Happy New Year and happy 1/1/11! Hopefully you had a safe and fun new year's eve, and that you are not suffering too badly with hangovers or other ill-effects of your celebrations. I know 2010 was tough for a lot of people, and if you fall into that category, here's to better times, and here's whishing everyone a happy and healthy 2011.

R.I.P.: R2-D2 creator Grant McCune dies. Thanks Mike Martinez via Slashdot.

New Year Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Tanks Gone Wild.
Links:	6 Other Things Dropped on New Year’s Eve. Thanks Neatorama. 10 Hangover Cures And Cons. Billiards Meets Bowling. Thanks Neatorama.
Stories:	Burger King adds Brussels sprouts to Whopper in UK. Australia's Queensland faces 'biblical' flood. Russian passenger jet explosion leaves three dead and 43 injured.
Science:	Why Your Genes Don't Determine Your Health.
Images:	Re-installing Baldur's Gate II. Thanks reddit. 2011 around the world: Your pictures. Reservoir Troopers. Spelling FAIL. Irony win.
Media:	Sometimes it is too expensive to rob a store with a gun.