Microphone wires are so restrictive aren't they? I mean, how are you supposed to work the room and perform your little heart out (proving you could sooo have been the next Britney Spears) with an abrupt and restrictive tug of the microphone wire holding you back, while trying desperately hard to fight the resistance and…

The dictionary definition of Twitter is 'To utter a succession of light chirping or tremulous sounds'. It's also 'To speak rapidly and in a tremulous manner: twittering over office gossip' and of course, 'The light chirping sound made by certain birds.' In case you were unsure and thought it only referred to the micro blogging…

The internet says a new German scheme, Dial4Light, is a marvellous idea. I think it's a sucky idea, and I don't cross the internet lightly. The idea is that residents of trippyoffthetongue town Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz can save on electricity by only using street lamps when they're needed. Walk down a street and you have to dial…

I have officially run out of wall space in my house, but discovering these prints is making me seriously consider adding some kind of extra wall a la Hartbeat's Gallery. It also reminds me that I need to go and revise my Mac shortcuts. Incidentally, this is my last ever week here on Shiny Shiny.…

Forget size zero - 12 is the new 8 don't you know. That's exactly why LG has vowed to compete with Sony Ericsson Idou and Samsung's ostensible 12 megapixel handsets, by vowing to release a 12 megapixel smartphone before 2009's 365 days are up. LG realises that it needs to keep up the megapixels in…

I haven't sat in a University lecture in many, many years, but I imagine if I did today, I'd find that the Dell Inspiron Mini would be the new dictaphone around campus. It's a cheap netbook, and the specs are decent, surely making it a winner for parents furnishing their offspring with all they'll need…

Let this young man inspire your weekend. Let his crazy hair and his complete disregard for having any knowledge of the lyrics spur you on to spend your Saturday night in front of your webcam, a little worse for wear, miming to your very own American Idol hits. I'd recommend you skip to 1.30 if…

Some people can't bear to be away from their beloved guitar strumming games for too long, otherwise in comes the withdrawal symptom shakes and the foaming at the mouth. So how do you alleviate this clearly problematic dilemma? You could get the Guitar Hero Carabiner, or purchase the Air Guitar Rocker to help you overcome…

Last year, this nostalgic wonderment appeared on the market for modern gamers with an old skool heart. Sadly, its availability only stretched as far as Japan, which to be honest was a little unfair - they get everything, our eager western hands get nothing (well that's not entirely true)! But now, thanks to the global…