Exasperated Calculator

Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics

  • Evil alarm clocks, part 5

    [An alarm clock in the shape of a carpet that turns off only when you step on it](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/design/carpet-alarm-clock-270283.php)

  • Retro input device

    [How to convert your C-64 into a USB keyboard](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/06/c64_usb_keyboard_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

  • Video game blogging

    [Someone is blogging their way through every Zelda game](http://bloggingzelda.blogspot.com/). ([Via](http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/19/blogging-through-every-legend-of-zelda/))

  • Time to waste?

    [Here’s 100 free games to run through](http://downloadfullversionpcgames.com/blog/2007/06/17/100-of-the-best-legal-full-version-games-you-can-download-online/).

  • DIY Ice Cream

    [Make your own ice cream the easy way](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/08/supereasy_baggie_ice.html).

  • Harry Potter and the Structural Plagiarism

    The Harry Potter books look like they’re pretty strongly in the Fantasy genre: dragons, magic, centaurs, etc. But there’s actually an older genre that the Harry Potter series shares a lot more with, the boarding school novel. Boarding schools are getting pretty rare these days – the idea of sending kids as young as 10-years-old…

  • Fighting illegal posters

    [A very clever way to fight illegal posters](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/08/city_fights_illegal_.html).

  • Parking culture

    [A fascinating description of the parking culture in New York](http://www.personism.com/2007/06/15/parking/).

  • Approval ratings

    [US presidential ratings back to 1946](http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp0605-31.html).

  • Book to movie

    [Some authors pick their favourites](http://bookforum.org/inprint/issue=200703&id=257).