Exasperated Calculator

Author: robert

  • Hands up if you can see the problem

    [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 equal, or should ISPs be allowed to privilege some bits (from their customers or people who pay them) over others. There are some side issues here, but…

  • Coming Soon: Married Life

    [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 be quite good.

  • The Silence of the Bears

    [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.

  • The sin map

    [Forbes’ guide to the most sinful cities, arranged by sin](http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2008/02/14/cities-sinful-lander-forbeslife-cx_lm_0213sinful_land.html#map). Congratulations Denver on being chosen #1 for Lust.

  • Strange coincidence

    [The trailer for Wall-E set to the soundtrack for the trailer to The Terminator](http://io9.com/360974/wall+e+nator-mashup-proves-cuteness-may-destroy-the-future). Not a perfect fit, but given there’s no apparent editing it’s quite uncanny how well it all fits.

  • In case you were wondering…

    Up to this point, I’ve written a little over 56,600 words in this blog. That’s a little over the minimum length of a novel.

  • Why isn’t the computer game business more like films?

    Just last week [Electronic Arts offered $US 2 billion to purchase another publisher, Take-Two](http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/131375.20080225.EA-offers-2-Billion-to-buy-Take-Two/). This is part of a continuing trend in the computer video game business, with the really big publishers consolidating. In some sense, this is a lot like the film business – the big studios make up a very substantial proportion of…

  • Coming Soon: Speed Racer

    [The directors of the Matrix go very strange in this film based on a cartoon](http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/speedracer/trailer1a/). The style of this looks superb. I think it’ll be a huge flop, but incredibly enjoyable at the same time.

  • Worried about your carpets?

    [Try installing this floating chair](http://gizmodo.com/346269/hoverit-lounger-relaxation-through-levitation). I’d love to know what this feels like to sit on – it’s hard to imagine what it would be like. I also wonder what kind of magnets you’d need to have in order to sell this safely in America.

  • Speaking of things that look like guns

    [A spice gun](http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/the-spice-gun-asks-do-you-feel-hungry-punk/). This would definitely make cooking more fun!