I was doing some searching for an HDMI-DVI adapter to hook the PS3 up to my LCD monitor, and found that Dick Smith are selling Monster HDMI cables for $300 for a 1.5 metre length.

People, that’s a horrific ripoff. You can buy a cable - even in expensive stores - for $40 or less and being digital, it either works or it doesn’t. Anybody telling you otherwise has shares in Monster.

…and sometimes the bear eats you.

I just cancelled my order for Rock Band. There are supply issues, there are issues with broken hardware and I’m low on funds. It just seems better to give up on it and have another look at it in a few months time, say March or April. Kind of ironic that the game I bought the PS3 for isn’t exciting me anymore.

Make a fisheye lens with your old glasses lens.

I don’t think I have an old pair of glasses lying around, but I’ll have a poke about and see if my old emergency set is sitting in a box somewhere.

And, make your bokeh funny shapes!

This one is so ripe for experimentation…