LEGO Factory now available for Mac

Now it's not just PC users that can build their own LEGO creations virtually - LEGO have released their Digital Designer for the Mac. Many hours will now be spent recreating the rocket car I built when I was 8.

No more Smarties tubes!

Nestle have decided after 68 years to stop selling Smarties in their traditional tube. Instead, they'll be using a "six-sided hexatube" and a "re-sealable flip top". This is terrible news. No more plastic caps with letters underneath! Of course the website tries to make it better by getting you to collect the 'final caps', but I'm just too upset to take part...

Thought of the day...

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

macTV for all your Apple-related videos

Try this Mac-only videocast. It provides Apple-related videos as a podcast in iTunes.

Engadget 1985 BBS

20 years ago, this is what Engadget would have looked like...
A very funny take on how much technology has moved on in the last two decades. Really like all that ASCII art!

Hacking Otis Lifts...

This is a great hack to enable an "Express" mode when you're next using a lift. So you'll zoom straight to your required destination without it stopping at floors inbetween. I need to try this out!

The PSP is a GOOD web browser!

Russell Beattie has confirmed something I'd been hoping - that the new Sony PlayStation Portable has an excellent web browser built-in. He says the key to it's usability is the Instant-On feature - it goes in and out of sleep instantly, no loading times. Read the full feature and get ready for September 1st in the UK...

Apple reveals 6th UK Apple Store

Apple Store Brent Cross will open in North London later this year.
Other UK Apple stores are:
- Regent Street, London - opened November 2004
- Bullring, Birmingham - opened April 2005
- Bluewater, Kent - opened July 2005
- Trafford Centre, Manchester - opening later this year
- Meadowhall, Sheffield - opening later this year