Soyouwanna.com is a really cool site that, quote ‘teaches you all the things nobody taught you at school’. The site contains a hugely eclectic selection of different tutorials ranging from ‘so you wanna convert to Buddhism?’ to ‘so you wanna flatten your abs?’ There’s one particular lesson which is very dear to my heart here – ‘so you wanna get a pet ferret?’ Great site.

The good folks at Imaging Resource have set up a rather useful section which offers all sorts of information about software drivers for imaging devices. This is the first time I’ve seen a one stop source for all the different camera makes, so it’s worth a bookmark if you’re in to the whole digicam thang. The really useful stuff is at the bottom of the page where they provide a link list of all the driver locations for the major…

This is kind of complicated, so I’m not going to explain it in depth, but it appears that there is a growing movement out there to back link – i.e. to identify where visitors to a site are coming from by placing their link of origin in full view on a Web page. It may be a tad self-referential, but it’s fun. Look at the bottom of the Ferret and you’ll see a similar thing that I’ve been doing for…

Classic British comedy video clips – Monty Python, Michael Bentine, Benny Hill. Available for free download and viewing. Very short, very funny, very wonderful. ‘Nuff said?

Want to know what must be keeping Sony executives awake at night? I suggest that it’s this kind of stuff – XBConnect – which is a free software utility that lets you connect your XBox up to the Internet to play games remotely with friends and strangers. Download the software, install it on a PC which is hooked up to your XBox using a network router or hub, connect to a broadband Internet connection and bingo, an instant online gaming…

Wonderfully Wacky must be the weirdest gift site on the planet. Where else would you find a motorised bar stool ($1695.00) sitting alongside a pair of Musical Love Socks ($6.95 out of stock!). And they seem to ship around the world, as long as you’re prepared to undergo a convoluted credit card verification system.

Speaking of digital photography, here’s a wacky site detailing how some guy created a digital camera out of his flat bed scanner. Hmmm, rather like making a car out of soap really, isn’t it? [Via Everythingisn’t]

Not that the company needs any more publicity, but Microsoft has thrown up a new Web site which offers a lot of cool advice and tips on using a digital camera with Windows XP. Of course there’s the obligatory rubbish advertising MSN and a whole set of other MS services, but the site could be useful for many people who haven’t realised just how digicam friendly XP really is. For instance, I really like the inbuilt print function which lets…

Dirk Broer and his Philips Research Lab team have come up with a paint on LCD screen. The process apparently involves mixing up liquid crystals with molecules which form a rigid polymer when exposed to ultraviolet light. The stuff is still at prototype stage – and actually resembles more a coating process rather than painting a la paintbrush – but research is continuing into methods of using the technology to ‘paint’ LCDs onto fabric as well as glass and plastic….

Panasonic has released a new range of noise-cancelling headphones for the discerning traveller. What makes them so interesting is the price – instead of paying upwards of $50.00, these start at a wallet – and ear? – comfortable $39.95 for the RP-HC50 ear bud types. If this price erosion continues I may just invest in a set next time I’m on my way through a US airport.

Fed up with paying lots for the Microsoft Office software package? Then why not check out Easy Office, which seems to be a fully functional alternative. The product comes in two flavours (free and Premium) and includes – wait for it – word processor, calendar, contact manager, spreadsheet, presentation, file zipper, web page creator, book-keeper, bar coder and inbuilt voice recognition (I’ve probably ommitted a few features but what the hey). The free version misses out a couple of features…

Way cool site which gives a comprehensive overview of that most pervasive of 21st century symbols – the humble @ sign. Did you know, for instance, that the Czechs call it a zavinac or ‘rollmop’ because the shape resembles a rolled up herring in a jar? No neither did I.

Forget about credit cards, cheques or cash, the future of shopping lies in your finger. US company Indivos has started testing a new shopping system in Seattle where – once you have spent a minute or so enrolling – you can pay for your purchases in a shop by placing your finger on a scanner – no swiping of cards, fumbling with cash or scrambling for a pen at the bottom of the handbag. The clever part is that the…

This short article in Pravda online claims that scientists in the CRS have discovered a stone slab over 120 million years old which contains a relief map of the Urals region and inscriptions in an unknown language. The maps also contain some civil engineering features, including dams and a series of irrigation channels of some sort. The 1 ton slab – which was originally located by Professor Alexandr Chuvyrov of Bashkir State University – has apparently been radio carbon dated…

The Tissot Touch is being billed as the world’s first touch screen watch. Gimmicky it may be, but Tissot do make extremely good timepieces and this one looks to be no exception. It features compass, altimeter, thermometer, barometer and…er…watch – and all accessible by touching the relevant point on the watch face.