Geekday: Steve Comes Down From Mt. Sinai, Carrying Tablets

Spending freeze? Not on a day when Apple releases a new toy. Timmeh sez: the AIG bailout saved the world. It’s true because I say so. Return to consumption as normal. Thanks, Timmeh, now it’s on to Tablet Day. First, some geek insights as we await Apple’s latest cyber-orgasm…

Take a swim in a diamond swamp: If you’re on Uranus or Neptune, liquid bling is the thing. Note the very first comment to that story — what else would you expect?

Never mind your navel, contemplate your Bose-Einstein identity: the philosophy of quantum mechanics, all on one web page.

Cosmic guillotine: Your body meets a black hole. Black hole wins.

Roll over Rover: Mars, the bringer of war, always wins in the end, ain’t it so?

It’s called the iPad, and it’s a tablet that says, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s Nexus.” Steve reminds us that Apple is now a $50B company. I guess it’s too big to fail now. Get your iPad now or it will come out of your taxes later. FSF is already sending up the warning signals

Is the iPad waterproof? UCS reminds us that we and our techno-toys may soon go under.

The Face of Delay (Tom, that is): Researchers make the case that Republicans and Democrats can be distinguished from their faces alone.

An iPad you can write on: Maybe you’re like me and can’t afford a new tech toy, especially one with Apple’s high-end price point. Well, there’s always the Boogie Board. 30 bucks, and even amazon can’t keep up with the demand…

Or, consider this: the iPad’s an oversized iPod Touch, with some Kindle and Netbook functionality tossed in. Maybe if you wait a little, you’ll see the prices of the Touch taking a nosedive as the demand gets sucked into the Padhole. Just a thought for bargain hunters who can’t or won’t pay to be on the bleeding edge. There is a certain wisdom in meh…