Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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Restaurants in DC
Thai X-ing: [One guy, one table](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/02/thai_xing.html).
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For your next renovation
A [bathtub designed to overflow](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/sok-overflowing-bath-looks-great-til-you-get-in-237458.php). A bargain at $6,000.
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The anthropology of economists
[Life among the economists](http://unicast.org/enclosures/life-econ-crop.pdf).
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Woohoo!
[Shakespeare with Ninjas](http://downloads.cinemas-online.co.uk/trailers/as_you_like_it_hi.mov). OK, not *many* ninjas, but still…
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Going green
This website is now proudly carbon neutral. Except… I have to admit that I’ve got some real concerns about the way the current carbon offset thing is going, especially the recent trend towards carbon neutral everything. It’s starting to appear absolutely everywhere – a friend of mine recently had a carbon neutral wedding, and even…
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Steve Jobs versus Bill Gates
Today’s neat YouTube video: [an Animated Steve Jobs takes on Bill Gates](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO8l-Bd1O4).
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Cool advertising
[Some really imaginative adverts – very clever stuff](http://tyrisr.livejournal.com/16918.html). ([Via](http://www.grotto11.com/blog/archive/1171489818.shtml))
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Lego shaped candy
New from Kelloggs: [edible, gummy-based lego blocks](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/nutritionfree-kelloggs-lego-fruit-flavored-snacks-lego-logo-and-all-236595.php). Probably not the best idea ever, if you think about the choking hazard of the real thing…
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Evil alarm clock
[Clocky is the most evil alarm clock ever](http://www.nandahome.com/products.clocky.html). Only $US 49. ([Via](http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/02/clocky-hiding-alarm-clock.html))
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Capitalism is genetic?
According to Greg Clark, [the English may be genetically predisposed to capitalism](http://econ.binghamton.edu/papers/clark.pdf). ([Via](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/02/are_the_british.html))