Month: July 2007
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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).
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Most addictive game ever
Make sure you have plenty of spare time. [Desktop Tower Defence](http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/).
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Worst. Idea. Ever.
[Control your car over the internet](http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/17/you-are-big-brother-control-and-track-your-car-from-the-net/). ([Via](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/03/control_your_ca.html))
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Old-school statistics
A nice add-on for your website: a [mechanical counter](http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/mechanical-hit-counter-rings-em-up-the-old-fashioned-way/)
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19th century novel economics
[How rich is Fitzwilliam Darcy](http://web.mac.com/jbdelong/iWeb/Brad%20DeLong’s%20iWeb/Morning%20Coffee%20Video%20Podcasts/628F2080-F343-4EEC-B4C9-1BA671DC2B59.html).
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TV review: Heros, Season One
As promised a long time ago, here’s a review of Season One of the fantastic US TV series [Heroes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28TV_series%29). I’m going to do this in two parts. First, I’m going to make some general (non-spoiler) comments. Then, off the main page, I’m going to make some more specific (spoiler) comments about some of the parts…