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Show notes:

Valve: full “Steam” ahead on Mac OS X with free syncing – http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/03/valve-goes-full-steam-ahead-on-mac-os-x.ars

Idle chit chat can make you unhappy – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7379561/Idle-chit-chat-can-make-you-unhappy.html

The International Space Station gets a room with a view: space shuttle Endeavour mission in pictures – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7250861/The-International-Space-Station-gets-a-room-with-a-view-space-shuttle-Endeavour-mission-in-pictures.html

Extinct elephant bird of Madagascar could live again – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7405923/Extinct-elephant-bird-of-Madagascar-could-live-again.html

Is fusion power really viable? – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8547273.stm

Nuclear waste under the mountains of Nevada – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain

Tritium – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium

Owl City: Shy, retiring and No 1 everywhere – http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/28/owl-city-adam-young-fireflies

Florence and The Machine – http://florenceandthemachine.net/

Ingrid Michaelson made it into the chart in 2009 with ‘Maybe’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKU3UuJhIxU

TWiT – http://www.twit.tv

Conan O’Brian – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien

LisaTickledPink & Leo Laporte 10-3-10 Radio Wammo Show, Kiwi FM – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilJ6uFr4MmY&feature=youtu.be

Leo Laporte names President of the internet – http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=2175

LHC to shut down for a year to address design faults – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8556621.stm

Information about The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid – http://lcg.web.cern.ch/lcg/public/overview.htm

Large Hadron Rap – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

OK Go, This Too Shall Pass Music Video, Rube Goldberg Machine version – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

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