Exasperated Calculator

Month: July 2007

  • Typing Zombies

    [Kill Zombies by typing quickly](http://kotaku.com/gaming/dreamcast/clip-kill-the-undead-by-typing-245445.php). Weird.

  • Home Ownership and unemployment

    [Apparently high home ownership is linked to high unemployment](http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/03/oswald-vs-bush-on-homeownership.html).

  • 1984 meets political campaigns

    [A renegade video from Obama supporters attacking Hillary](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/19/found-footage-obama-reinvents-that-1984-ipod-commercial/).

  • Silly video of the day

    [The Secret of Canbr’Argh](http://the-riotact.com/?p=4517).

  • Earning potential

    [One economic consultant estimates his career earnings at $US 50 million](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/03/post.html).

  • C64 Nostalgia

    The first real computer[^1] I ever used was a [Commodore 64](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64). I think it was 1984, so we were pretty much on the cutting edge. Things have moved on a lot now: my current computer has 32,000 times more RAM, and the processor is about 2000 times faster. But in a lot of ways it…

  • The American legal system in song

    [Weird Al explains the legal system](http://www.overlawyered.com/2007/03/ill_sue_ya.html).

  • Least practical Pizza oven ever

    [Open air rotating pizza-oven](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/18/open_air_rotating_pi.html) that I really strongly suspect doesn’t even come close to working.

  • An even less practical clock

    [Planetary Orbit clock](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/planetary-orbit-clock-takes-lightyears-to-read-245076.php). Really nice.

  • More Zelda papercraft

    [Make your own Link](http://www.siliconera.com/2006/04/28/legend-of-zelda-papercraft/). ([Via](http://kotaku.com/gaming/link/papercraft-wind-waker-link-245027.php))