Useful and interesting stuff

XKCD on Passwords:
http://xkcd.com/936/

Giant Squid are bisexual and promiscuous:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14986769

Hard Science - ILL sets ultra-cool neutron science record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14991502

Why doesn't rioting happen all the time?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14985829

Angry bird in the sky ("Running Chicken Nebula"):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/angry_bird_in_the_sky/

How to be a rogue trader:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/20/rogue_trader_howto/

How the shipping container changed the world:
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/09/19/keith_tatlinger_shipping_container_inventor_dies/

Unofficial live-action Angry Birds theme park in China:
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/09/19/angry_birds_theme_park_in_china/

10 years from the birth of the superworms, 10 years since Nimda:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/17/nimda_anniversary/

"Flattening Ethernet" - interesting article on networking and the benefits of doing things at Layer 2 instead of having to traverse the stack at each node. Plus network fabrics vs traditional routing.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/16/flattening_ethernet_expert_panel/