My post on the trip to Germany is taking longer than expected, largely because I’m sorting out a few photos to go with it. In the meantime, here’s more of what I’ve been reading over the last 24 hours, some of which has appeared in my del.icio.us feed.<\/p>\n
BBC:<\/strong> Astronomers find a planet 70% larger than Jupiter<\/a>. That would make it the biggest extra-solar world yet known.<\/p>\n CNet:<\/strong> Is a time machine possible?<\/a> An Israeli professor is examining ways to curve space and time.<\/p>\n Ars Technica:<\/strong> Blogging to reach its peak in 2007<\/a>. There are also 200 million ex-bloggers, apparently.<\/p>\n Scientific American:<\/em> Guerilla wi-fi to put a billion more people online<\/a>. A US firm plans to change the world.<\/p>\n That’s Ireland:<\/strong> Temptresses, winged frogs and Vatican demons<\/a>. A deconstruction of the first issue of The Hibernian<\/em>, a monthly magazine dedicated to “faith, family and country”.<\/p>\n International Herald Tribune:<\/em> Wayward police officers must wear pink armbands of shame<\/a>. If you’re a copper in Bangkok and you break the rules, you get to wear a Hello Kitty armband.<\/p>\n Slate:<\/strong> How “educational” baby videos stupefy kids<\/a>. Children are better off watching things like American Idol<\/em>, it seems.<\/p>\n