Monday morning nuggets

Posten's new logo!

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/norway-posts-new-logo-pokeball-or-marathon-symbol-variation/

 

Large Hadron Collider goes live Wednesday (this could be the most important physics experiment of our lifetimes)

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/cerns-lhc-first-beam-to-be-broadcast-live-on-wednesday/

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/

 

More on the LHC here with snarky gaming news:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/07/japanese-hardware-sales-aug-25-aug-31-supercollider-editio/

 

WiFi on the International Space Station

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/international-space-station-gets-wifi-404-errors-very-likely/

 

2 E-Reader stories:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/plastic-logic-finally-ready-to-launch-flexible-e-newspaper-re/

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/08/esquires-e-ink-infused-magazine-cover-shown-on-video/

 

Are you a virtual rocker?  Which one is on your mind, Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band 2?

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/sting-tool-join-guitar-hero-world-tours-lineup/

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/04/rock-band-disc-export-goes-live-costs-5-for-55-tracks/

 

http://www.joystiq.com/tag/rock-band

http://www.joystiq.com/tag/guitar-hero-world-tour

 

(I just exported my RockBand1 songs in anticipation of getting RB2 on Sunday, it was easy and cheap, RB2 should be awesome)

 

DRM free old games?  Yes please!

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/good-old-games-offering-early-beta-access/

 

The Microsoft/Seinfeld ad is a dud:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122082676065908265.html

 

Google's satellite launch a success:

http://gizmodo.com/5046406/google-military+controlled-satellite-reaches-orbit-we-dont-feel-lucky

 

Fake Steve talks about Apple, shocker:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/157545

 

Star Trek is 42

http://gizmodo.com/5046570/star-treks-enterprise-boldy-went-42-years-ago-today

 

Let's Rock is tomorrow:

http://gizmodo.com/5046340/first-photo-of-apple-lets-rock-event

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/06/on-itunes-8-and-hunches-also-iphone-2-1-for-tuesday

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/06/more-leaked-ipod-nano-pics-for-reals-this-time

 

Is it me or is it coincidence that Rockband and new iPods are launching this week, which coincidentally is back to school week?  =)

 

Ars reviews Spore:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/spore-review.ars

 

Google turned 10 yesterday:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080907-ars-on-google-at-10-years-old.html