Month: February 2008
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Advertising
[A great advert for Dutch store HEMA](http://producten.hema.nl/). Give it time to load – it’s coming, don’t worry.
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Does money make you happy?
[Yes](http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2008/02/poor-and-happy.html). This is probably a good place to link to [John Quiggin’s explanation of what’s wrong with happiness measurement](http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/22/whats-wrong-with-happiness-measurement/).
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Incentives
[Valleywag](http://valleywag.com/), [before per-view incentives were provided to staff](http://valleywag.com/339271/denton-to-pay-bloggers-based-on-traffic): * [24-Hour Diners of San Francisco](http://gridskipper.com/travel/san-francisco/24+hour-diners-of-san-francisco-299751.php). * [Wozniak donates car to charity](http://valleywag.com/tech/clips/wozniak-donates-car-to-charity-laughter-to-us-299764.php). * [Your online friends aren’t real](http://valleywag.com/tech/social-networks/your-online-friends-arent-real-299646.php). [Valleywag], after (links are *not* safe for work…): * [How do I get a Stanford girl to *** me](http://valleywag.com/353885/how-do-i-get-a-stanford-girl-to-blow-me). * [Viagra ruined everything for Valley’s mistresses](http://valleywag.com/355762/viagra-ruining-everything-for-valleys-mistresses). * [Become her…
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Straight from SF
[The US Navy’s 5,640mph rail gun](http://gizmodo.com/351467/navy-rail-gun-test-destroys-everything-it-touches-at-5640-mph). I wish they could provide this kind of technology to the *Mythbusters*.
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Nap time
[Five tips for better sleep](http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/01/27/relax-like-a-pro-5-steps-to-hacking-your-sleep/). I am **not** trying the ice bath suggestion.
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A scream of unending horor
[Bollywood is thinking about making a version of *Ghostbusters*](http://io9.com/352923/bollywood-knows-exactly-who-theyre-gonna-call). There’s a line from *Aliens* that [comes to mind](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aliens).
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How to make your bathroom look very silly
[How to fold a towel cat](http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Towel-Cat). Don’t expect to see these around our house – I’m not very good at origami…
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Pushing the limit
[An IL76 tries to take off from Canberra airport](http://the-riotact.com/?p=6802). This has *got* to be safer than it looks. Because it looks like this plane takes off by the skin of its teeth.
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TV Review: The Palace
[The Palace](http://www.itv.com/Drama/contemporary/ThePalace/default.html), a new series from ITV in the UK. The setup is pretty simple: *The West Wing* meets *The Queen*. That’s a difficult premise to live up to – one of the best TV series of all time, and one of the best films of recent years. Inevitably, it doesn’t live up all the…
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Coming Soon: Fools Gold
[An obsessive treasure hunter and his ex-wife hunt for Spanish riches](http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/foolsgold/trailer1/). This looks like a very very silly film. Maybe sometime when I don’t want my brain on.