Month: October 2007

[Molecular Gastronomy supplies](http://www.lepicerie.com/catalog/category_288_FINE_FOODS_Molecular_Gastronomy_page_1.html). The idea, basically, is to make meals out of powders. Very strange, very intriguing.

[Batman defends Ludwig Von Mises](http://www.reason.com/news/show/30539.html%7C). Unfortunately I can’t find a copy online. I’d love to see it, if nothing else to see if the economics is right…

[Every novel on the Booker prize short list may be made available electronically](http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2681255.ece). Interesting if it happens, but I suspect it’ll be loaded down with piracy protection.

[A lamp in the shape of a fuse](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/furniture/13-amp-fuse-lamp-throws-out–a-cool-retro-vibe-for-the-ladies-312670.php). I can only think the thought process for this one started with ‘what else do I know that breaks easily?’.

[Hasselblad’s updated 39 megapixel camera](http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/18/hasselblads-39-megapixel-h3dii-39ms-dslr-brings-the-multi-shot/). As an aside, I just recently got a new 50mm lens for my 7 megapixel digital camera, and I can notice a huge improvement in quality just from that. So I hate to think how much you’d have to spend on a lens to actually use all of those megapixels…

[This designer took ‘Cuckoo Clock’ too literally](http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/08/watchismo-times_29.html). Seriously, don’t look if you’re sensitive, it’s a bit unpleasant. Not gory, just vivid.

[Two tetris cosplayers get into a fight in a parking lot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKrm93nqnM). They better watch out, that 4×1 piece will come along and clear everyone out.

[Business advice from Houdini](http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/580-five-marketingbusiness-lessons-from-harry-houdini). Actually, there’s a lot in that list which would work pretty well for politics or policy design too.

[A super computer in a chapel](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/heavy-metal/marenostrum-the-worlds-most-gorgeous-super+computer-293608.php). If that photo doesn’t send a shiver down your spine, it’s because you’e never read Arthur C. Clarke’s [*The Nine Billion Names of God*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God).