Cower before [the water-mortar](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/summer-shenanigans/water-mortar-drenches-the-competition-260323.php).
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To finish the unofficial [Hugo](http://www.nippon2007.us/hugo_nominees.php)-week on this blog, a recap of my thoughts on the five nominees for [Best Novel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel). The five nominees (with a link to my…
[Watch the biggest passenger plane ever run through a test evacuation](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/speedy-evac/video-873-people-ditch-a-downed-airbus-in-77-seconds-257841.php).
[An enormous T-shirt vending machine](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/i.m-still-partial-to-the-gap/t+shirt-vending-machine-store-eliminates-annoying-salesmen-257807.php).
[A waffle iron that makes waffles in the shape of a keyboard](http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/03/keyboard-waffle-iron-cooks-up-your-favorite-peripheral/).
[The easy way to cycle up a hill](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/norwegian-bicycle-lift-proves-europeans-are-just-as-lazy-254664.php).
Your very own [Sonic Screwdriver](http://www.thinkgeek.com/8cff/?cpg=wnrss).
Just recently I found myself listening to a reading of [*Nightfall* by Isaac Asimov](http://escapepod.org/2007/04/05/ep100-nightfall/). This is a fabulous story that I've read many, many times. But the slower…
[Tribeswoman with AK-47 and iPod](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/22/mursi_tribeswoman_wi.html).
[People demonstrating gun safety to a classroom shoot themselves](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/119713.html).