[TV personality Robert X. Cringely is leading an effort for a private moon flight](http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070927_003043.html). Given his previous efforts to [build a plane](http://www.amazon.com/Plane-Crazy-3pc-Gift-Set/dp/B00003A9RW), I greatly look forward to this…
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[Chilling story of how close World War III came in 1983](http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/926-is-petrov-d.html). And the man who saved us all. I'm with [Megan McArdle](http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/09/spasebo_stanislav_petrov.php): Why is there not some kind…
[The American Institute of Graphic Art Year in Design selections](http://designarchives.aiga.org/) Hours and hours of clever graphic design here.
[John Cleese to start podcasting](http://tpn.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/27/john-cleese-to-release-new-video-series-in-conjunction-with-the-podcast-network/). While I'm talking about The Podcast Network, I should mention that their [Napoleon 101](http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/) podcast is superb.
*Annoucements*: The ALP [rolls out its tax policy](http://alp.org.au/media/1007/msloo190.php). $31 billion, plus $3 billion in education and health expenditure. *Polls*: Big day for polls. [Galaxy](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/20/woz120.xml) ALP 53-47, [AC Nielsen](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/19/2063636.htm?site=elections/federal/2007?WT.srch=1)…
[A film projector from 1958](http://www.shorpy.com/project-management-1958). Having been involved in a film society, I can tell you that it looks pretty much (with a few small things only) like…
[How to put an image into your histogram](http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/09/idea_the_histogram_as_the_imag.html). This is quite clever, although I'm not sure there are a lot of images that this would work very well…
[A laser based fire extinguisher training](http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/laser-fire-extinguisher-simulator-threatens-arsonists-livelihoo/). I think this would make the six-monthly fire drills around here a lot more interesting.
[The most portable record player I've ever seen](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/09/mister_disc.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). I would, I have to admit, be a little bit worried about warpiing of the album from it not being…
Small, almost random observation: when calling my bank (Which Bank?) the other day I ended up doing the 'on hold shuffle' when they bounce you from department to…