Author: robert

[A camera that shoots 300 frames per second](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/super-slo_mo/casios-exilim-cam-lets-you-shoot-300-frames-per-second-mythbusters+style-295491.php) Unfortunately it only does it in pretty low resolution, but it could be quite fun. But my real question is…

[Burning one million pounds](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/30/klf-burn-a-million-q.html). Yes, it's real. And yes, the K Foundation were very very strange.

[If you refrigerate an onion for 30 minutes you won't end up with stinging eyes when you cut it](http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/refrigerate-onions-for-tear+free-chopping-313343.php). Brilliant, but perhaps a little too time consuming.

[The Library of Congress is looking in to how to preserve video games for the future](http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/the-library-of-congress-loves-video-games-313328.php). Anyone who's tried to run old games on a modern PC knows…

[Benjamin Franklin](http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/fraud/how-benjamin-franklin-made-new-england-prosperous/): >The Colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been the poverty caused by the bad influence of…

According to the advertising system, Facebook has around 1.5 million members in Australia, or over 7% of the population... (The US has 20m/6%, Canada 7.4m/22%, the UK 6.4m/10%…

*Announcements*: Coalition announces [$4 billion in increased benefits for seniors](http://www.smh.com.au/news/economy/4b-for-pensioners/2007/10/23/1192941038909.html?s_cid=rss_news). *Polls*: [Newspoll](http://www.pollbludger.com/639) ALP 58-42. *Other*: [Wayne Swan and Peter Costello to debate](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/23/2067041.htm). Including worm. 32 bitty days until…

[Steve Ballmer of Microsoft describes his relationship with Bill Gates as 'Husband-Wife'](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/microsoft/ballmer-describes-relationship-with-gates-as-husband+wife-brings-wrong-images-to-our-minds-310740.php). My brain my never be the same again...

[The journal *Economic Inquiry* has appointed a humor editor](http://www.standupeconomist.com/miscellany/). Check out the rest of the linked site - some good routines from the guy. Although I don't think…

[DIY Vampire Fangs](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/diy_vampire_fangs.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Bit too complex for me, but could be fun if I ever decide to go to a halloween party. (Which, in turn, would more or…