For some reason, I played quite a few computer games in 2007. Aftering buying a [Wii](http://www.nintendo.com.au/) in 2006, I got an [XBox360](http://www.xbox.com/en-au/) and [PS3](http://playstation.com.au/) to go along with…
Gadgets
The first real computer[^1] I ever used was a [Commodore 64](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64). I think it was 1984, so we were pretty much on the cutting edge. Things have moved…
Shortly before Christmas my [old Powerbook laptop](http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=pg4_12&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC) started doing two distressing things. Firstly, it started getting really, really hot and was working really slowly. Secondly, and even *more*…
There are some very strange things in the world, but these Cold War Unicorns take the cake. That said, I'm strangely tempted by this:
While at Harvey Norman today I found this piece of inventive advertising: A Choice award? How fantastic! Let's investigate... The CHOICE 2006 Shonky Awards Ten products to make…