Exasperated Calculator

Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics

  • Bigger iPod

    Seagate predicts [1 terabyte iPods within a decade](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/seagate-1tb-ipods-possible-in-2014-243288.php).

  • Melbourne

    [Helen](http://www.bigplatypus.com/?p=328) and I travelled to Melbourne last weekend for a quick holiday weekend. A few highlights… Firstly, I really enjoy the architecture in Melbourne. I never quite managed to get a photo of the RMIT campus near our hotel, but I was quite taken with this skyscraper: ![Melbourne Skyscraper](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/melbourne-skyscraper.jpg) First day we mainly spent going…

  • Somewhat nicer robot

    A [beer launching refrigerator robot](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/beer_launching_refrigerat.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

  • Need to learn to knit

    [Hand knit space invaders socks](http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring07/PATTbmp.html). Does anyone know how to read those? ([Via](http://kotaku.com/gaming/socks/hand-knit-space-invaders-socks-243129.php))

  • The thousand uses of wood

    Number 723: [A watch made of nothing but wood](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/09/solid_wood_pocketwat.html).

  • Weird YouTube of the day

    [Unicorn versus Narwhal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6kNxf6axY4). ([Via](http://www.websnark.com/archives/2007/03/we_are_not_just.html))

  • Another neat alarm clock

    [An alarm clock that can only be put into “snooze” by putting coins into it](http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/the-banclock-if-the-irs-made-alarm-clocks/).

  • National Gallery of Victoria

    More soon.

  • New mailboxes for the US

    [R2D2 meets with US Postal Service](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/09/r2d2_mailboxes_from_.html).

  • Creepiest robot ever

    This (http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/) really creeps me out.