Well, it's all over. The final polls were pretty close, with the final two party preferred result favouring the ALP 53 to 47. The ALP has won at…
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Month: November 2007
137 posts
[An architect using Lego for the scale model of his house](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lego-towers/architect-makes-scale-model-of-housing-proposal-in-lego-298497.php). Hopefully that kit will be released soon. Bigger than even the [Millenium Falcon kit](http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/Products/exclusive/10179.aspx).
[Some simple advice for better presentations](http://www.43folders.com/2007/08/23/better-presentations/). The average slide presentation I see is pretty bad. There are a lot of features in most of the software packages like…
[Robotech and Voltron movies are coming soon](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/09/08/robotech-voltron-mov.html). There's a 1 per cent chance these would be good. But it's far more likely they will destroy everything good about…
[The story of the most famous political advert of all time](http://www.conelrad.com/daisy/index.php). The "Daisy" advert only ever ran once as an advert. But it's been probably been shown more…
[The 10 biggest flops in video games](http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/133848.shtml). Just wait until *Spore* comes out, I'm sure it'll make it to this list.
[Why economists use maths](http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2007/09/why-we-use-math.html). Cold comfort for those awaiting their results from ANU, of course.
[Two bookcases designed for people who prefer design to actually storing books](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/11/21/magnetique-adjustabl.html). Very pretty. But I have to admit a preference for the bookcases that store thousands of…
[A flat-pack wooden mallet](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/11/23/flatpack-wooden-mall.html). Very clever. But very expensive, and without any kind of practical use whatsoever.
[15 Castles built by people who didn't know what they were doing](http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=91). Jim Bishop's castle in particular is quite cool.