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Coming Soon: Mamma Mia

[The musical based on Abba's music hits the big screen](http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/mammamia/medium.html). Looks bad. Even worse than the music it's based on.

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True Love

[Geek Like Me by the Wonderstrucks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1-4LcmE538). If only I'd sen this before my wedding...

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19th century textbooks

[US school textbooks from the 19th century](http://digital.library.pitt.edu/n/nietz/) It's a little bit scary to look at these and realise just how much has changed in 150 years.

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The reality of fabric

[An awesome cloth simulator](http://www.custom-logic.com/exp/cloth/cloth.html"). OK, it's possible that wasn't the most persuasive sales pitch ever. But have a play with it, it's clever.

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Coming Soon: Diary of the Dead

[George A. Romero returns to the zombie milieu, this time a la *Cloverfield* or *Blair Witch*](http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/diaryofthedead/trailer1/). I love a good zombie movie, and (if done right) this is…

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Indiana Jones and the Cash In of Doom

[Indiana Jones LEGO kits](http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=519&d=70). I have to admit to being a little excited by the movie. I mean, come on. It's *Indiana Jones* here. On the other hand,…

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Understanding the US Election

[A guide to the GOP by analogy to Buffy villains](http://www.cogitamusblog.com/2008/01/the-gop-primary.html). Hard to disagree with any of these. Now will someone do the same kind of thing for the…

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Blades go in… Blades go out…

[A ceiling fan with retractable blades](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/01/02/fanimation-air-shado.html). I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that I could happily play with these for hours.

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Car in a bubble

[The CarCapsule - just in case your car wasn't looking silly enough](http://gizmodo.com/339414/carcapsule-will-not-help-you-swallow-your-car-whole). I can see how someone got to this product - what's the point of a cool…

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Story: The Day I Created a New Nation

Well, the first annual [IntShoStoWriWe](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2008/02/nanowrimo-for-short-attention-spans/) was a success, with 100% of participants completing a short story of at least 2,500 words. OK, so it was just me this…

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