Spring is here...with a vengeance

The three odd months of Winter in Canberra are finally over! The mornings are warm, the sun's bright and the wind is weakening.

First cool link; The weirdest viable sentence in English appears to be "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." see the explanation on this website.

We also have an interesting problem these days generated by the ability to digitally create pornographic images which appear to depict children. Boing Boing's article here, iTWire (it refers to an NYT website though)

For those in an endless pursuit of perfection, the Japanese art of making polished balls of mud, called Dorodango, may be your answer. Check out Bruce Gardner's page here.

Water, water, everywhere. A situation which was not expected until 2025; New Scientist has published an article that a full third of the world is critically short of water.

And, to end on a good note, the past week has seen some amazing segments on the Colbert Report including an interview with Neil Young and trash-talking the new planets with a top astronomer. "Hey Ceres...You're just a fat ass-teroid! You're so ugly, God tried to hide you in an asteroid belt!" (I couldn't find a permalink but here's the catalogue of his clips.)