The 21st century, it has been explained to any male within earshot, has been claimed by the fairer sex. Somehow though, even in this new Utopic environment, Father’s Day has survived. In celebration of fathers, but with a cautious and respectful...

In the olden days, a gentleman would whip out a ‘light’ when a lady dangled a cigarette expectantly. Those days have past though. Partly due to the decline in chivalry, and partly due to the fact that now we know, helping a woman to smoke, is...

When I first noticed that Dyson had taken their extraordinary vacuum cleaner skills, and delved into the world of heaters, I was excited to see if they could match up. They have: Simply the best heater I have every seen or used. The dyson does not have...

Cape Town on 21 June. Daylight hours: 9h 53minutes V   London will only have 7 hours and 49 minutes of daylight on their winter solstice. It’s not worth mentioning the 16hours or so that London will get for their summer solstice either; as the...

The Olympics are less than 100 days away and although the IOC (not Incognito Octopus Cleavage, guess again or proceed to the end of the page) have given the talented and super-fast, Oscar Pistorius, clearance; this was only after some time in court with...

And lastly, in the series of 3 cable and wire storage solutions, we present the CableBox – this one is the mini version. With the Mark Brothers we showed an identification trick. The Cable Drops presented a way to organise cables you wish to keep in...

The Multi-Purpose Cable Clips are number two in our trifecta of cable management gadgets (hair dryer, Black Berry Charger and fax machines all taken into account) to help you keep things trim and tidy where it matters … behind your home entertainment...

The next three items are all about wiring and good management of, what can be, a chaotic area in your house or on your desk. That area behind the TV unit or your screen at work which mutates out of control all too quickly; and can become the biggest...

It’s not called the iPad 3 … it’s just the iPad. It’s the small things, like this change in name format, that Apple make a big effort to communicate well to keep everything clear to its army of followers and customers. The third...