We have to apologise up front that you can’t get this phone here because Nokia has decided [wrongly] that only people in Hong Kong appreciate Bruce Lee.

And would pay over the top money to get a special edition phone with Bruce stamped all over it. That doesn’t mean we can’t tease you horribly though because we desperately want one too.

This is the N96, Nokia’s flagship multimedia phone Hong Kong-style: a Limited Edition Bruce Lee mobile with his face and signature carved on the back, and bundled with numerous accessories and a cool Bruce Lee action figure from Enterbay.

However, it does cost an estimated £800 here [Chinese]. The only consolation is possibly the best promo video for a phone I have ever seen

After a highly successful install of the NXE (New Xbox Experience), I thought I’d share my avatar with you all.

What do you think? Good likeness or what?

Inside is a 30Watt all-digital amplifier accompanied by two ¾in, high-definition, soft-dome tweeters and two 3in, high-power, long-throw woofers. Logitech says the bi-amplified design ‘delivers crystal clear sound with minimal noise and distortion’.

There’s even a connection for hooking it up to an external, dedicated subwoofer if you need even more low-end thump.

You just plug it in wherever you are at home and it will detect your network automatically. After that you can stream your tunes over an 802.11g wireless network connection or listen into thousands of Internet radio broadcasts.

The Squeezebox Boom - sadly - also operates as an alarm clock, so it’s not all fun. There are 6 preset buttons for finding your favourite tracks or stations and the remote control even features a tiny magnet so that you can stick it to the unit or the fridge.

It’s due for launch here in a few weeks and will cost more than the £150 US price, especially considering the existing Squeezbox costs around £180

Everyone in this wonderful industry of ours should take the survey!

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There’s actually a lot more to this bloody shower curtain Halloween decoration than meets the eye. There’s the obvious stuff, of course, like the homage to Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho. And the blood splatters and hand prints themselves say a lot about the owner.

But beyond that, there’s a little something extra in store for guests who need to drop off the candy corn in between Trick or Treats.

The subtle surprise is a woman’s blood-curdling scream, which is accompanied by the music from Psycho.

The ruckus starts up when someone enters the bathroom courtesy of a AA battery-powered motion sensor and a speaker. It’s $20, which isn’t too bad considering your guests will probably take a knife to it themselves
after the gag gets old. [Things You Never Knew Existed via OhGizmo]

“Search 121,617,892,992 web pages” claims the front page of the new search engine Cuil (pronounced “cool” apparently.) Those 120 billion pages are about three times as many as Google actually indexes, according to developer Anna Patterson… and she should know as until 2006 she worked there. Presented in a kind of “magazine style,” Cuil will apparently get more pertinent results as it drills into the contents of a page, unlike Google’s complex ranking system. Since two more of the development team also worked for Google, and there’s $33 million of venture capital behind the new site, it is certainly going to be an interesting development to keep tabs on. Cuil starts taking search requests today.

So after 2 years or so, I have decided to update the site again. There is still quite a lot to do, but it is a start.

The site (which I am sure many of you will spot) is powered by wordpress, which is by far the best “blog” software out there.

Free, powerful and super developed. It has been a joy to work with and I am looking forward to being able to skins sites in the future.

If you spot anything, please let me know, other than that, I suppose I’d better go and try and find some content. Ideas on a postcard please.