An animatronic T.Rex being filmed by a whole load of schoolchildren – like multiple mini versions of Scoble, all with their phone out, video and taking pictures. I saw very few actual cameras, they all had the phone. How many of these actually do something witht he footage, the images? Do they take it off the phone or just keep it on there to share?

For the museum, it does raise a question as their visitor guidelines ban the use of cell phones. I’m pretty sure they mean for taking calls, as there’s no restrictions on cameras. They need to update the rules.

Caught a drink with Jeremy Wright last night at the end of his rapid-fire trip to New York – he demonstrated his new cap bought on his recent trip to the UK, a flat cap in black corduroy. His trip seemed to be full of incidents and surprises, not going completely to plan, but you need to wait for him to blog that to get all of the nuances!

One thing we did end up discussing was the different way that English and North American women walk and carry themselves. Apparently Jeremy was breasted more in his trip than ever before – breasted being his description for a woman getting by you and brushing you with her breasts. Now, he was in pubs, raves and the Notting Hill Carnival so there were plenty of opportunities for close encounters due to crowding but he felt that presenting the breasts first was far more prevalent in the UK. Anybody with a comparable experience?

as of today, Wednesday, according to Technorati, there are over 350 blog posts containing the word, and it’s the 14th most popular search term of the day.

Facet	Harry Potter	iPhone
What is it?	A book	A phone. With extras.
Audience	Ostensibly children 9-12. In reality all ages.	Gadget freaks and Apple fans with enough cash to spend or parents who would spend the money. Plus speculators looking to make a quick turnaround.
Cost	$34.99, although many places discounted	$599 plus 2 year phone contract
Queues	Yes. Although pre-ordering and common sense meant that they really only formed on the day. Queues reached round blocks; the ones I saw were far larger than for iPhone	Yes, some forming 5 days in advance. Press and speculation potential meant people wanted to be first.
Attire	School uniform, cloaks, pointy hats (a wizard is not a wizard without one). Face paint.	Jeans and t-shirts. HP fans definitely better dressed.
Typical Fan	Harry Potter fan Originally uploaded by RachelC	Apple iPhone Launch Palo Alto – Robert Scoble Originally uploaded by b_d_solis
Celebrities	I’m avoiding reports at the moment, so no idea	Over and above the tech geek celebs, Spike Jones, Whoppi Goldberg, more people I don’t know. Looking for clues on this one,
Charity Factor	Not really – can’t resell it.	Some ofthe first people in queues were planning on reselling for charity. Plus they got a lots of PR for being there in the first place.
Scarcity	Plenty. Lots and lots all over the place	Fears were proved pretty groundless as phones were available without too much rush. Initial auctioning value dropped rapidly
Sales in first days	Pre-orders on Amazon over 2m. Just way bigger than the iPhone	500k?
Cool Factor	errrrr, It’s a book. Not really much you can do to up the cool factor.	ooohhhhhh shiny. Let me touch. It’s shiny. Wins the cool factor hands down.
Usability	Only one function. Read it. But at 759 pages it makes a good door stop as well.	Does lots of things well and then does not do things that it should do as a convergent device. Plus does somethings badly. Read the reports – they’re mixed. But did I say it’s shiny?
Reuse	It’s a once only thing. Once you’ve read it the suspense is gone. re-reading is possible but not as much fun.	Years of fun. Lots of things you can do and it has a continuing functionality. Until the battery goes.
Recyclability	Yes. Out to the recycle people and back it will come as next week’s newspaper.	Probably. But lots of components and chemicals so not that easy
A sequel?	No, that’s your lot. The story is over and done with. JK could sit back and enjoy her riches but may produce something else – will it be as good?	Yes. Absolutely. In different colours, sizes, functionalities. One that actually works in 3G. This one has a long way to go.

Now I’m off to read the book for the rest of the day. Anyone got things to add?

Via John Swords on Twitter. (although I went and got the original from The Onion. Typical government reaction – they forgot to back it up.

Lolcatese is often based on such catch structures or snowclones. Grown-ups don’t recognize these snowclones because the formulae may come from gamerspeak or from the dramatized sequences of Japanese video games. Variations of the phrase “im in ur base killing ur d00ds” (apparently, a famously hilarious joke to players of Warcraft III) are a commonplace of lolcatese, where the sentence “im in ur x, ying your n” is frequently varied.

They can analyse all they wish, I just enjoy the stuff.

Thursday afternoon, Robert Scoble invited people along to a small lunch at Katz’s deli; about 10 people turned up. One of them was Grace Piper, to whom I’d mentioned the event on Tuesday night at the Supernova pre-meet. Afterwards, I tagged along for a walk in the park and pastries at Cafe La Fortuna. Luckily I escaped before being stuck in traffic for the rest of the day . Loren Feldman, of 1838Media and Podtech(or should I call him a star?) took a few video clips during the day. Paul Marino also came along, an expert in machinima. We’ve looked into using media like this at work, either sponsoring or creating. Still looking for the right opportunity and match.

On Tuesday I got talking to Sherry, a B2B PR expert. One of her clients makes body armour, which lead to a surreal conversation about which bloggers could be approached to try out the products and why tey should be offered it!

US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer.

Picture from Clare and Dave