Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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But what about Undo?
[This new eraser](http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/tersumus/) from Art Lebedev Studio is the coolest thing ever… ([Via](http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/art-lebedev-gets-campy-tersumus-eraser/))
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Where are they taking the Hobbits?
[I am not responsible if you press play and can’t get the tune out of your head.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tin6NJqQQsM) ([Via](http://www.grotto11.com/blog/archive/1171740099.shtml))
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Better than ACTION
[Soviet bus-shelters](http://www.polarinertia.com/jan07/bus01.htm) – strangely beautiful. ([Via](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/74217259/soviet_busshelters.html)).
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Self-diagnosis
Has anyone ever seen a better [description of me](http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2003/07/10/nadd.html)?
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The problems with Wikipedia
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org) is one of the most incredible developments that I’ve ever seen. An encyclopedia that anyone can edit? Sounds like a fruitbat notion doomed to failure. But it’s worked. Mostly. There are a few fault points developing. And these may show the beginning of the end for Wikipedia as we know it. A couple of…
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The best eight word summary of the Iraq war plan
The US [National Security Archive](http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html) (not an official body) has just obtained the [PowerPoint briefing on the Iraq war plan from 2002](http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB214/index.htm). There’s lots of great stuff in this, but I was particularly struck by one sentence from the second slide in the pack >Thinking “outside the box”, but “inside a compartment” When they come…
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Movie Review: The Last King of Scotland
Last week we went to see [The Last King of Scotland](http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0455590/), the new film based on the regime of [Idi Amin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_amin). The film (based on the book of the same name) is a fictionalised account of a doctor (Nicholas Garrigan, played by [James McAvoy](http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0564215/)) who falls in with the regime of Amin. But the centre…
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I’m back with a new theme
Sorry for the extended absence, but most of my spare hours normally devoted to this blog got used instead for the redesign that I’ve just put on. I’m still working on it, so it’s likely that a few bugs will show up. Let me know if you see any by leaving me a comment. I…
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The strange, strange world of tax
As I mentioned below, I just got a new laptop. Despite the fact that it cost twice as much as a desktop. Why? [Section 58X(2)(h)](http://www.austlii.edu.au//cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fbtaa1986312/s58x.html?query=laptop) of the [Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986](http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fbtaa1986312/), which says: > each of the following is an eligible work related item : […] a notebook computer, a laptop computer or…
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18/1/07
Weight: 109.0kg Breakfast: Weet Bix & OJ Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich x 2 Dinner: Chilli with Cous Cous Snacks: Beer after work Total Calories: 1,326 cal Exercise: None (raining 🙁 ) Ladder: na