http://simonwillison.net/2017-10-22T02:05:17+00:00Simon Willison2017-10-22T02:05:17+00:002017-10-22T02:05:17+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2017/Oct/22/the-first-photo-on-the-web/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ezzza7/crossdressing-compression-and-colliders-the-first-photo-on-the-web">Crossdressing, Compression, and Colliders: &#x27;The First Photo on the Web&#x27;</a></strong></p> TIL the first photo shared on the web was of Les Horribles Cernettes, an all-female comedy musical group at CERN who performed songs about particle physics. And Sir Tim Berners-Lee first met them when he played the dame in the CERN panto. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cern">cern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tim-berners-lee">tim-berners-lee</a></p>

2008-08-02T23:58:26+00:002008-08-02T23:58:26+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Aug/2/youtube/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM">YouTube: Large Hadron Rap</a></strong></p> The first time I saw this I thought it was incredibly dorky. By the third watch I realised I was actually learning things. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cern">cern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/large-hadron-collider">large-hadron-collider</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/physics">physics</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rap">rap</a></p>

2008-08-01T19:46:47+00:002008-08-01T19:46:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Aug/1/lhc/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html">Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture</a></strong></p> Stunningly beautiful set of photographs of the LHC. I love Big Science. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bigscience">bigscience</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cern">cern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lhc">lhc</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/photos">photos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/thebigpicture">thebigpicture</a></p>

2008-06-07T14:49:04+00:002008-06-07T14:49:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jun/7/lhcountdowncom/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.lhcountdown.com/">LHCountdown.com</a></strong></p> 30 days until they turn on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cern">cern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/large-hadron-collider">large-hadron-collider</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lhc">lhc</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/particlephysics">particlephysics</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/physics">physics</a></p>

2007-03-26T14:43:08+00:002007-03-26T14:43:08+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/26/athena/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://atlas-proj-computing-tdr.web.cern.ch/atlas-proj-computing-tdr/Html/Computing-TDR-21.htm">The Athena Framework</a></strong></p> CERN’s ATLAS particle accelerator experiment is scriptable with Python. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/athena">athena</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/atlas">atlas</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cern">cern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/particlephysics">particlephysics</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a></p>

2007-03-02T11:39:06+00:002007-03-02T11:39:06+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Mar/2/briancox/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://rodrigo.typepad.com/english/2007/03/brian_cox_at_li.html">Brian Cox at LIFT07</a></strong></p> An accessible 20 minute explanation of particle physics and the Large Hadron Collider. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/brian-cox">brian-cox</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cern">cern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/large-hadron-collider">large-hadron-collider</a></p>