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Last Chance Offer for STARTonomics

Dave McClure is sounding the last chance horn for attendance at STARTonomics, his new conference on startup metrics. The event is this Thursday, October 22nd in San Francisco, and there's a last chance offer for 20% off of registration - just register using promo code START208.

Explaining the Large Hadron Collider (for Dummies)

Tomorrow's the big day: the mad scientists at CERN are starting up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to finally discover if we're on the right track when it comes to particle physics. This is a Big Deal and ideally humanity will be able to validate some key theories without collapsing the Earth into a black cloud of antimatter. If you'd like to see what all the fuss is about, here's a hilarious rap video from the LHC staff...particle physics for dummies! (READ: It's for those of us who chose technology, or even just spending time with the other humans, over science.)

For bonus points, head down to Stanford for a tour of SLAC. (Stanford's linear accelerator.) Even without the 17-mile scale of the LHC, it's an awe-inspiring visit.

Best of Monday at TechCrunch50: Yammer

TechCrunch50 launched today with multiple waves of new companies and memes. Like many folks, I was most intrigued by the startups in the Enterprise cluster. Of those, I had one clear and immediate favorite: Yammer. At its most basic, Yammer is Twitter for groups; at its most sophisticated, it's a productivity tool for teams and workgroups. I'm usually not an early adopter, but I found Yammer compelling enough to actually give them my credit card number.