Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics

[How about this 5200mm lens from Canon?](http://www.canonfd.com/mirrorlenses/pages/page10.html). 100kg and 2 metres long, so you’ll probably need a pretty good tripod…

[The adoption rates for technology, from the telephone to the Internet](http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/02/10/opinion/10op.graphic.ready.html) (at the bottom). Lots of fascinating bits in the graph. Even the incredibly rapid take-ups seem to need over 10 years to get into more than half of households.

[How to put all of Wikipedia on your iPhone or iPod Touch](http://collison.ie/wikipedia-iphone/) Clever. The only problem is you need to update way too often to keep track of changes – you don’t know what state any page is in when you load it…

[David Suzuki proposes jail time for climate skeptics](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/124862.html). I understand the thought. But seriously, a little bit out of whack? And where does it end? Jail time for 4WD owners?

[Bundle Wrapping](http://www.onebag.com/pack.html#bundle). How to avoid creases and wrinkles through clever wrapping techniques when packing your bags. The only disadvantage I can see is that you need to completely unpack and repack each night. That’s good if you’re just going to one place, but if you have a series of one-night stays it could be a…

[A mind blowing optical illusion](http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/08/color-tile-optical-i.html). A really good example of just how much is going on in our brains. Most photographers know this already, but the brain and the eyes aren’t just a camera – they do a *lot* of processing.

[25 skills every man should know](http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=5741230&GT1=10716). Sexism apart, of course. I can do ten out of twenty-five…

[How to wrap a present properly](http://www.wikihow.com/Wrap-a-Present). My personal method is a little simpler: 1. Pay someone else to wrap it for you.