Except for the Swedish royal family, the news lately has focused on the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland. The iPad is receiving good reviews, but will it blend?

The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull has made a serious impact on the air traffic in most of Europe. In fact, this was the largest disruption to air traffic since World War IIWikipedia - Eyjafjallajökull. Of course, this lead to extreme media coverage.

Icelandic words can be hard to pronounce for anyone not fluent in Icelandic, and [ˈeiːjafjatlajœːkʏtl̥] is harder than most. Here is a fun little clip with some examples.

I don't know how many of you have played role playing card games, but the image to the right is what Eyjafjallajökull would be like.

Will it blend

Back in 2006, when YouTube was still quite fresh, a show turned up called Will it blend?YouTube - Will it blend. This was commercials for a BlendTec blender, showing of the power of the blender. When the popularity increased, the host started blending crazy, and expensive, things. Their most seen episode is the iPhone. In case you wondered: YES, the iPhone does blend.

Since the iPad was released I've been waiting for the iPad, will it blend? episode. And finally, here it is.

Now that Steve Davis is playing better than in many years, I think we should watch one of his brilliant snooker trick shots.