Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics

  • Champagne moments

    [Great essay from Scott Adams of Dilbert fame on success](http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/champagne-momen.html)

  • Tuesday craft

    [Make your own Pixel T-Shirt](http://kotaku.com/gaming/crafts/make-your-own-8+bit-t+shirt-271718.php).

  • The Coming Storm

    [Sometime in the next six months](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2007/01/year-of-the-election/) there will be a Federal election in Australia. Between now and then, expect things to get a little nutty. I’m sure that some might argue that we’re seeing it already: terrorist plots on the Gold Coast, hysteria over changes to industrial relations, pointless name calling over cimate change, and…

  • A snuggly planetarium

    [The strangest turtle out there](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/spoiled-kids/twilight-turtle-planetarium-you-snuggle-271727.php).

  • Distorted pictures

    A painting [designed to ve viewed through an anamporphic lens](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/06/anamorphic_painting_of_a.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

  • Online spreadsheets

    [How to add live data to your Google Speadsheets](http://lifehacker.com/software/google-apps/add-live-google-data-to-google-spreadsheets-271404.php). More things like this and I might even use that system some more.

  • Advances in the obvious

    [Antibacterial products are contributing to superbugs](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/20/antibacterial_produc.html). Can I join thousands of biologists and doctors everywhere in saying ‘Duh’!

  • Yet more uses of wood

    [A wooden Ferari](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/20/livio_de_marchis_woo.html).

  • Harry Potter and the Final Chapter (Spoilers)

    Don’t read on unless you’ve read the book or don’t care about spoilers.

  • Nintendo papercraft

    [Huge collection of Nintendo Papercraft](http://kotaku.com/gaming/more-kraftaku%21/large-nintendo-papercraft-site-270912.php), to fill the quiet parts of your week.