Start baking for Pride 2010 now!

This cake's designer may not necessarily have had Gay Pride in mind when she created it, but it sure would be fun to see at the next Pride Brunch that I get invited to - hint, hint!

Water flowing uphill? It's just WRONG!

Crowds at the Chelsea Flower Show have been queuing up 10-deep to see part of the Daily Telegraph's Silver Gilt award-winning garden - a fountain in which water apparently runs uphill. It is a sight which defies logic, and has become probably the most memorable image of this year's show.

A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly show water travelling up each of them before it pours off the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next ramp.

Inventor James Dyson, he of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has stolen the headlines from the gardeners at this year's Chelsea Flower Show with his "Wrong Garden". Mr Dyson says his inspiration was a drawing by the Dutch artist MC Escher - an optical illusion that shows water going uphill and round and round the four sides of a square perpetually.

Space + Light = Time

The Good Afternoon Clock uses beams of light, projected from the interior of the ring, to indicate hours, minutes, and seconds.

It’s a product of the Mile Project and was exhibited at the Salone Satellite international design fair in Milan in 2008.

Unfortunately, this appears to be a one-of-a-kind item, so it’s not yet available for retail sales.