Quickhit

[A wrist-mounted air guitar player](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/993b/). So very, very silly. Can someone please buy me one?

[Tim Burton adapts Sondheim's musical](http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/sweeneytodd/trailer1/). Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and singing. Yet it looks pretty good...

[Make your own Master Chief (from the Halo series)](http://billybob884.deviantart.com/art/Master-Chief-Assembled-64893585). This does not look like a simple papercraft - I think I'll stick with the six-sided dice papercraft for…

[Collection of the best mistakes and corrections of the year](http://www.regrettheerror.com/regret-articles/crunks-07-the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections). From the article: > On December 22, 2006, The Australian published an article on page 28 titled, “Coffa…

[How to make chocolate Lego](http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/09/how_to_make_chocolate_leg.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). With a bit of effort this could be the building block (pun intended) of a pretty cool cake.

[Hugo-winning Novel *Rainbows End* online in full text and free](http://vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html). Not my personal choice for best novel, but still well worth reading if you enjoy SF.

[The new film from the writer of several Tim Burton films](http://www.apple.com/trailers/newmarket/thenines/). From the description: > The film unfolds in three parts, featuring the same actors in different (and…

[An idea to divide Antarctica based on open sea access](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/207-antarctica-but-sliced-differently/). I've always found it amusing that the CIA's *World Factbook* lists [Australia](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html) as having an international dispute over…

[The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2007](http://www.archaeology.org/0801/topten/). Living in Australia it's easy to forget about the history that lies under the feet of people all the world around.

[A Darth Vader tea towel](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/28/darth-vader-teatowel.html). I'd only get one if it came with a Yoda oven mit.