Firefox 3.1 (from b2) supports Mac laptop “multitouch” gestures. Firefox brings the sexiness now for sure - the three-finger back/forward swipe is just so natural. Additional support includes pinch-to-zoom, and the rotate photo gesture to flip tabs.

This lady had her car clamped - so she drove off with the tow-truck in tow. That could be an awesome on-the-sly ad for that car. (via Jack, who has just redesigned funkily.)

Kanye follows up Graduation with a brilliant album that you will almost certainly not get on the first listen, if you’re expecting anything like Graduation or Late Registration. Kanye is of course reknowned for his hip-hop, but he takes a turn towards left-field here, experimenting with synth-pop style beats, and heavy on the synth-drums - indeed, half the name of the album, 808s, is for the drum machine used to produce the all-pervasive thumping drum line. ...

So a friend is forced to drop out of attending a ballet performance due to work commitments, and she offers the ticket to me. I think to myself, “who me?”, but then I reconsider: “Why the hell not?” And thus it is that I found myself at Manon, performed by The Australian Ballet at the Sydney Opera House, which also marks the first time I’m actually going inside the Opera House, after all these years in Sydney. ...

Why Australia’s Internet Filter Will Not Work: Ars points out all the stupid parts of the Government’s plan. If this thing goes ahead, it’ll be chalked up as one of the stupidest things done by a allegedly progressive government.