Fave. RT @ncguk: "We spent so long looking for the Higgs boson, and all the time it was in our hearts." -- Higgs Boson Christmas Special

Waiting for a series of URL shorteners to take you to the actual website is the new dial-up tone.

Video of my keynote from #OSCON is now online: http://is.gd/3ud8A8 (on open source space exploration + hacking science)

Internet traffic is now 51% non-human: http://t.co/yhUvohoW We are the 49%!

24 yrs ago, Apple predicted a natural-language voice assistant in a touchscreen Apple device, less than a month off: http://t.co/vsrIl4pB

Create an inspiring design about space exploration & win a Zero-G flight in Russia! Deadline April 15 + I'll be a judge: http://is.gd/LRDt4L

Was trying to act like I didn't care about the #Oscars, but Hans Zimmer was seriously robbed, by far he had the best original score!

A photo of a black hole vomiting into the cosmos: http://flic.kr/p/9KgqiH

I don't have words for the latest space meme. I present you SHUTTLING: http://t.co/oHVY5OEe /thx @spacesooner

Science is gross:"[a neutron star's] density is ~equivalent 2 the mass of the entire human population compressed 2 the size of a sugar cube"

-- @Amazon should partner with @Instructables. "Customers who bought this item made these things with it"

Can we get content/news sources to kill the f-ing paginated lists already? I don't want to click 14 times to see the "14 most amazing ____"!

Your exciting space news for the day: a THIRD of Sun-like stars have Earth-like planets in the habitable zone: http://t.co/QePacgre

"NASA’s budget for 2011 is $18.5 billion—0.5% of $3.7 trillion fed budget. In 2010, Americans spent as much on pet food" http://is.gd/cUkfu7

If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault: http://is.gd/o8lTMN (I would extend this to communities + organizations in general)

"~20% of human genes have been patented already ... As a result, *research* on certain genes is largely restricted" http://is.gd/UbUeqA

"Stop Using Your Mom as an Example of a Stupid Person" - 10 NY's resolutions for designers http://t.co/dX1VbYeQ /thx @odannyboy @mikeftw

Omg, geektastic! NASA posted some shuttle launch, satellite beep, and mission control sounds you can use for ringtones! http://t.co/hbymGxXT

Noticed Sarah Palin posters in SF due to the flocks of people scrambling around to take photos of it w/ their iPhone http://flic.kr/p/99JN3k

OH: "If Buzz Aldrin checks into the Moon, everyone on @Foursquare gets a message saying Game Over"