Beyond Light is an absolutely beautiful collection of X-Ray art, collected in an online gallery. Plus a great explanation of the history of the technique. Stunning.

Giving a party? Not quite sure what to do, or how to make it really go with a bang? Then you need to consult ThePlunge.com. ‘The Birthday Song Since it’s a little awkward to start the birthday song for yourself, ask someone else to lead it. Tell them how much you like their voice and how you would be honored if they would start the singing.’

Acme Vapourware – ‘Yesterday’s technology tomorrow.’ Featured above, the ‘TIV-34 Slauson Vacuum De-Assist BACKNozzle forTorpomotor and PAXvac Recidivistic System’. Equipped with unique and deadly Flo-Stop device.

Sony has updated its mega-DVD changer. The new DVP-CX777ES now holds 400 DVD discs, plays DVD +/- R/W, MP3 et al, and looks the business. $668.00 to you. Now let me see, the whole 9 series of Friends and the complete Simpsons series come to less than 50 discs and �350.00…..mmmm….

How to build your very own Dr Who Tardis console. Classic stuff. No really! And no, I don’t know how to build the actual policebox, but I’m sure there’s someone out there who does.

Fed up of returning late at night, too ‘tired and emotional’ to fumble around with your door keys? Then you should think about investing in the Finger Print Lock. A snip at a mere �699.00. ‘Simply place your finger on the fingerprint sensor and a second later the door unlocks. The sensor is so accurate that the likelihood of it opening to a non-authorised fingerprint is 1 in 1,000,000, much better odds than with a key! It’s incredibly reliable, with…

The PCTech Guide to DVD. Everything you ever wanted to know about the DVD format, but were afraid to ask.

One of the reasons I like Google is that they appear to be really quite bonkers. For instance, what purpose does this freaky little front page feature serve – whereby the Gooooogle expands to mimic the number of results pages returned?

Is it just me, or has my Hotmail spam dropped dramatically – and I mean dramatically – in the last few days? Don’t tell me that their spam filtering efforts are finally starting to work properly?

The Nokia 30 is a ‘GSM Connectivity terminal’ which lets you control stuff remotely from your mobile phone. It’s dual band, can attach via a serial port and can also act as a wireless modem. It’s part of the company’s range of M2M (machine to machine) products, which I think show off some of Nokia’s coolest technologies. ‘…attach the Nokia 30 terminal to a device such as electric door lock, heating system or domestic alarm, and you can monitor and…

Ron Day (?) has produced an excellent short piece on his blog relating to the vexed issue of noise in digital photographs. Not only that, but he’s produced a Photoshop plug-in to help remove the stuff. It’s a great piece for anyone who is interested in digital photography and wants to improve their output. Also check out the Neat Image product mentioned.

The Philips Fisio 530 is a mobile phone with an inbuilt music composer and mixer. That’s right, just when you thought you’d seen it all, up pops another mind-boggling phone application. ‘BeDJ is a real time music composer that allows users to use the 530 as a music mix panel. You can pick and choose instruments for each track and change the tempo of the tracks to your liking.’

Just how paranoid are you? Enough to whip out this little doozy on your next intercontinental flight? The Security Shield Laptop Case makes sure that absolutely no single person ever can see what you’re doing on your laptop. However they will be able to see just what a dork you are from about 1/4 mile. Yours for a mere $59.95. Please form an orderly queue and no peeking!

The TV Dance Mat. Plug it straight into the TV and dance away to the 12 inbuilt music tracks and 3 skill levels. Just right for the kids, and for the adults during the post Xmas exercise regime. �20.00. Whoa, this looks like it is the kid’s toy of 2003, judging by the number of different variations that are available. There’s even a DanceMat website for goodness sake!

Design Detector is a cool web design site, which offers a load of links, tips and advice for site developers everywhere.