The days of a collection bowl being passed around a church’s congregation may well be numbered, at least if the American company SecureGive has anything to do with it as they have developed an automated kiosk that will not only accept donations by credit card but that that will even allow for tax-deductible contributions.

A posting about chairs, you ask, but just how interesting can a chair be?

I cannot remember when I last purchased a cassette tape, though it was certainly a considerable time ago.

Following on from last week’s hugely popular post concerning the Remember Ring – a ring that never forgets (even if you do) – Thoughts from the Sidelines could not resist posting about another seemingly innocuous piece of jewellery that has that little something extra.

On the whole, the gadgets and technology featured in Thoughts from the Sidelines, whilst invariably not to everyone’s tastes, are at least desirable and functional.

Virtual Reality glasses have been widely available for the personal computer for some years now and, whilst in their early days, the technology was known to be rather temperamental, the latest devices have come on in leaps and bounds as far as quality and reliability are concerned.

If you are a fan of Formula 1 then you will doubtless positively salivate at the very thought of owning your owning and displaying parts from a Formula 1 car in your pad and, thanks to the Renault F1 Team, you can do just that courtesy of the Renault F1 Team Collection.

We live in an age where space tourism is now a viable option if you just happen to have a spare few hundred thousand notes to splash out.