Category: Quickhit

[New reports suggest Lord Lucan is in New Zealand](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/is-lucan-living-rough-in-new-zealand/2007/08/09/1186530493144.html?s_cid=rss_news).

[Economic literacy in the US is better than maths or reading](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_08/011841.php)

[A warp speed indicator for your Mac](http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/widgets.html)

[A urinal combined with a video game controlled by stream direction](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/08/video_game_you_contr.html)

[NASA’s plans for an asteroid interceptor](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/08/nasa-draws-up-plans-for-nuke-packing-asteroid-interceptor/).

[Before the current liquidity crisis, one of the banks in online world Second Life had its own liquidity problems](http://wonkette.com/politics/holding-out-for-a-holodeck-dept%27/second-life-economic-collapse-to-offer-preview-of-real+life-economic-collapse-287434.php).

[How to determine wine quality from its colour](http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/determine-a-wines-age-or-quality-by-color-287366.php)

[A brewery shaped like Bender](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/the_bender_brewer_project.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

[How to use economics to choose where to eat](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/08/an-economists-p.html).

[Make your own bacon](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/how_to_make_bacon.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Pig not provided.