Cool Jobs: Forgery Expert

I've been too busy to post lately.

Here is a 4 minute video about the job of detecting fake antiquities (mostly lamps).

Minimum Wage Machine

Blake Fall-Conroy's Minimum Wage Machine “allows anybody to work for minimum wage” by dispensing a Lincoln cent every 5.04 seconds when a mechanical crank is turned. Turning for an hour will yield 715 (or 714?) cents an hour, or the minimum wage in New York state.

(via bOING bOING)