Friday Fun

A bunch of vaguely science-related fun items from around the blogosphere:

• 100 reasons why kirk is better than Picard via SF
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• The science of Gilligan's Island. Ok, not really about Gilligan's Island directly but how can you resist a title like that. It's actually a review of Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist by John Brockman.
  
• Corn whiskey still demonstration on Saturday in LA.
  
• Difference Engine mechanical computer made from legos.
  
• National Inventors Hall of Fame 2006 inductees.