So 2008 needs to add an extra second to the official world atomic clock to account for subtle changes in the earth’s orbit.  4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … 1 … Happy New Year! [NYTimes.com]. This is old news, really old.  I blogged (actually tweeted) about it a while ago.  Still interesting, but topical only for those with very short attention spans. What?  Happy New Year!

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