Quickhit

[A 1000 year Forest Clock](http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/11/1000-year-forest-clock-tiwalkme.html). The aims of this project are the kind of thing that make me rest my head in my hands, but it'd be cool…

[Bug Labs make open source hardware that you can link together like Lego](http://www.buglabs.net/). I'd love to play with this stuff. It looks really cool and it's a clever…

[NASA has released several sound files from Saturn](http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/sounds/). Cool in concept, sound a bit like static in realisation.

[Joss Whedon is returning to television](http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=972f7d73-e0a2-43ea-abad-0abf6afba1f3). If you don't know who he is, go watch *Firefly*.

[Japan's Phillip's Curve looks like Japan](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/11/rorschach-econo.html) (including picture). In case you were wondering: it doesn't seem to work for Australia.

[The Australian of the Year finalists](http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/australian-of-the-year-finalists-announced/2007/11/01/1193619053511.html?s_cid=rss_news). Only two sportspeople on the list, thankfully. But I've never been sure why on earth this prize exists, it serves no purpose…

[Star Trek themed coffins](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/star-trek-coffin/star-trek-coffin-warps-your-corpse-to-the-final-nerd-frontier-317341.php). In case my loved ones are wondering: **NO!**.

[A history of US tax rates by income group](http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/10/evolution-of-tax-rates.html). The decline in the top 0.01 per cents tax rate is astonishing, but it's noteworthy how badly the top…

[The iPhone may launch in Australia in 2008](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/31/iphone-looking-to-head-down-under/). Yay! Happy dance time.

[Tiger Woods retirement fund could be worth $US 1 billion](http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news;_ylt=AvrCG7Va3rP9NtKe3.eLXJ45nYcB?slug=dw-pension090407&prov=yhoo&type=lgns). It's hard to find retirement funds better than the government one, but this manages it...