Lively, currently in beta, is Google’s answer to Second Life. The downloadable application allows you to create rooms, decorate them to your liking, then make and invite friends over. Of course, you’re far better off actually doing these things in real life, but if you have poor personal hygiene and/or no friends you’re sure to find it very rewarding.

Everyone has owned an Etch A Sketch at some point. If, like me, you managed to draw little more than a misshapen stick man, you’re sure to be impressed by the handiwork of “artists” etchasketchist and Etcha.

Muqtada Al-Sadr

Neil Diamond (yeah right….)

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Elephant with an afro

A great new promotional video/game for Nokia’s new N-Gage store.

A group of rather talented russian flash developers have been working hard on version 5 of the Alernativa3D engine and have now reached their first milestone.

Check out the magic

Our kettle of cool gives this a rather fabulous 1.6 liters which when converted to cups of tea is 5 out of 5!

Swedish - it’s all Greek to me, but this viral piece for Tele2 is outstanding.

The Korg DS-10 is a software version of the legendary MS-10 synth for the Nintendo DS, currently slated for release in Japan only this July. Check out the video - it’s cooler than a black Fonz!

Poo: love it or hate it, you’re sure to release it now and then. If you’re a big fan of poo you’re sure to enjoy Poo Warrior, the incredibly odd poo-themed Flash game. It’s arguably the best poo game on the ‘net, although Catch a Shit is a strong contender.

Some people have too much love for the brown stuff.

Kotaku’s Crecente has had some custom Space Invaders footwear made-to-order. More photos here.

Monkey Kick Off features both a monkey and a football - genius! Try and use your primate soccer skills to beat the Include Digital personal best by clicking here.