Exasperated Calculator

Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics

  • Electronic democracy

    [Senator Online will have a party vote on every issue](http://senatoronline.com.au/). Running two candidates in five states. Probably a bad idea, but it would be interesting to see it tried.

  • Facebook at work

    [Serena Software requires staff to use Facebook for an hour a week](http://valleywag.com/tech/bad-ideas/friday-is-facebook-day-318507.php). I hope HR at work is paying attention.

  • Economist spotting

    [How to tell if you might be a quant](http://web.mit.edu/alo/www/Papers/quant.pdf). Easy to spot, hard to tame.

  • Election07: Redgum edition

    *Announcements*: * Coalition announces [another $1.6b in roads, this time for SA](http://liberal.org.au/info/news/detail/20071105_Our2020PlanforSouthAustraliasTransportFuture.php). * ALP announces a [homelessness policy](http://alp.org.au/media/1107/mshouloo050.php). Another quiet day. Almost certainly a quiet first half of this week given the Melbourne Cup. 19 days to go.

  • Is Pac Man too modern for you?

    [Pac Man as a text adventure](http://kotaku.com/gaming/pac_man/pac+txt-a-pac+man-text-adventure-318490.php). Funny stuff. There’s a lot clever text adventures (‘Interactive Fiction’) out there.

  • Coffee Addicts only

    [A necklace in the form of a coffee molecule](http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/jewelry/9d8f/). Well, in the stylised diagram form at least.

  • Mapping London

    [A simple map with a lot of accuracy](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/199-a-simplified-map-of-london/). OK, a bit mean. But it’s certainly how The City sees it.

  • Simplicity and Web Design

    [A comparison of Google’s home page to Yahoo’s](http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/nonflickr/05_yahoogle.html). It’s no coincidence that Yahoo’s market value is $US 41b, and Google’s is $US 222b.

  • Peter Principle advice

    [How to tell your boss he’s an idiot](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2801215.ece). Attention subordinates past and future: I generally find a box of chocolate works well.

  • Election07: One Score edition

    *Announcements*: * ALP: [Tax preferred saving accounts for first home buyers](http://alp.org.au/media/1107/mshou040.php), costing $500m. * Coalition: [$10 billion to fix roads in Sydney, SE Queensland and Victoria](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22700518-2,00.html). 20 days to go.