Month: March 2007

Recently saw this post on [Boing Boing](http://www.boingboing.net) about virtual economics. Cory Doctorow's take on the inflation endemic to these games: > I think that this has profound implications…

Just in case your office is lacking in that essential element of fear, [a collection of papercraft monsters](http://readymech.com/). ([Via](http://lifehacker.com/software/weekend-project/weekend-project-make-a-papercraft-monster-army-230161.php))

[Another option, but not for the faint of heart...](http://modblog.bmezine.com/2007/01/17/wristwatch-piercing/) ([Via](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/wristwatch-piercing-ftl-230114.php))

[Meat is apparently the most shoplifted item](http://www.slate.com/id/2157840/fr/rss/).

[The Jeep Waterfall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2LUz2WVcek): a 25-foot high waterfall that you can make patterns in like a printer. ([Via](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/77911553/printing_designs_in_.html)).

Nice bit of analysis from Joshua Gans [estimating the price elasticity of iPhone demand](http://www.economics.com.au/?p=599). Short version: They could be making a lot more money...

Weight: 110.3kg Breakfast: Weetbix Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich x 2 Dinner: Mince with Sundried Tomato Pesto & Rocket Total Calories: 1267kCal

Weight: 111.8kg Breakfast: Weetbix Lunch: Cheese & Ham Danish (Bakers Delight) Dinner: Fillet steak, potatoes, peas Exercise: None Total Calories: 1313kCal

Weight: 102.3kg Breakfast: Lunch: Dinner: Snacks: Total Calories: Exercise: Ladder:

Weight: 113.2kg Breakfast: Weet bix Lunch: Vegemite sandwich Dinner: Vascos steak with mushroom sauce Dessert: Plum pudding