Month: February 2008

[A table, stool, wardrobe, bed and bookcase that fit into a small crate](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/02/12/casulo-complete-furn.html). Watch the video - this is a very nice bit of design.

[How to maximise your use of caffeine](http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2008/02/optimally_wired_a_caffeine_use.php). Hmmm, I could go for a coffee about now...

[Lego Monty Python](http://gizmodo.com/355912/lego-monty-python-beats-lego-star-wars-with-a-stick). Personally I'd love to get a Black Knight minifig. (And if you haven't seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, none of this will be…

[A Racetrack shaped goldfish bowl](http://gizmodo.com/356239/racetrack-fishbowl-for-goldfish-daredevils). I'm not sure how well the fish could handle the hairpin turn, to be honest.

Last year I tried to complete [NaNoWriMo](http://www.nanowrimo.org), the National Novel Writing Month. I did better than the year before, but still fell well short of the goal of…

[A panoramic view of inside the A380's cockpit](http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm). Takes a little while to load. Really nicely done webpage. But somehow I find the interior a bit underwhelming -…

[A Ford truck that comes with RFID tags for all your tools and a tracker](http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/06/ford-truck-with-rfid.html). Your truck tells you when you've left something behind. Really clever. Can someone…

[How about this 5200mm lens from Canon?](http://www.canonfd.com/mirrorlenses/pages/page10.html). 100kg and 2 metres long, so you'll probably need a pretty good tripod...

[The adoption rates for technology, from the telephone to the Internet](http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/02/10/opinion/10op.graphic.ready.html) (at the bottom). Lots of fascinating bits in the graph. Even the incredibly rapid take-ups seem to…

[How to put all of Wikipedia on your iPhone or iPod Touch](http://collison.ie/wikipedia-iphone/) Clever. The only problem is you need to update way too often to keep track of…