Category: Quickhit

[Star Wars recast with various celebrities](http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=17338&display=photoshop#entries). As with all Worth1000 contests, some of the entries are quite poor. But the best 10 or so are pretty clever.

[The Discovery Channel is casting for a show where you have to construct Rube Goldberg machines](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/26/rube-goldberg-realit.html). OK, it could be a lot of fun. But it’s far more likely that it’d suck. Hope they work that strike out quickly.

[An architect using Lego for the scale model of his house](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lego-towers/architect-makes-scale-model-of-housing-proposal-in-lego-298497.php). Hopefully that kit will be released soon. Bigger than even the [Millenium Falcon kit](http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/Products/exclusive/10179.aspx).

[Some simple advice for better presentations](http://www.43folders.com/2007/08/23/better-presentations/). The average slide presentation I see is pretty bad. There are a lot of features in most of the software packages like Power Point that should never, *ever* be used.

[Robotech and Voltron movies are coming soon](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/09/08/robotech-voltron-mov.html). There’s a 1 per cent chance these would be good. But it’s far more likely they will destroy everything good about these shows.

[The story of the most famous political advert of all time](http://www.conelrad.com/daisy/index.php). The “Daisy” advert only ever ran once as an advert. But it’s been probably been shown more often than any other political advert ever.

[The 10 biggest flops in video games](http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/133848.shtml). Just wait until *Spore* comes out, I’m sure it’ll make it to this list.

[Why economists use maths](http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2007/09/why-we-use-math.html). Cold comfort for those awaiting their results from ANU, of course.

[Two bookcases designed for people who prefer design to actually storing books](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/11/21/magnetique-adjustabl.html). Very pretty. But I have to admit a preference for the bookcases that store thousands of books rather than look pretty.

[A flat-pack wooden mallet](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/11/23/flatpack-wooden-mall.html). Very clever. But very expensive, and without any kind of practical use whatsoever.