Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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Weird sculpture
[A kinetic giant squid sculpture](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/07/giant_squid_kinetic_sculp.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).
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The strange appeal of Facebook
In recent weeks (since mid-July, really) the social networking website [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/) has become the centre of a pretty substantial hype storm. Whenever you see discussions of new websites in the mainstream press, something different is happening. So, why? On its surface, Facebook is not much different than the previous champion of social networking, [Myspace](http://www.myspace.com). But…
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But stay still the rest of the time
Researchers at MIT have come up with a [TV remote based on hand signals](http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/15/gesture-based-television-control-developed/).
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DIY pens
How to turn a $2 pen [into a Mont Blanc](http://www.instructables.com/id/EWAMSPFFCKEP2871N2/).
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Computing with toys
A 1934 computer [made from Meccano](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/15/computer_built_from_.html).
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Hedge funds
[A quick primer on hedge funds](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/06/hedge_funds.html).
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Not coming soon enough
Two movies I’m looking forward to: [Get Smart](http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/getsmart/trailer1/) and [The Golden Compass](http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/thegoldencompass/trailer2/)
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Movie Review: Amazing Grace
[Amazing Grace](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/) is the tale of [William Wilberforce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce), the crusading British MP who was instrumental in the banning of the slave trade. The story picks up in the very late 1790s, with Wilberforce defeated by the pro-slavery forces in parliament. Sickly and defeated, he tells the tale of the early days of his involvement in…
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DIY rockets
[Make a rocket from a jam jar](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/07/weekend_project_birthday.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).
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iPod security
[The ultimate way to secure your iPod](http://hideapod.com/). ([Via](http://www.grotto11.com/blog/archive/1184445491.shtml))