Today is the kind of day that makes slogging through the winter (such as it is in Australia) all that much more worthwhile. The sun is out in force, the skies are blue with a hint of cloud, and there’s a warm breeze that makes the shade that much more perfect, and out in the open entirely bearable. It’s days like these…

Not to be missed: The LHC Rap. I wish all physics was taught like that. Ed: Oh wait, here’s some more =) Don’t miss the Mythbusters video, and the Ruben’s Tube (‘sound on fire’!)

And so another year passes… These things are going faster and faster every time, I swear.

If there’s one thing I think you’ll appreciate, it’s the following from The Daily Show: The Daily Show isn’t exactly a bastion of independence, so let the AP sort out a little fact check on various things said over the last couple of days (via Dooce). Here’s another fact-check from AP on Palin’s claim that she “opposed the bridge to nowhere”, when she did no such thing. I thought it was an interesting nomination, but it’s proving itself to be quite a bit of a farce. ...

With the release of the new browser Google Chrome, some people went digging into the Terms of Service you click so fast past, and discovered: [W]hen you download Google’s new Chrome browser, you agree that any “content” you “submit, post or display” using the service — whether you own its copyright or not — gives Google a “perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute” it. ...