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. ...

Charlie Wilson’s War: Amusingly told story of how Charlie Wilson, a smokin’, drinkin’, womanising politician from Texas got the Afghan war of the 80s off the ground. A bit too light-hearted given the relevance of the subject matter today, and unrepentent - the argument being that “it would have been alright if we allocated more money to follow through after the war had been won,” which looks a lot like retroactive re-writing of facts to my cynical nature. ★★☆ ...