Sat. 6.30am. Pouring rain and long umbrella queues outside the portaloos... 7am. Elite riders (def not me) start on the gun. By 7.30am another 880 riders have started tearing up the already muddy and waterlogged track. What joy. Hit a tree 10km in after going blind down a muddy track. Sunnies useless, didn't wear them for the next 8hrs. 35km. 1st water stop. No water to wash bikes only to drink but lots of...

Ok - so we received two iPads today - and as you can see from the photos below - we can't wait to start using this device (and it all happened on Mark's birthday!) .  We are keen to see how it will make life easier - and also what fun we can have with them. Either way - its a new digital landscape with gesture computing on a tablet.

When you combine the sounds of Pete Rock, visual backgrounds of New York city, beautifully graded video with nice typography placement and subtle effects - you get to see the heart and soul of New York city. Nice work by the guys at www.kx1.com Concept by Papa Neal & Fu for K1X. Track by Red Cafe & Pete Rock, Cinematography, Direction & Edit by Kevin Couliau (Asphalt Chronicles), Art Direction...

These voices for the TomTom are just crazy - the latest addition - Star Wars! If your a fan you'll love this clip... watch Lord Vader during the recording of his GPS voice for the TomTom.

Ok - so some how a conversation between Mark and Brian turned into a $50 bet to see who could go the longest without getting their haircut - last man standing to win all. With all of us being so competitive, I came along and for some unknown reason uttered the words - "make it $100 and Im in" - thinking they'd leave me out... oh well - that $300 is looking good so far... So now you can see the progression on...

Google never cease to amaze me. Yesterday they unveiled they plan a broadband network for the US that is 10 times faster than what we will have in Australia with the new/improved NBN... and that they want to buy/resell power. Now they have unveiled one of the greatest toys ever – a virtual glass elevator that lets you fly around the world, just like the one in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Made by a...

Meet the new Burton Method, currently holding the accolade of the best board constructed – ever. This thing is the lightest, most responsive board on the planet. The Burton doctors stripped everything down with surgical precision to achieve this and constructed the Method from finely woven carbon strands and S2 fibreglass which is what makes it as light as a feather and as tough as nails. The base is also...

It looks like some kind of weird walking robot – but it is actually one of the latest toys out there which even F1 drivers practice on, when they are not in their real cars. The claimed near real 100% realistic steering and transformer, it will throw its driver around just like they have really spun out on the chicanes, and then some. If only there were a simulator to recreate that F1 driver lifestyle… www.cruden.com

Somewhere is not just any shop, this is a palace filled with Swedish and local independent clothing, right here in Melbourne! Somewhere is the sister store of Somedays in Sydney Surry Hills run by a Swedish couple. With names like 'Tiger of Sweden', 'Cheap Monday' and 'Björn Borg', you've gotta love what these guys are doing; bringing inspiring clothing concepts to our shore, so that we don't need to look...

The iPhone is aways staying close my heart, but a recently posted promo short for the new Nokia N900 called 'Focus Group' caught my eye. Keep watching right to the end, some pretty insane effects come to life.