Category: Quickhit

[A camera that shoots 300 frames per second](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/super-slo_mo/casios-exilim-cam-lets-you-shoot-300-frames-per-second-mythbusters+style-295491.php) Unfortunately it only does it in pretty low resolution, but it could be quite fun. But my real question is how long it can take pictures for – 300fps is no good if you can only get 10 frames!

[Burning one million pounds](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/30/klf-burn-a-million-q.html). Yes, it’s real. And yes, the K Foundation were very very strange.

[If you refrigerate an onion for 30 minutes you won’t end up with stinging eyes when you cut it](http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/refrigerate-onions-for-tear+free-chopping-313343.php). Brilliant, but perhaps a little too time consuming.

[The Library of Congress is looking in to how to preserve video games for the future](http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/the-library-of-congress-loves-video-games-313328.php). Anyone who’s tried to run old games on a modern PC knows what some of the problems can be there. Now imagine trying to find a working Coleco…

[Benjamin Franklin](http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/fraud/how-benjamin-franklin-made-new-england-prosperous/): >The Colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament, which has caused in the Colonies hatred of England and the Revolutionary War. Monetary policy is more important than most people…

According to the advertising system, Facebook has around 1.5 million members in Australia, or over 7% of the population… (The US has 20m/6%, Canada 7.4m/22%, the UK 6.4m/10% and NZ 200,000/5%). If you want to see some numbers for yourself, just look at the [Facebook Flyers](http://www.facebook.com/flyers/create.php).

[Steve Ballmer of Microsoft describes his relationship with Bill Gates as ‘Husband-Wife’](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/microsoft/ballmer-describes-relationship-with-gates-as-husband+wife-brings-wrong-images-to-our-minds-310740.php). My brain my never be the same again…

[The journal *Economic Inquiry* has appointed a humor editor](http://www.standupeconomist.com/miscellany/). Check out the rest of the linked site – some good routines from the guy. Although I don’t think he’ll be on *Last Comic Standing* any time soon.

[DIY Vampire Fangs](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/diy_vampire_fangs.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Bit too complex for me, but could be fun if I ever decide to go to a halloween party. (Which, in turn, would more or less require me to be in the US, as thats the only place I’ve ever seen Halloween ever treated ‘all out’)

[Templates for make it yourself boxes](http://www.ideem.it/). Might be handy next time you’re wrapping presents.