Hottest. Day. Ever. And for once, that’s not just Comic Book Guy hyperbole. It hit 45.8 degrees Celsius today in Sydney, which is the hottest ever temperature recorded here. That’s 114.4F! I hope the kitties are okay at home…

Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes – bookmarking for later!

At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales) – NYTimes.com – This sounds fascinating. I think it’s a great idea, privacy wonks be damned. If I was a kid and a robot bird addressed me by name my head would explode!

Old photos of Fair Isle sweaters, taken from the Shetland Museum – Very cool.

The Economist | Australia Runner-Up in Where-To-Be-Born Index – I can vouch for the fact that its a pretty damn good place to immigrate to as well!

I’m jumping back on the “Quantified Self” bandwagon. I just ordered myself a Fitbit One for Christmas. Hopefully this will be the inspiration to put this year of injury behind me and get back into the swing of things!

Trotify – a mechanical wooden device that clips to your bike’s front wheel and makes it clop like a horse. It involves a coconut.

You know, the other day on MetaFilter somebody defined a hipster as “someone younger than you having more fun and often wearing a silly hat at the same time”. That’s what this makes me think of.

Audit My Joomla – Looks like a very useful service for anybody running a Joomla site, which tend to attract hack attempts. I should probably run this on, uh, a particular site I maintain.

Geeks and Privilege – Well said. The Snook and I have always admitted how lucky we were to have the breaks we had and to end up in the jobs we’re in.

Old Man Handbag – Good grief, that’s CREEPY.