Large Hadron Collider

Ever wanted to know why/how our planet Earth is stuck in an orbit around the Sun? What force is holding other planets from falling off into the unknown space? How black holes are formed? How does gravity really work? And the ever famous question - how was the universe formed?

Well, we might get to know answers (at least for some of these questions) sooner than we thought. At least that's what all the scientists at CERN dream so. They built the world's largest and most expensive science experiment ever called the Large Hadron Collider, (shortly called as LHC) and successfully circulated its first beams today.

You can read more about LHC here.

Even Google celebrated the launching of this experiment by devoting a LHC logo on their home page today.



Here's a cool rap video from the CERN scientists. Informative and sticky.



Update: Found this informative link about LHC.
10 things about LHC you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Also found this video explaining what LHC does. Thanks Avuykta.

TechCrunch50 2008 Finalists

I hope most of the software professionals around the globe who would want to build a start-up and in a way become an entrepreneur in the process would know about TechCrunch and the coverage they shower on these start-ups. It has become a cult these days in the blogosphere that TechCrunch can make-or-break a start-up. Even though they don't promote any start-ups (some start-ups do sponsor TechCrunch website), it is true that their good review can elevate a new start-up to great heights. For once, a server going down because of heavy traffic is a titillating experience.

Every year they pick the best of the lot. The 50 finalists for this year are below.

Last year's winner was Mint, a great cool website that allows you to manage your personal finances easily all-in-one-place.



Who will be this year? We will know in two more days.

Update: This year's TechCrunch50 winner is Yammer, a Twitter like messaging system aimed at internal corporate communications.