Our trip to Blunderland, or, The grand excursion to Blundertown and back

When he got sick again in 2009, he almost canceled the project. БЂњI didnБЂ™t think I would be alive when it got done,БЂ«he recalled. БЂњBut that made me so sad, and I decided that working on the design was fun to do, and maybe I have a shot at being alive when itБЂ™s done. If I stop work on the boat and then I make it alive for another two years, I would be really pissed. So IБЂ™ve kept going.БЂ«After our omelets at the cafц©, we went back to his house and he showed me all of the models and architectural drawings. As expected, the planned yacht was sleek and minimalist. The teak decks were perfectly flat and unblemished by any accoutrements. As at an Apple store, the cabin windows were large panes, almost floor to ceiling, and the main living area was designed to have walls of glass that were forty feet long and ten feet high. He had gotten the chief engineer of the Apple stores to design a special glass that was able to provide structural support. By then the boat was under construction by the Dutch custom yacht builders Feadship, but Jobs was still fiddling with the design ...»