Category: Quickhit

[U-Brew-It, a DIY microbrewery](http://the-riotact.com/?p=6210). Sounds fun.

[According to recent exchange rates, Australian GDP per capita is higher than US…](http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/06/international-comparisons/). While the normal standard is to use purchasing power adjustments instead of market rates, it’s still interesting because of the error margins involved.

[A list of agencies with armed officers in the US](http://www.fourmilab.ch/fourmilog/archives/2007-11/000584.html). I would love to know why the Government Printing Office has seven…

[Bowls that tilt when filled to their defined weight](http://www.royalvkb.com/sitemap/index.asp?page=1&submenu=1&prodid=%7B0B39FFDC-8878-415C-9D38-3C19274969E6%7D). Clever. Wish I could work out how it works.

[An Internet enabled sprinkler controller](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/going-green/cyber+rain-xci-waters-your-lawn-when-the-internet-commands-it-320687.php). Run your garden from your computer. Soon no one need ever go outside.

[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.

[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.

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

[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.

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