Category: Quickhit

[15 Castles built by people who didn’t know what they were doing](http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=91). Jim Bishop’s castle in particular is quite cool.

[101 Outer Space Projects for the Evil Genius](http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/9e72/). Some very handy tips for lair construction.

[Some pocket calendars without small fonts](http://elzr.com/posts/infodesign-challenge) Some very clever designs, although some of them are so cryptic as to be effectively useless as a quick guide.

[A pen that measures and announces distance](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/08/29/crayola-total-tools.html). This does not seem the kind of thing that a real tradesperson would use.

[How to win at carnival games](http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/win-at-carnival-games-294437.php). It’s not that they’re fixed, really. It’s just that they don’t necessarily work the same way you’d think.

[The shower scene from Psycho acted out with Mr Potato Head](http://youtube.com/watch?v=iX7K9uSr6H0) Creepy. Possibly creepier than the original.

[How fast can you type](http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/). The very last day of the caretaker period today, so enjoy. I got around 500 characters a minute with no errors after a few tries.

[A notepad made up of napkins](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/inspirational/napkin-notebook-an-idea-so-good-it-must-have-been-written-on-a-napkin-325182.php). This would come in very handy during elections to do all the expenditure costings.

[South Korea plans to orbit the moon by 2020](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/21/2096656.htm). Slowly but surely we’re turning our eyes back to space. I still hope to be able to go into space myself one day.

[The HP TJ8300](http://www.kottke.org/07/11/surreal-printer). It’s over 13 feet wide, but still looks like every other HP desktop.