I know this is a 'gadget' site - and that most gadgets reviewed in here are things people can touch, and most often have buttons people can press. This is however a web log, which as we all know is a place to record general ramblings and so it's perfectly acceptable to deviate a little from the theme to record things we've found and like.

Today I wanted to give mention to a couple of web-sites someone brought to my attention. I like these because they are taking the technology of the web into new areas. I think this is where growth in the Internet is likely to happen over the next few years as the Internet moves more and more into the mainstream.

The sites are :

www.art24sevenMedia.com

www.art24seven.eu.com

One of the great things about these sites and others like them are that they provide a forum for people that might never get around to creating their own web-site, or if they do have no idea how to market their site, get seen on search engines or whatever.

Fiona has invested a lot of time getting these sites going and says they still aren't quite ready - why not take a look and let them know what you think? I'm sure they'd welcome the feedback, and you never know, you might find something to complement your gadget collection :-)

I guess someone has to get the ball rolling - and as I've never tried blogging this is a chance to play!

First of all a Happy New Year to everyone at GadgetSpeak. Hope you're all rested and ready for the new year.

On a gadgety topic - I guess this year should be interesting. Sony are expected to bring out their PS3 to compete with the XBox 360. I wonder how they will do? From here the XBox was like gold-dust, with all outlets displaying out-of-stock signs. But then according to this article on CNET, Sony have done very nicely out of the PSP. Maybe this was a conscious decision not to go head to head with Microsoft at Christmas?

Another gaming product in short supply - to my daughters annoyance - is pink (or for that matter blue) NintindoDS machine. Equally rare is the Nintindogs game. My other daughter has one of those and loves it. I've trying to get her to write up her thoughts on that for GadgetSpeak - we'll see!