Month: November 2007

[The iPhone may launch in Australia in 2008](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/31/iphone-looking-to-head-down-under/). Yay! Happy dance time.

*Announcements*: * The [ALP boldly copies 90% of the coalition senior citizen benefit increases](http://www.smh.com.au/news/federalelection2007families/41b-pitch-for-grey-vote/2007/11/01/1193619029438.html?s_cid=rss_news) (with some extra treats). $4.2 billion. * The coalition promises [50 new family emergency…

[Tiger Woods retirement fund could be worth $US 1 billion](http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news;_ylt=AvrCG7Va3rP9NtKe3.eLXJ45nYcB?slug=dw-pension090407&prov=yhoo&type=lgns). It's hard to find retirement funds better than the government one, but this manages it...

[Is the Star Trek Federation of Planets really a federation](http://volokh.com/posts/1190182117.shtml). Almost as fun as a debate as ['Is Star Trek communist'](http://stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Trek-Marxism.html)

[The environmental benefits of manual transmissions](http://www.slate.com/id/2176867/fr/rss/). The US obsession with automatic transmissions is bizarre. Personally I'd pay more manual...

[The most disturbing pencil sharpener ever](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/30/decapitated-doll-hea.html). Really creepy, but I want one!

[Kevin Smith protests his own film](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QepgKVOVfZ8). Sadly, probably funny than *Clerks II*.