Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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Own a raygun
From WETA: [Rayguns](http://www.wetanz.com/collectibles/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9). ([Via](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/want-a-ray-gun-246448.php))
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Skeleton watches
I suppose it’s politer than [‘naked watch’](http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/03/skeletons-in-closet.html).
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What about the smell?
[A barbar in Memphis cuts hair with a blow torch](http://www.flickr.com/photos/djcollinator/421997829/in/photostream/). ([Via](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/22/memphis_barber_cuts_.html))
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Who discovered Australia?
[A 16th century map suggests it was the Portugese](http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSYD3449720070321).
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Teaching evaluations
The [classroom feedback on Socrates](http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?%20id=6fnxs4gx7j6qr4v7qn567y5hb52ywb33). ([Via](http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003224.html))
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Creepy
The [laughter of rats](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/listen_to_rats_laughing.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).
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Clever doormat
A [doormat that works in both directions](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/20/go_awaycome_in_doorm.html).
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Photos from the last century
[The hundred-year-old photo blog](http://www.shorpy.com/)
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To Index or not to Index
As the new financial year rolls around, I’m giving some thought as to how invest my money. I’ve got a mortgage, which means that my investment portfolio (such as it is) is pretty heavily weighted towards property. So I’d ideally like to put some money into the stock market. As I see it, I’ve got…
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Frontiers of retailing
Bloomingdales will introduce mirrors [that project the products over you](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/interactive-mirrors-debuting-at-bloomingdales-245716.php).