[A history of religion in 90 seconds](http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html). The contrast between the early spread of Christianity and Islam is quite fascinating.
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[A Japanese building with a 200-foot drop ride built into the middle](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/architecture/beautiful-japanese-building-to-be-covered-in-puke-311143.php). It does look quite nice, but (as the linked post points out) clean up could be…
[Apparently all the cool graph theorists use fake names on their papers](http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/10/15/5455305.aspx). By the way, all my physics papers are published under an assumed name too, but that's…
[Led Zeppelin's complete catalog coming to iTunes](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/music/led-zeppelin-changes-tune-puts-whole-catalog-online-310757.php). I'll certainly be buying a stairway to heaven.
Movies coming up in the next couple of months, and my thoughts ([as according to IMDB](http://us.imdb.com/Recent/Australia)). * *[A Mighty Heart](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/)*: Interesting, has a few good reviews it seems.…
*Annoucements*: * ALP: [$6 billion worth of Commonwealth land to be sold to alleviate housing affordability problems](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/16/2060873.htm). * Coalition: Nothing announced. *Non-policy*: [The debate debate](http://www.smh.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/just-one-debate-pm/2007/10/16/1192300739761.html). Kevin Rudd wants…
[A field guide to the strange icons on many electronic devices](http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/15-10/st_symbology). Given that they're trivial to forge, I don't really know what benefit a lot of these provide…
[8 years of cert pool memos from the US supreme court](http://epstein.law.northwestern.edu/research/Blackmun.html). The Blackmun archive is the gift that keeps on giving for Supreme Court nerds.
[The line of succession to the British Throne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_Throne). Sadly they seem to have to omitted me, but I'm sure they'll fix it in the next edition. First Australian…
[The 1869 entrance exam for MIT](http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/exam/). Actually, it's surprisingly easy. About grade 10 level on average, I think.