I must confess that I was rather intrigued with this video which shows a collection of imagery taken of Japanese scarecrows. Now I know what you’re thinking, a post about scarecrows – just how many beers has he had? But, believe me, these are nothing like the scarecrows I have …

It feels a little odd writing about an ice cream maker with the temperature having plummeting in the UK of late, but, of course, in other parts of the world you are probably smothered in sun cream and opening a cold beer, so, in mind of our truly global coverage, …

Ever so often we at Thoughts from the Sidelines like to take a small break from the regular postings to offer something a little different.
This weekend’s video features none other than Mr Darth Vader himself – known to us mere mortals as “Sir” - conducting the Star Wars Symphony, all …

A collaborative venture between Synaptics and Pilotfish, the Onyx concept mobile phone eliminates the need for conventional buttons completely through utilisation of optical transparent capacitive technologies.
And, whilst we have already previously featured phones that are complete touch screens, the benefit of this technology is that the phone will not only …

The use of and ease of digital imaging technology has seen our hard drives become increasingly swamped with pictures, the majority of which never make the transition from hard disk to home and hence are destined never to be seen unless we are sat before our monitors.
The advent of digital …

It seems that Microsoft’s product packaging for Vista and Office 2007 is not the only area that is being aesthetically upgraded, as their range of keyboards and mice seem to have also come under the microscope of late – resulting in a complete and much needed style makeover.
The WED 8000 …

The music hums softly in the background and the lights are dimmed. The person of your dreams is sat before you and is in the mood for a nightcap. It doesn’t get any better that this.
All too happy to oblige, you glide over to your mini bar and mix them …