Exasperated Calculator

Month: July 2007

  • Photography

    Before After [How](http://ebin.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/how-to-turn-your-photo-into-movie-like-effect-using-photoshop/)

  • For the druid on the run

    [Build your own mini Stonehenge](http://www.thinkgeek.com/8eed/?cpg=wnrss).

  • Fear of heights?

    [Then definitely stay away from this swing in China](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sweet-jesus/worlds-highest-swing-looks-terrifying-259824.php)

  • Spinal tap reunites

    The great Spinal Tap [re-unites for the Live Earth concerts](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/07/spinal_tap_smells_th.html).

  • Another cool clock

    [A clock with a little less precision than usual](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/clocks/tubular-time-word-clock-is-half-past-cool-257849.php).

  • Water pistol? Hah!

    Cower before [the water-mortar](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/summer-shenanigans/water-mortar-drenches-the-competition-260323.php).

  • Hugo Best Novel Reviews 2007: The Final Chapter

    To finish the unofficial [Hugo](http://www.nippon2007.us/hugo_nominees.php)-week on this blog, a recap of my thoughts on the five nominees for [Best Novel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel). The five nominees (with a link to my review) are: * [*Temeraire*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2007/03/hugo-review-temeraire/) by Naomi Novik * [*Glasshouse*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2007/04/hugo-review-glasshouse/) by Charles Stross * [*Rainbows End*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2007/05/hugo-review-rainbows-end-by-vernor-vinge/) by Vernor Vinge * [*Eifelheim*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2007/07/hugo-review-eifelheim/) by Michael Flynn * [*Blindsight*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2007/07/hugo-review-blindsight/) by Peter…

  • Evacuating the A380

    [Watch the biggest passenger plane ever run through a test evacuation](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/speedy-evac/video-873-people-ditch-a-downed-airbus-in-77-seconds-257841.php).

  • Japan leads the way

    [An enormous T-shirt vending machine](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/i.m-still-partial-to-the-gap/t+shirt-vending-machine-store-eliminates-annoying-salesmen-257807.php).

  • Mixing breakfast with computers

    [A waffle iron that makes waffles in the shape of a keyboard](http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/03/keyboard-waffle-iron-cooks-up-your-favorite-peripheral/).