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"Billion" is thrown around a lot, especially in these times when everyone seems to be obsessing about the economy. This lovely bit of information design puts it all into perspective for us. I encourage you, gentle reader, to follow the link into the source site if you like this kind of thing.

We finally stopped when we got to 40 cars on the track at the same time, still with no perceptible drop in frame rate.

Another reason why the iPhone is a platform to be reckoned with, and the iPhone 3GS is one killer piece of hardware. (There's one in a box in my office, but it's not mine and I have to resist opening it.)

The name isn't resonating with success or favour.

-- Simon Talbot, Head of Corportate Affairs for Kraft, speaking about the looney "iSnack 2.0" name for that weird new not-Vegemite stuff.

A spokesman, Simon Talbot, admitted it was polarising consumers but said the negativity was confined mainly to older consumers.

Anyone old enough to read, you mean? I don't think I could have come up with a worse name if I tried. And what are they doing mucking about with Vegemite anyway? It's perfect as-is.

And get off my lawn!

The band, which will play live dates next week, also includes Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.

Umm. Okay. These are all really talented and slightly crazy people - but, with the possible exception of Godrich, a somewhat unusual combination.

Also interestingly, Radiohead's drummer is working on a collaboration with Wilco, Lisa Germano and the bassist from Soul Coughing.

The world is not behaving normally.

Apple is perhaps the most influential company in the personal computer and CE market. And this is driving its competitors crazy.

This is an interesting take on what Apple's up to these days. The premise? Apple's not about selling Macs and iPods, it's about being a personal digital asset manager. Huh? Read the article.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Rob Hulls will today announce a controversial compromise struck with the state's religious groups that will allow them to continue to discriminate against gays and lesbians, single mothers and people who hold different spiritual beliefs.

Oh hooray! What wonderful news. I can't think of a better way to foster understanding and communication amongst communities than to allow them to legally discriminate against whomever they please.

Today, friends, is National Punctuation Day, "a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, and the ever-mysterious ellipsis."

Its a couple of day's old now...

[It was painful writing that sentence...]