Category: Quickhit

[How to make a fake bloody gash](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/01/how-to-make-fake-gas.html). If only Australia took this one seriously, it could be quite a bit of fun. Try Georgetown (Washington DC) on Halloween to see what *real* Halloween is like.

[A push for plain English in US government forms and laws](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/28/AR2007102801146.html?nav=rss_politics). But, as always in politics, [George Orwell was there first](http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/patee.html).

[Qantas buys 12 planes, and one week later that model is grounded in Europe](http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/safety-scare-qantas-on-alert/2007/10/29/1193555566931.html?s_cid=rss_news). Of course, this is far far better than *the other way around*.

[Why the movie *Saw* is good for middle managers](http://www.slate.com/id/2176637/fr/rss/). The *Saw* movies (and their close cousins, the *Hostel* movies) are the worst trash Hollywood has ever made.

Average fare from my house to Canberra Airport: $45-50 Current fare from [Canberra to Melbourne on Tiger](http://www.tigerairways.com/home/index.php): $49.95

[The company anthem for computer game company Infogrames](http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/12/infogrames-company-anthem-grrrrrl-you-have-no-idea/). The worst part is not actually the existence of the anthem so much as the words…

[A Darth Vader alarm clock](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/clocks/darth-vader-alarm-clock-301128.php) Fortunately, my snooze button is more powerful than he can possibly imagine.

[A cheeseboard that also works as a whiteboard](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/27/dry-erase-cheese-boa.html). I shudder to think what would happen if this was allowed near most economists…

[Make your own sugar skulls](http://chachabowman.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-sugar-skull-tutorial/). Delicious *and* scary, can’t beat that!

[A fireplace designed in a more modern way](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/fireplaces/radius-design-home-flame-keeps-the-domestic-fires-burning-the-easy-way-315422.php). People who know my aesthetic preferences probably already know that I think this looks really good…