Category: Quickhit

[A list of terrifying facts about the mindset of this year’s university intake](http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2011.php).

[How to make your own chinese finger trap](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/how_to_make_a_chinese_fin.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

[I’m 58% bionic](http://www.bat-test.com/).

[The new Transformers remake of Soundwave includes a working MP3 player](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/soundwaves-of-awesome/hands-on-with-the-transformers-mp3-player-verdict-we-want-291490.php).

[A watch with perpetual calendar and longitude functions](http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/08/arnold-son-grande-complication-true.html).

[Plans for a 13,000 foot high, one million person building](http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/20/self-contained-tokyo-highrise-eco-city-x-seed-4000/). Personally whenever I see these I just wonder exactly how long the complete collapse of sociey that cyberpunk predicts is going to take.

Got a reply-paid envelope? [Try putting this 16 page leaflet in](http://centennialsociety.com/business_reply/businessreply.htm). (Probably not safe for work due to cartoon nudity).

[Nine shows with big revamps at the end of Season 1](http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/nine-shows-that-dramatically-changed-from-the-first-to-second-se/). [Explanation of RetCon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retcon).

[A massive shopping centre is being built just next to the Ka’abah in Mecca](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/122067.html).

[A writer from *Lost* and the creator of *Alias* are writing the movie adpatation for Stephen King’s *The Dark Tower* series](http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/02/26/stephen-king-confirms-the-dark-tower-movie/). How many ways are there to point out that these are *exactly* the wrong people for this series. Clint Eastwood or no one!