...good old-fashioned anaglyph 3D glasses!

Why? Because they ARE cool, I DO look awesome and because I CAN!*

Any anaglyph glasess aficionados out there might recognise these glasses as one of the four complementary pairs that were bundled with the DVD release of Spy Kids 3D... not a good film, but worth the price for these splendid spectacles!

*UPDATE: I have a headache now

...and all I got was this lousy space station

(The 10-year anniversary was last week but an attack of man-flu left me so weakened that even the simple act of blinking required two hours of sleep to recover from)

Its first pieces were put into space in 1998 and its first crew arrived in 2000. Since then the International Space Station has housed a permanent human presence in space for a full decade. It is, by far, the most complex object ever put into space and – at a cost so far of £62bn – it is the most expensive object ever built by man.

Ever since those first sections were placed into orbit, critics have been asking what the point of it is and how the international community is ever going to see a return on its colossal investment? In short, it isn’t.

Discovery's greatest hits

In which we take a look at some of the greatest missions undertaken by Nasa's greatest Space Shuttle

Despite the Space Shuttle's many (many) failings, it remains something a bit special and totally unique.

It was designed to streak into heavens as a rocket (during which time it accelerates to 28,000km per hour) and then return back to Earth as a glider before touching down on a runway like a commercial airliner. It was one of the aircraft to use digital fly-by-wire technology (meaning that there is no direct mechanical or hydraulic connection between the pilot's control stick and the craft's control surfaces and thrusters).

Also, for any design geeks out there, the typeface used on the side of the orbiter is Helvetica!