Horrible.

The AP: In what one environmentalist described as “yet another public relations disaster” for embattled energy giant BP, CEO Tony Hayward took time off Saturday to attend a glitzy yacht race around England’s Isle of Wight. [...] Spokeswoman Sheila Williams said Hayward took a break from overseeing BP efforts to stem the undersea gusher in [...]

CNN: Lawmakers told BP Chief Operating Officer Tony Hayward on Thursday that they intend to grill him on what they believe to be cost-cutting measures adopted by the oil giant that compromised the safety of the Gulf of Mexico well. “After learning of risks, BP made a decision to ignore them,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, [...]

ProPublica investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten to NPR: The documents are strikingly consistent, which was the first thing that jumped out to us. You start to see a couple central themes. And those were: internal criticism for a lack of accountability in the company, lack of support for workers at BP and at BP’s contractors. … [...]

More backward madness from the The Grand Canyon State.

Andy Lintner has put together “If It Was My Home,” a neat little site that lets users put an overlay of the Gulf oil spill over their hometown via Google Maps. It’s a great way to visualize just how expansive the damage is.

The Big Picture: Over one month after the initial explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, crude oil continues to flow into the Gulf of Mexico, and oil slicks have slowly reached as far as 12 miles into Louisiana’s marshes. According to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, more than 65 miles of Louisiana’s shoreline [...]

Cupidtino, a new online date-finding service for Apple fans: Cupidtino is a beautiful new dating site created for fans of Apple products by fans of Apple products! Why? Diehard Mac & Apple fans often have a lot in common – personalities, creative professions, a similar sense of style and aesthetics, taste, and of course a [...]

From Mark Jardine at TapBots (the creators of the excellent Convertbot iPhone app) has written about their recent App Store rejection: We’re no strangers to silly app rejection emails from Apple, but this one seems to take the cake (at least in our opinion). Convertbot 1.4 was rejected because our icon for Time is too [...]