Mike McCue

CEO, Co-founder Flipboard. I love design, startups, exploration, photo journalism and classic wooden boats.

Flips

Love Stories
Off Watch: Sailors' Bookshelf
Cruising World - Herb McCormick
Whether crossing an ocean, lying on a beach or curled up beside a fire on a cold winter night, for almost any sailor there’s nothing better than a …
How to Take a Family to Costa Rica and See Volcanoes, Monkeys, Jaguars and Sloths
thepointsguy.com - Melanie Haiken
When the monkey swung down out of the tree and lifted my daughter’s peanut butter sandwich straight out of her hand, we knew that our trip to Costa …
Adventure Travel
These Photographs Are Guaranteed to Stoke Your Wanderlust
Outside Magazine - The Editors
Photo: Jenn Emerling for Tiny Atlas Quarterly @Tinyatlasquarterly isn’t your basic travel Instagram account. At first glance, it boasts thousands of incredible photographs of everything from rigid city
Sailing
Eco yachting redefined: brand new electric sailing yacht by Spirit Yachts
yachtharbour.com
British sailing yachts builder Spirit Yachts has introduced a new 13,4-metre sailing yacht concept Spirit 44E. She is conceived as a significant step …
Crew-overboard recovery
sailingmagazine.net
Crewmember-overboard recovery methods are constantly improving. As a sailing instructor, I've had the opportunity to teach, test and evaluate …
Campervans
Winnebago turns new Mercedes Sprinter into adventurous, lithium-powered all-season camper van
newatlas.com - C.C. Weiss
The third-generation Mercedes Sprinter has already established itself in the European camper van market, bringing the latest passenger car-derived …
Apple
An exclusive look at an original iPhone prototype
The Verge - Tom Warren
Apple’s red iPhone M68 in all its glory “This is a day I’ve been looking forward to for two and half years,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s late CEO, as he introduced the original iPhone on January 9th, 2007.
App of the Month: FastSeas Weather Routing
Cruising World - Jen Brett
It’s the question of the ages: Should I stay, or should I go? To offer a bit of clarity into this, at least as far as passage planning goes, is …
Spinlock launches the new Deckvest VITO lifejacket at Annapolis Boat Show
sail-world.com
Tomorrow, at the Annapolis boat show in America, Spinlock will launch the new VITO lifejacket, introducing a new generation lifejacket to the leisure …
Sailing
Weather Routing Software for Sailors
Cruising World - David Schmidt
While sailors successfully cruised the world’s oceans long before weather-routing technology, today’s offerings can shave passage times while also …
Jackline Installation Tips
practical-sailor.com
One of the most startling conclusions from our upcoming jackline test was that despite the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) generalized …
Batteries
EPIRBs, PLBs, and MOB Beacons: What is Best for Your Boat? | Cruising Compass
bwsailing.com
Pete Dubler simplifies the facts of electronic rescue devices in this overview. Previously published in BWS. So much has changed over the years. …
flipboard.com
NY40 MARILEE: Restoration of a Herreshoff Classic
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Technology
SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic splashdown
USA TODAY
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean carrying a dummy named \"Ripley.\"
Product Reviews
The Best microSD Cards for 2019: Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company
Wirecutter
Who this is for You’ll find microSD cards being used for expanded storage in some smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers; as the main video and …
Apollo Missions
50th anniversary of Apollo 9: The last lap of the space race
newatlas.com - David Szondy
America's first astronaut-ready spacecraft in eight years is currently being put through its paces in an unmanned test flight to the ISS, but 50 …
Technology
Leica's Q2 is a beautiful camera that I want and will never have
TechCrunch - Devin Coldewey
Leica is a brand I respect and appreciate but don’t support. Or rather, can’t, because I’m not fabulously rich. But if I did have $5,000 to spend on a fixed-lens camera, I’d probably get the new Q2, a
U.S. Politics
Sanders seizes pro-Omar lane in 2020
POLITICO - By MARC CAPUTO and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
No other presidential candidate came out as quickly — or as forcefully — on the Rep. Ilhan Omar controversy as the Vermont senator. When the latest controversy erupted over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments Israel,
Business Intelligence
Facebook’s Privacy Cake
stratechery.com - Ben Thompson
What was striking about the reaction to Mark Zuckerberg’s latest missive about the future of Facebook, A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social …
Bryan Chong’s letter in full
pbo.co.uk - Practical Boat Owner
See PBO July for more on the deaths of five sailors in California In the July issue of PBO on sale Thursday May 24 we detail the capsize of a Sydney …
Is it safe to use a tether?
pbo.co.uk - Ben Meakins
Perceived wisdom is that if you fall overboard, staying tethered to the boat will keep you safe. But is that the case? PBO’s test team conduct some …
HIV And AIDS: Possible Cure In Sight
Almost 12 years after Timothy Ray Brown became the first person to be cured of infection by HIV, scientists say a second patient appears to be free of the virus and is in long-term remission. While these cases are a massive breakthrough in the global fight against the disease, researchers believe it will take years to translate the latest successes into practical treatment.
National Enquirer
“We’re F--ked. Gavin Is Going to Get Jeff Back Together with MacKenzie”: Inside the Bezos Affair, a Tale of Love, Lust, and
Vanity Fair
Improbably, given all that’s happened, they’re still together. There are any number of people or entities who have been accused of trying to tear Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez asunder: Donald Trump, the
SpaceX
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Docks at Space Station for First Time
space.com
SpaceX's new astronaut taxi just checked off another huge milestone on its maiden orbital flight. The Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the …
SpaceX
SpaceX's first NASA Commercial Crew launch: Everything you need to know about Demo-1
CNBC - Michael Sheetz
SpaceX is set to launch its astronaut capsule to space for the first time in the early hours of Saturday morning. Called Demo-1, the mission is a key …
Sailing
In 1969, or 2019, Sailing Round the World Alone Is Vexing
The New York Times - By CHRIS MUSELER
In 1968, nine sailors set out to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first organized, solo, nonstop, round-the-world race. They were heading into the unknown, with no idea how their sailboats
Science
Birth of a black hole witnessed for first time
sciencefocus.com - Jason Goodyer
Last June, astronomers noticed the appearance of a mysterious bright object in the constellation of Hercules. It remained visible for a little over …
Cabins
Peanut Airstream Land Yacht Renovation by Sitka Concept
dwell - Lucy Wang
After two years at sea with their family of five, a couple continues their tiny house lifestyle by renovating a rundown Airstream. Having flipped 11 houses—and lived in all of them—in the span of a decade,