Anyone not at least a little impressed by this is not really alive http://seehere.blogspot.com/2011/05/time-lapse-sky-shows-earth-rotating.html

http://seehere.blogspot.com/2011/05/time-lapse-sky-shows-earth-rotating.html

Peppa Pig set to crack US merchandising market | Media | guardian.co.uk

Peppa Pig set to crack US merchandising market | Media | guardian.co.uk It couldn't happen to a nicer pig.

Daleks given a well-earned break • The Register

Daleks given a well-earned break • The RegisterHooray!

Worst PPT Slide Contest Winners | InFocus

Worst PPT Slide Contest Winners | InFocus

APOD: 2011 May 25 - Space Shuttle Rising

APOD: 2011 May 25 - Space Shuttle Rising
I love people, and that we can do this.

YouTube - Grand Prix - The Killer Years

YouTube - Grand Prix - The Killer Years

YouTube - Ethan Law Roue Cyr wheel presentation

YouTube - Ethan Law Roue Cyr wheel presentation via Metafilter

A gift to the narcissist that lurks in all bloggers: all the places named after you http://www.datapointed.net/extra/maps/names/first/toby/

http://www.datapointed.net/extra/maps/names/first/toby/

Real time MRI app revealed!

 

Only 59p!

 

Not really, although that really is Sophie speaking in a MRI scanner and captured in real time, which is pretty cool.

Two billion viewers? Not so fast...

http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2011/05/06/2-billion-viewers.php

I think Phil Gyford has this right - its an large number when you drill into it. What numbers like this tend to mean is that the broadcast was carried on channels that have a reach totalling 2 billion. Its simply too early to have detailed figures from across the world. Also this 2 billion figure is essentially what was predicted beforehand - suspicious.

Another comparison: in 2009 the Sunday Times reported that the opening cermony for the Beijing Olympics was the most watched live TV event in human history with an audience of 984 million people watching at least some of it. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article6256063.ece. That report dates from nearly a year after so that is a well researched number.