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An alien probe starts to alter the ship, and Commander Data, to recreate its old culture. This felt a lot like a throwback to the style of the…

[A jet powered van](http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/03/jet_powered_van.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). I have a few suggestions for jets and 4WDs too. A little bit different to this one...

[Teller (of Penn & fame) and the Las Vegas zombie rising](http://itricks.com/news/?p=3276). Really fantastic production values for only 36 hours from start to finish.

[An Ektch-A-Sketch converted into a digital clock](http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/08/etch-a-sketch-clock-automatically-draws-redraws-time/). Makes me wonder what a creative mind could do with a spirograph.

[The candidates as AD&D monsters](http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2008/03/politics_as_she_is_played.html). A little bit too balanced, actually. I rather suspect these would work well to play...

[Steven Levy loses his new laptop](http://www.newsweek.com/id/120052/output/print): >As humiliating as it sounds, let me repeat: the MacBook Air is so thin that it got tossed out with the newspapers.…

[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…

[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…