Ultra-quiet PCs

I've currently got the Eee plugged into my monitor, keyboard and mouse. This gives me an entirely silent desktop experience for the first time _ever_.

I think my next proper desktop is going to have to be as close to solid state and passively cooled as I can manage...

Boom Blox

You know how numerous companies have boasted about their Kewl Physics Engines that allow you to do all sorts of things that you couldn't do in computer games before - like fall over convincingly when you're shot in the head, or crash your car when you go around corners too fast? What if someone had found the ultimate game to take advantage of this..... Jenga!

Well, I say Jenga, but imagine Jenga where the towers are made from jeweled blocks, some of which explode when touched, some of which are worth more points than others, and some of which vanish when touched. Jenga where the towers are built into complex shapes and you get to throw tennis balls at them to try and knock more bits off than your opponent, or knock bits off without knocking off the penalty blocks that are worth negative points, or while trying to knock them into multiplier areas that double, treble or quadruple the block worth. And now imagine it with cute animals that can get hit by things falling off the towers.

That's what kept me and is_not_well happy for about five hours over the weekend, and it's what I left marrog and time_for_tea playing in my flat when I popped out for a couple of hours last night...

It takes about thirty seconds to get into, and it's insanely good fun. It'll be getting pulled out whenever people are over for a visit for quite a while. Oh, and the single player puzzle mode is _completely_ addictive. And it has a creator mode, so you can create your own puzzles and share them (not that I've got to that yet).

9/10 (cos I'm not sure of the longevity)

It's not just me that thinks it's great - see here for various mags scoring it A+ and 10/10...