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A good movie, I’m unsure why but wasn’t as shocking as I expected it to be. Maybe because I was familiar with some of the favela stories before watching, although still wouldn’t like to run into those kids in a dark alley.

The Hadron Collider at CERN is nearly ready - keen to see what happens, as they are really onto stuff there (the internet was their last big one!) This is an awesome set of photos from Big Picture on Boston.com. Here is a sample…

I wouldn’t mind living in the globe of innovation…

It feels like a very human thing to do – building a massive machine to slam objects into each other at high speeds to break them apart and see what happens. I just hope they don’t fire it up and it’s way more powerful that anyone could have imaged and blows up the whole earth! (thx ed for the hot tip.)

I don’t think so - perhaps just more unfocussed. I am a bit late on this one - but this is a very interesting article about how the internet may effect cognition.

Chardonnay has become a bit of a dirty word amongst younger generation Australian female wine drinkers. It seems to always be about the sav blanc, or the sem sav blanc – the dry light white. My guess it has become that way as the chardonnay seems to always be the nasty cheap house white and inherently has more taste, or perhaps it is reminiscent of very early drinking days when one has no clue or budget. But as it is one of the most widely planted grape varietals – it can’t all be bad? I quite enjoy a bit of body and depth of flavour, so I am delving in to the world of chardonnay.

The new Pelagio Gastronomia has opened on Victoria Rd Darlinghurst, set up and run by the same people who run A Tavola across the road, and what a refreshing change it is. Superb deli items including guanciale, Périgord truffles, truffled eggs, sonoma sourdough and many delicious cheeses, salumi, fruits/veg and grocery items. The centre piece of the shop is a long table where you can feast on their cafe style fare.

It couldn’t be any more different to the old Pelagio’s, which was always a disappointing experience – it’s a sad day when your italian deli staff cannot distinguish pancetta and prosciutto.

And the best part of the new store… it’s open till 8pm. Perfect. I forsee much time and money being spent there.

The new Pixar Disney Movie WALL-E looks amazing, the sad part is Australia has to wait till 11th September to see it when it is already showing in America. It will be a long wait, and I’m only holding back because I know it will be so much better at the cinema. In the meantime you can watch the trailers and teasers and the reviews so far are near perfect.

Or more commonly known as Broccoli Romanesco - it is somewhere in between a broccoli and cauliflower. Rediscovered looking into heirloom vegetables, sadly I have never one in Australia.

(Image by Alfredo Matacotta)

Ever wondered what Hillary Clinton looked like with the hair of Fergi from the Blacked Eyed Peas or Gwyneth Paltrow? Well you don’t have to die wondering. The facebook app HairMixer has used her to demo how what their app does - apply celebrity styles to any face. I think Hillary was a strange choice, nevertheless amusing.

Skeletor, ET and He Man – what a party. Scott C must be of the same vintage as me.