Category: Quickhit

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Lights to make your bike look like a Police vehicle](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cycling/bicygnals-front-and-rear-lights-makes-your-bike-look-like-a-cop-car-318296.php). Funny the first time. Until the car comes back and runs you off the road, that is.

[Photographs of the guards and staff of Auschwitz Concentration Camp having a good old time](http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/09/frolicking_in_the_shadow_of_hell.php). Looking at these sent a tremendous shiver down my spine.

[Pictures of Saturn from the Cassini probe](http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/10/15/cassini-10-years-and-counting/). It’s incredible to think that space probes like this have only been around for 30 years.

[Senator Online will have a party vote on every issue](http://senatoronline.com.au/). Running two candidates in five states. Probably a bad idea, but it would be interesting to see it tried.

[Serena Software requires staff to use Facebook for an hour a week](http://valleywag.com/tech/bad-ideas/friday-is-facebook-day-318507.php). I hope HR at work is paying attention.

[How to tell if you might be a quant](http://web.mit.edu/alo/www/Papers/quant.pdf). Easy to spot, hard to tame.

[Pac Man as a text adventure](http://kotaku.com/gaming/pac_man/pac+txt-a-pac+man-text-adventure-318490.php). Funny stuff. There’s a lot clever text adventures (‘Interactive Fiction’) out there.