Spring is just around the corner, and most people won’t be thinking about snow for some time. Shoveling your driveway is probably one of the last things on your mind but if the Roboplow ever comes on the market you just might get excited the next time the white stuff starts to fall…

My wife and I, like many, have a Nintendo Wii. I am no expert, but I like to think I am pretty good at some of the games for the Fit etc.  Certainly this is no hard core console – gamers seeking groundbreaking graphics, action,  and online play go the direction of the Xbox and PS3 (btw, I SUCK at Xbox, just ask my friend Ross! Its kind of embarrassing actually…)

Today I saw something that I have to ask my self “Why”. Sure I like the Wii, but even if I was super rich, like Billionaire status, I have to say I would most likely refrain from purchasing the £300,000 Golden Wii.

What is this world coming too!?!?

Every now and then a new toy comes out that ends up selling for big bucks on eBay at Christmas time. Well, I think we have found the next big thing.

If you havent started your Christmas shopping yet, you better grab one of these while you can…

…where do they come up with this stuff??

Ever since I was a little kid, as far back as I can remember, I have loved Lego’s. While I haven’t sat down to play with them for a rather long time, they are sitting in a bin in our closet just waiting for my daughter (who is still too young), and other not yet to be conceived children to play with them. (That is when I will get my turn again without it being weird).

Today I saw a video of a pop up book made entirely out of Lego – while it is only a one page book, it is beyond cool. I can’t imagine being able to create this – even if you forget about the pop-up part, building this as is would take some incredible talent.

So there may be a few readers out there who can actually solve a Rubik’s cube. I for one am not one of them.

As a kid growing up I always had one, and the only way I knew how to solve it was to disassemble it and put it back together the right way – not exactly a challenge.

I have recently seen some videos online that show how to solve the cube with fancy algorithms etc, but I must say, even after watching a couple of them I still don’t get it. I guess I just don’t have the right brain for it – fair enough.

Now there is a new spherical version that is about to be released this summer. I wonder if it will have the staying power and develop the cult following of its predecessor. One things for sure, I will probably at some point own one, and I will also probably never be able to solve it.

If you really love your home audio, and I mean REALLY love it – AND if you care more about the aesthetics than the sound, AND have a very strange sense of style, then have I got the bargain for you!

How does a set of glass speakers sound? They’re cheap too – will cost you only $168,000. (Yes that’s in dollars, not yen).

Apparently this set of home audio speakers took 44 months and involved the work of 23 subcontractors to produce. The set appears to come with two fronts, two surround speakrs, and a subwoofer. I cant say that I understand, or would want these, but something about them is still neat, and worth writing about. If you want to learn more, check out CNet.

When I was a kid I always loved Lego. Usually I would build a little Lego house and a Lego car, then smash the Lego car through the house – hours of fun! Sometimes I would even build things and put them on the tracks of my electric train set and crash the train into them. What is it with boys and destruction? One of my biggest challenges was to use ALL my blocks to build something, but I always seemed to have a couple left over with no purpose.

Well, some guys over in the Netherlands have used their childhood toys to create a working digital safe. You can take a look at their website if you like, but its not in English, so if you’re like me, it won’t help much.

Their safe is complete with an electronic display and motion sensor alarm. Using five double digit codes to open it, the 305 billion possible combinations make it incredibly difficult to hack.

It may be secure enough to keep your Lego safe from your little brother, but I’m sure a swift kick, or a few hits from a hammer would crack this safe. Regardless, it is still very cool, and far beyond anything I have ever built with my Lego.

Take a look at the Lego Safe in the following YouTube Video: