[The Library of Congress is looking in to how to preserve video games for the future](http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/the-library-of-congress-loves-video-games-313328.php). Anyone who's tried to run old games on a modern PC knows…
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[Benjamin Franklin](http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/fraud/how-benjamin-franklin-made-new-england-prosperous/): >The Colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been the poverty caused by the bad influence of…
According to the advertising system, Facebook has around 1.5 million members in Australia, or over 7% of the population... (The US has 20m/6%, Canada 7.4m/22%, the UK 6.4m/10%…
*Announcements*: Coalition announces [$4 billion in increased benefits for seniors](http://www.smh.com.au/news/economy/4b-for-pensioners/2007/10/23/1192941038909.html?s_cid=rss_news). *Polls*: [Newspoll](http://www.pollbludger.com/639) ALP 58-42. *Other*: [Wayne Swan and Peter Costello to debate](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/23/2067041.htm). Including worm. 32 bitty days until…
[Steve Ballmer of Microsoft describes his relationship with Bill Gates as 'Husband-Wife'](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/microsoft/ballmer-describes-relationship-with-gates-as-husband+wife-brings-wrong-images-to-our-minds-310740.php). My brain my never be the same again...
[The journal *Economic Inquiry* has appointed a humor editor](http://www.standupeconomist.com/miscellany/). Check out the rest of the linked site - some good routines from the guy. Although I don't think…
[DIY Vampire Fangs](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/diy_vampire_fangs.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Bit too complex for me, but could be fun if I ever decide to go to a halloween party. (Which, in turn, would more or…
[Templates for make it yourself boxes](http://www.ideem.it/). Might be handy next time you're wrapping presents.
[Scans of Robert Hooke's notebooks now available online](http://darwin.gruts.com/weblog/archive/2007/10/19a/). I think [Robert Hooke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke) is fascinating. A brilliant mind who would be one of the most revered scientists ever if…
[More people play online game *World of Warcraft* than are employed in the farm sector of the US](http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/03/farm-fetish.html). The linked article makes a reasonable point about the mythology…