Ah, the Rubik’s Cube - possibly the most frustrating puzzle/toy/gadet/thing ever invented. Few people are blessed with the patience to complete one, discounting those, like myself, that opt for the “peel the stickers off and rearrange them” method.

Ad agency DDB New Zealand cleverly plays on the themes of time and patience in Rubik’s new campaign.

Clive Sinclair’s Spectrum graced many a home in the 80s. It’s Herculean 48k of RAM (128k, if you were lucky) just doesn’t cut it these days, but the pioneering ZX Spectrum Orchestra is helping to keep the legend alive.

Everybody loves the theremin. What? You don’t? What the hell is wrong with you! Anyway, behold the curious mixture of thermin and amphibian.

Meat is a versatile and tasty friend, but who’d have guessed that it would someday be used to make dolls? Outstanding meaty artistry!

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

Hammond-hero Jimmy McGriff’s funky fingers have departed this earth. He lay down some proper nasties in his career, and, forgiving a couple of dubious covers for which he’s forgiven, his discography tastes sublime.

High fives big man, keep hitting those ivories in the sky.

Swiss pilot and all-round hero Yves Rossy has finally unleashed his jet-propelled wings upon us mere mortals.

He’s such a top bloke and manly man, in spite of his feminine moniker - a modern-day Condorman.

One wonders how long it’ll be before we see this sort of technology deployed by the US military (particularly in their relentless pursuit of the A-Team). Colonel Decker - are you watching?

We listen to a broad range of music in the office. Nigel gets a look in fairly often; Wefunk runs hot and cold (the funk is hotter than July, but the rap/hip-hop/turd-beats is colder than a homeless eskimo’s ice lolly). Today, we (OK, fair dues, Tim) discovered Global Funk Radio, a delicious blend of tasty funk goodness fresh from the farm.

Go listen kids!

Foam weapons from mp industries in Berlin.