The moment we came across these mini football robots we couldn’t help but draw comparisons with the previously featured Hex Bugs though, unlike the Hex Bugs, these are not autonomous but instead rely on remote control units in order to strut their stuff on their mini football pitch.

Where would we be without the ever reliable and supremely versatile Universal Serial Bus?

We were pleased to receive a mail in our inbox today to inform us that Thoughts from the Sidelines has made Red Orbit’s Blog of the Day spot.

With electronics manufactures ceaselessly competing amongst themselves to produce ever more compact gadgets, Panasonic has today served to lay down the gauntlet for the worlds most compact full spec HD camcorder in the form of its 3CCD High Definition HDC-SD5 Camcorder.

A while back we posted about designer Issey Miyake’s (then) new website on account of the fact that we found the flash intro absolutely mesmerising. We also loved the soundtrack.

I remember being young, partially because it was back in the days when digital watches were still considered cool and when you purchased the music you liked on plastic discs (how absurd).

As those who have followed this site for a while know we are always keen to implement new features that, we feel, will make the site more accessible to our visitors.

On the whole we’re not particular fans of gold, but in the case of these tiny and rather snazzy Younus Swing Gold USB Flash Drives we’re prepared to make an exception on the basis that, unlike certain other rather crudely styled devices, such as hideous Gold USB Flash Drive, these are beautifully understated as well as being extremely practical on account of their diminutive proportions.