Halloween costumes we’ve seen to date.

Erik Johansson is a full-time photographer and retoucher. Originally from Sweden, he has since moved to Berlin, Germany, where he works commercially to bring ideas in his mind to life. His photography and retouch work is nothing short of astounding. You can view his complete portfolio on his personal website.

There was once a lone phone booth in the middle of the Mojave Desert, located over 15 miles from any highway, that became an Internet sensation It’s phone number was 714.733.9969 and its official name was “Cinder Peak 2”.