Every wonder what "The Quantum Pontiff" looks like with a side of Bacon? Me neither. But now you can thanks to bacolicio.us: The Quantum Pontiff with a side of Bacon.
Simultaneous (at least in my reference frame) hat tip to Matt and Jacob.
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No hat tip?
http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2009/03/spicy_pi_bacon_squared.php#comm…
Funny thing is someone else sent me that link and then later I noticed your comment caught in the spam filter and approved it. Hat tips added.
Long links or too many links in the same comment will trigger the spam filter. Same thing has happened to a comment I wrote on the ScribTeX post, which contains information that might be relevant to work, rather than bacon-related frivolities. Perhaps you can white-list me. You can always turn it of when I start writing actual spam.