Speaking of Q*Bert and amusement...

I just saw a talk by AMO physicist Peter Zoller and he proposed a so-called "Q*Bert lattice" as a way of experimentally implementing honeycomb lattices. (This included a picture in the upper left corner, in which Q*Bert was depicted with his canonical comment box.) I'm highly amused!

Here's hoping that the Q*Bert lattice becomes important in AMO physics the way the "Sonic hedgehog" gene has become important in biology. I did a google search and people also speak of "Q*Bert cellular automata." It tooks indeed like this is the official term in the literature. I approve!