Apple Computers shipping Mac OS software on AMD x86 clone processor hardware? Shurely shome mishtake?

Came across this site a few days ago, but it was down due to excessive hammering. Still worth posting here for those who may not have seen it. Fabulous piccies of the sun done using some special Swedish boffin technology. Amazing.

Fans of the old game classics like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man will love the CottAGE site, which is chock full of Java emulations of these antique masterpieces. Enjoy! [via madville]

The Sanyo Banryu Utilitie Robot is a strange dragon shaped beast that’s supposed to be useful around the house as a security device. It can walk, hear, sense using the infrared spectrum and smell stuff. Hmm, sounds really useful. [via slashdot]

The DocuNote is a sub $1000 tablet computer (not TabletPC note!) with a 667MHz processor, 256MB of DRAM, 20GB hard disk and an 8.4″ TFT screen. Sure looks purty, don’t it?

The Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead site helps you keep track of celebrities who have passed on from this mortal realm. Or haven’t. Is Bob Hope still around?

…or how to create your own DIY lava lamp in one simple (!) lesson. Not for the stumble-thumbed. Mind you, if you do it well enough, who knows what you might achieve?

The Candystand Tennis Game is a great free Shockwave tennis game. It also has lots of advertisements spread liberally around. Does this make it an Adver-Game? I suspect so, but does it really matter that much?

When I first saw this I thought, YES! At last a real competitor for the iPod. Until I looked closer and saw that the Neuros MP3 Digital Audio Computer features sluggish old USB 1.1 transfer technology. Aaargh! Don’t these folks realise that for 20GB storage devices you need SPEED to upload your tracks? Anyhoo, apart from that, the specs look to be really quite awesome – * 20GB hard disk * HiSi feature which lets you audition a song on…

Or how a few guys built a scarily effective tunneling device using nothing more than the discarded innards of an old microwave oven. Now definitely don’t try this at home, children!

Ooh, ooh, ComingSoon.net. Acres and acres of nothing but online movie trailers. Of all shapes, sizes, colours and creeds. For free! Bookmark it! [via madville]

The Friendly Favors site is the home to a Web based community of over 16,000 souls, who are ‘committed to building a sustainable world that works for all…[by]…sharing our know-how, connections and resources.’ Sounds nice, what a shame that there aren’t more places like this around.

There’s an interesting little piece on Infosync at the mo covering wireless blogging which is worth a look. Regular followers of The Ferret will know that both I and Fahim – erstwhile developer of the fab Blog software – have been keenly awaiting the arrival of the new generation of smartphones like the P800 precisely for this reason. The idea of blogging on the move with a digital camera and email text features just sounds too cool to be true,…

Stuck for that perfect Xmas pressie? Then how about a photocrystal from the kind folks at Crystalix? Warning: Google translated page.For just �101.28 you too can have a laser crafted block of optical glass enclosing the face of your loved one in glorious 3D. And why not? More here.

Is smell the last uncharted territory in computing? Do we all harbour a secret desire to smell the roses of that gardening Web site or sniff damp cellars in our scary computer gaming? Well that seems to be what the folks at AromaJet are hoping. Their new Pinoke USB device squirts smells at you on demand, triggered by the software driver employed at the time. Mmm, interesting. [via ZZZ]