Exasperated Calculator

Month: June 2007

  • Arrrgggh!

    [Google Reader](http://www.google.com/reader) is down, and has been down for hours now. How did people surf the internet before RSS?

  • Free Parking

    From [RiotACT](http://the-riotact.com/?p=5200) I found this [web page calling for action on parking](http://www.faircanberraparking.org.au/index.htm): >The purpose of this website is to channel our frustration with the parking situation into change. Let’s stop whinging to our co-workers and tell someone who has to care – the Government. What we propose is not unreasonable, but the recommendations are designed…

  • Not for the faint of heart

    [A 33-story high swing](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/the-33+story-swing-this-aint-your-fathers-swingset-244261.php).

  • Got an hour to waste?

    [Another one of those fun ‘locked room’ games](http://www.jigsaw.x0.com/sphere_e/index.html). ([Via](http://kotaku.com/gaming/hot-flashes/hot-flashes-locked-room-244030.php))

  • Worst. Parking. Ever

    [Photographs of terrible parking](http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=358).

  • Give your gadgets a home on the road

    [A dashboard gadget holder](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/renault-dashboard-gadget-holder-that-actually-works-243958.php) that may actually work.

  • Free book

    [EE Doc Smith’s classic *Triplanetary*](http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20782/20782-h/20782-h.htm). ([Via](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/13/ee_doc_smiths_tripla.html))

  • The Redskins don’t suck…

    …yet. As at least a few people reading this know, my sport of choice is the [NFL](http://www.nfl.com). The pre-season kickoff is in a little over a month. Which means that technically speaking the two teams I support (the [Washington Redskins](http://www.redskins.com/) and [Oakland Raiders](http://www.raiders.com/)) are, right this moment, equal leaders of the NFL. With around 30…

  • For your next drinking night

    [How to make a bottle opener from a piece of paper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrXmDiYHUY0).

  • Cutest Office accessory ever

    [The cutest little paper shredder ever](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/friendly-paper-shredders-add-cutesyness-where-there-once-was-none-243805.php).