Here's a quick directory of the many in-depth reviews I've written and published here on my blog during the course of this past year. From smartphones and MP3 players to innovative gadgets, tech toys, and video games. [More]

Grid is a puzzle game where the goal is to complete the circuit and supply power to each of the connectors on the board. You can rotate each connector, or "glyph", left or right by hovering your cursor over it until the arrows move in the direction you want and then clicking on it. In many cases you'll have to power off some of the glyphs in order to redirect the flow of energy, the trick is that if a glyph isn't receiving power it can't be moved, making it harder to find a solution, but more rewarding when you figure it out. [More]

The Colossal Squid Exhibition at the Te Papa museum in New Zealand is dedicated to the largest invertebrate in the world and the major specimen that was brought to the facility earlier this year. In addition to offering a virtual tour and behind-the-scenes access to their specimen analysis, they also offer a fun Build-A-Squid interactive where you can create your own Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, selecting from a range of different mantles, fins, eyes, and tentacles. [More]

You’ve just been given a shiny new gadget for the holidays and are looking to have some fun – without having to spend any more cash of course. Here’s a guide to some popular freebies to download and explore. [More]

Worth1000.com has posted the results from one of their recent challenges for photoshop enthusiasts. Contributors were asked to use their photo-editing skills to transform celebrity portraits and publicity photos into big top versions, a tricky task considering the task of adding virtual make-up to faces we all know well. The results as you can see here are very impressive. [More]

Spanning the first one hundred years of wild life filming, from the Secrets of Nature series in the early 1900's to Attenborough's Trials of Life series all the way to the Blue Planet and Planet Earth specials of today, WildFilmHistory.org is an online guide to both the technology behind the work as well as the natural discoveries they uncovered. You'll find a large database of video clips including oral histories as well as informative biographies and timeliness outlining the key events and people who have helped gain a glimpse into the hidden world that surrounds us. [More]

Missing In Canada is a weekly feature where I will profile gadgets from other countries, consumer items that aren’t available here and (except for rare import shoppes) probably never will be. For my last “Missing” entry of the year I’ve decided to change the rules temporarily and focus on some devices that do have a hope of launching here in Canada. It’s a list I’m calling “Canada’s Most Wanted”, five gadgets that have captured the interest of Canadians, have proven very popular in their home markets, and would already be on sale here if it were not for a few niggling issues. All of these gadgets are due for a Canadian release, it’s only a question of time. As we reach the end of 2008, let’s look at five ways for the Canadian tech scene to catch up to our neighbours in 2009. [More]

Why not take a break and decorate a Gingerbread Heart? Use your mouse to control a set of virtual hands to funnel icing to draw your own designs and messages and pick out different coloured smarties for decorations. If you're happy with the results, you can e-mail it off to a friend as a treat. [More]

Creator of cute, easy, but always enjoyable point-and-click puzzles, Minoto offers up some cheer for the holidays with Present of Santa. Use your wits and mousing skills to make changes in the right order to help a group of animals while Santa takes off to deliver presents around the world. Good luck! [More]