Exasperated Calculator

Month: August 2007

  • Top 20 movies

    The top 20 movies according to the [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com), with the ones I’ve never seen in bold: * The Godfather * The Shawshank Redemption * The Godfather Part II * **The Good, The Bad and The Ugly** * Pulp Fiction * Schindler’s List * The Empire Strikes Back * Casablanca * **One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s…

  • For Harry Potter fans

    A little something to ease the no-more-books problem: [A plush Book of Monsters](http://www.thinkgeek.com/9359/).

  • Was this Sauron’s model?

    [Security for your PC based on a ring worn by the authorised user](http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/20/security-ring-denies-intruders-when-youre-away/).

  • Desk decoration

    [A floating globe of Earth](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/earth-toy/electro+magnetic-world-spins-of-its-own-accord-280586.php)

  • For shared households

    [An online RPG that gives XP for doing chores](http://kotaku.com/gaming/oddities/chore-wars-makes-work-fun-280200.php)

  • Dropped wallets

    [What happens when you drop 100 wallets](http://www.bored.com/wallets/). ([Via](http://www.economics.com.au/?p=992))

  • Brilliant packaging

    [A box for a Plasma TV that turns into a not-too-ugly stand](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/finally/first-useful-tv-packaging-in-history-transforms-into-a-tv-stand-279659.php).

  • Retro computing

    [Build your own Apple 1 replica](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/07/vintage_computer_kits.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

  • Lego craft

    [Make a Link (as in Zelda) from Lego](http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/17/make-yourself-a-link-from-legos/).

  • A picture of despair

    [The best press picture of 1980](http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=184&Itemid=115&bandwidth=high).