Tech Eye: Medium-sized, but not mediocre

There may, however, be a few instances of good things actually coming in small packages. Viagra is one example, though it could become a very bad thing in a small package once its female equivalent comes on the market. With both fiendish pharmaceuticals available, the "developed world" may see the number of deaths from exhaustion and/or starvation skyrocket.

Babies are apparently also examples of pint-sized goodness, though Techeye can't see much more goodness in them than in an actual pint. In fact, the best thing babies have going for them is that they can drool all over strangers and anyone who complains about it is "insensitive." That and the fact that they can grope just about anything they like. Ah, a life of drooling gropery - what we would give for that kind of freedom. But we digress.

While Techeye does not find wee things superior to ginormous things, we should say that the reverse isn't true either. Well, maybe it's true for televisions and turkey sandwiches, or the free-ranging giantesses of eastern Russia, but only for those things.

The point that we're so laboriously trying to make here, is that medium-sized things generally contain the optimum amount of goodness, in our opinion. This week's gadget, the ITC One, is the perfect example - its maker, SE2 Labs, describes it as "the first fully personalized, fully integrated, all-in-one box home entertainment center available anywhere." At approximately 22" x 17.62" x 24" the unit is just about right, neither too small nor too large. Goldilocks would probably want one too, if she didn't live in a crazy bear-filled forest.

The above description of the ITC One doesn't really do it justice. According to SE2 Labs, the custom-built unit can include a massive amount of tech, including an X-Box 360 (with HD DVD player), a Nintendo Wii, TiVo, a touchpanel screen, a Video iPod with dock, an anti-noise and vibration system and - best of all - it comes with one remote control to rule them all.

We haven't got our paws on an ITC One yet, so we can't honestly say if it's truly a great thing in a medium-sized package or not. But we're hoping there's enough astounding gadgetry in there to divert our beloved alpha wench, Big Mama Techeye, from its $24,995 (zł.61,339) price tag.