[*The Department*](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3833875541020589090&hl=en). Ah, Academic Politics. They're only so vicious because the stakes are so low.
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OK, how did the predictions go? Not so good... * Something unguessed: Nope, not really. * Micro laptop: [Yes](http://www.apple.com/au/macbookair/). You want to know what's cruel? I can't buy…
[DARPA is developing a nasal spray to remove the negative consequences of not getting enough sleep](http://gizmodo.com/338459/darpa-developing-sleep+replacing-nasal-spray-opens-the-door-to-20+hour-workdays). Very happy to volunteer for the clinical trials on this one...
[A blanked that warms or cools your bed](http://gizmodo.com/336850/chilipad-regulates-bed-temperature-you-supply-the-hotness). Astonishingly expensive, but I need to get one of these *right now*.
[This Blog has decided to officially endorse Ralph Wiggum for President of the United States](http://www.thesimpsons.com/wiggum/). I believe I can safely say he'd be better than a lot of…
[The complete text of *Applied Cryptography*](http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/index.html). Not for the faint-of-math.
[A bicycle-powered supercomputer](http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/15/the-bicycle-powered-supercomputer/). I'm worried. I'm working on a computing project at the moment related to climate change, and this could look very attractive to management as a…
Some wild speculation about the [Apple](http://www.apple.com) Macworld keynote that happens Tuesday morning (late Wednesday evening Australian time). * There hasn't been a lot of information to leak out…
[Just a poster so far](http://www.indianajones.com/site/media/downloads/posters/ij4-poster5.jpg). Coming May 22 (hopefully including Australia).
[A native iPhone interpreter for Lucasfilm games](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone-gaming/native-lucasarts-games-emulation-makes-iphone-absolutely-perfect-326257.php). This is completely fantastic, and will be the first third-party application I install if I ever get an iPhone.