Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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A new Sydney to Canberra flight?
A company is looking in to running a [flight from Lake Burley Griffin to Sydney Harbour](http://the-riotact.com/?p=4698).
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Metal Gear papercraft
[Model of Solid Snake sneaking around in a box](http://kotaku.com/gaming/papercraft/papercraft-snake-in-a-box-252378.php).
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For your next vampire hunt
[A 19th-century vintage vampire hunting kit](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/11/quack_19th_cen_vamph.html).
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Hugo Review: Best Short Story, 2007
The Hugo Award isn’t just for novels, of course, but also has sections for Short Story, Best Novelette and Best Novella. All the nominees for Best Novella, Best Novelette and Best Short Story are all online. As are three of the Best Novel nominees. This year I’ve only read the Novel and Short Story categories…
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Not your average puppet
[A 10-foot high T-Rex puppet](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/giant_dinosaur_puppet.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).
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Read and rest
Another one for my next refurbishment: [a bookcase with a built in seat](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/09/bookcase_with_builti.html).
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Do people have taste?
[What happens when a top level classical violin player busks in a train station?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html). ([Via](http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/04/13172.html))
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Space saver
[One of the coolest kitchens I’ve ever seen](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/sheer-bubble-kitchenthe-tiniest-kitchen-youll-never-be-able-to-afford-250575.php).
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Lego combat
[Lego models of real-life guns](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/top-10/gallery-10-coolest-lego-weapons-to-slay-the-easter-bunny-with-250568.php).
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The best novels Hugo never liked
The [Hugo award](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel) has been around for 54 years now. In that time it’s generally been about the most reliable indicator of the best novels around. But there are still a few instances where everything fell over a little bit: 1959: *A Case of Conscience* (James Blish) beat *Have Space Suit – Will Travel* (Robert…