Exasperated Calculator

Month: November 2007

  • Best lawnmower ever

    [A lawnmower shaped like an F1 car](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lawn-care/f1-inspired-lawnmower-yardwork-just-got-a-lot-sexier-320666.php). Awesome. If I had one I’d possibly even mow the lawn once or twice.

  • Testing the crowds

    [Predicting weather using polls](http://www.cumul.us/). I’m on the expert side of the expert-crowd debate. But I’ll be interested to see if this works.

  • Election07: 286 edition

    Quiet day. Nothing national announced. *Quote of the day*: [Wayne Swan on interest rates](http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/swan-dodges-interest-rate-question/2007/11/08/1194329357820.html?s_cid=rss_news): > “I can’t make irresponsible promises like John Howard has been making” Not everyone has John’s talents, after all. 16 days to go.

  • Nuclear Photography

    [French nuclear tests in the 1960s](http://flickr.com/photos/7969902@N07/sets/72157600253743362/detail/). Very cool images, but somewhat disturbing too.

  • Worst projection ever

    [The Equinational Projection map](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/2001-the-reeves-equinational-projection/). I used to care about whether Peters or Mercator was better. But then I got a globe.

  • Election07: Virginia to Florida edition

    *Announcements*: * Coalition announces [52 weeks of unpaid parental leave for parents](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/07/2084142.htm). * ALP announces a [Horticulture Code of Conduct](http://www.alp.org.au/media/1107/mspi070.php). 17 days to go.

  • 36 years ago

    [Woden under construction in 1971](http://the-riotact.com/?p=5860). Canberra is a very, very young city.

  • The map is not the territory

    [A map of the exact borders of the US](http://www.radicalcartography.net/?us-territory). Gives a good idea of just how fuzzy a concept like ‘territory’ can be.

  • A classic SF project

    [Make your own Theremin](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/make_a_theremin_weekend_p_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). No one who’s seen the SF films of the 1950s could ever mistake the sound.

  • In case paper jams weren’t bad enough

    [A photocopier that ‘intelligently’ decides which bits to redact](http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/15/1457200&from=rss). I can confidently guarantee this would become the most hated piece of equipment in any office.