Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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Brilliant packaging
[A box for a Plasma TV that turns into a not-too-ugly stand](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/finally/first-useful-tv-packaging-in-history-transforms-into-a-tv-stand-279659.php).
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Retro computing
[Build your own Apple 1 replica](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/07/vintage_computer_kits.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).
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Lego craft
[Make a Link (as in Zelda) from Lego](http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/17/make-yourself-a-link-from-legos/).
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A picture of despair
[The best press picture of 1980](http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=184&Itemid=115&bandwidth=high).
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Why the Sixth Sense works
[And why good movies can’t have alternate endings](http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2007/07/alternate-endin.html).
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Movie Review: The Simpsons
As you may (possibly) have heard by now, there’s now a movie version of the The Simpsons TV series. The plot is pretty simple: Homer does something stupid, it was horrible consequences for the town, and as a result Marge and the family get very annoyed by him. But *The Simpsons* has never really been…
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Where does the money go?
A [guide to exactly why political campaigns cost so much](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12011541).
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Impratical clocks
[A Japanese designed table clock that works by tilting](http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/07/watchismo-times_16.html)
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It’s not just Hollywood
[Ten ripoffs of American culture by overseas studios](http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2229). My favourite: the Bollywood jaws with musical shark attack scene.
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More watches
[The most accurate watch ever made](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/the-time-is-nigh/now-watch-is-always-right-278824.php).