Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics

For those traumatised by the previous link: [An Apple Logo lunchbox](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/16/tuaw-back-to-school-giveaway-day-four-silver-lunchbox/)

[MacBook Pro + Car = ?](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/this-is-what-a-car-crushed-macbook-pro-looks-like-289954.php)

[An elaborate home-made ball bearing track](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/wooden_ball_machine.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890)

[Why do people believe in conspiracy theories so strongly?](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/15/essay_the_conspiracy.html).

[The best-of SNL alumnus Tina Fey](http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/15/best-of-tina-fey-on-snl-video/).

[How to arrange your pictures flawlessly](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/15/how_totally_paralyze.html).

[How the totally paralysed communicate](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/15/how_totally_paralyze.html).

A hard-core nerd has a [27,000 square foot mansion complete with 2,700 gallon aquarium and a slide made from mahogany](http://valleywag.com/tech/scott-jones/a-high+tech-ceos-midwestern-megamanse-289808.php).

[Bernard Salt’s hilarious and accuate take on Gen-Y](http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22251246-28737,00.html).

[Behind the scenes at the Hilton reservations department, 1958](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_08/011870.php).