Month: February 2008

[The story of one of the greatest heists of all time](http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/thebankjob/large.html). I love a good heist movie, and this one looks like it has some fun conspiracy theory…

For some reason, I played quite a few computer games in 2007. Aftering buying a [Wii](http://www.nintendo.com.au/) in 2006, I got an [XBox360](http://www.xbox.com/en-au/) and [PS3](http://playstation.com.au/) to go along with…

[The latest take-off from the makers of *Scary Movie* and *The Naked Gun*](http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/superheromovie/trailer1/). If you have any thought that it's possible for these people to be funny, watch…

[A table with built in marble runs](http://gizmodo.com/361344/marbelous-table-provides-fun-and-distraction-in-marble-form). Please buy me one of these, work. I promise I won't be completely distracted by shiny marbles all day long.

[How different cultures around the world count money](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1098393/how_people_count_cash/). Someone once demonstrated that differences in the way people rolled cigarettes were driven by tax policy. It's probably the same…

[Using lies to engage students](http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html) I think this is a good idea. But maybe I'm lying...

[The comic Garfield with everyone but the character Jon deleted](http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/) It's incredible, really. It totally transforms the comic, but it still works.

[Net Neutrality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality) is one of the biggest hot button issues among the nerd illuminati of the Internet right now. The simple question is whether all internet bits are…

[A dark comedy about a man who decides that in order to stop his wife suffering when he leaves her, she has to die](http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/marriedlife/trailer/). Looks beautifully acted, should…

[What happens if you put a Gummi Bear into molten potassium chlorate](http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/02/gummi_bear_goes_ballistic.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Hannibal Lecter would be proud.