Posted by: Jane Douglas

As the weekend draws tantalisingly closer, Tech & Gadgets presents the pick of this week's litter of homegrown content - plus all the web-based wonders that have caught our eye of late.

Best of the rest (of the web)

Virtual Me (above) is something I'm going to make time to try out this weekend. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I really like customisable avatars. My first forty minutes of playtime with Mass Effect consisted of fiddling around in the character creation screen.

The history of data storage, in pictures: educational and fun. The 1024 bit Selectron tube looks like either a torture implement or a time-saving tattooing device. Possibly both.

With luck I won't be needing one in the near future, but I'd definitely be up for these barcode gravestones. Scanning the monument's barcode with your cameraphone reveal pictures and details about the dead. Perfect for flowery epitaphs too long for your standard headstone.

Photoshop Disasters presents the worst (and funniest) photo manipulation mistakes found in advertising imagery and celebrity shots. Spot the celeb with an extra arm - the Photoshop equivalent of a serious typo.