Archive for September, 2008

Bamboo Clothing is the Rage!

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Being a huge Google fan, I was thinking of getting a Google t-shirt today. I was checking out their online store and came across this Bamboo T. I didn’t realize that they are now making clothes out of bamboo!? Also, according to the product listing, it’s the fastest growing plant in the world, thus a great alternative to other materials.

Made of 70% bamboo (the fastest-growing plant in the world) and 30% cotton, it’s antimicrobial, wicks moisture away from the skin, and feels like a blend of cashmere and silk.

Doing a search for “bamboo clothing” yielded about 411k results. It appears that this has been a trend building up since 2003 when some inventors devised a way to turn bamboo into yarn.

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Sights on the Spartan Gnome

Friday, September 12th, 2008
Spartan Gnome

I love targeted ads! Gmail just sent me here to check out the this awesome MSU Spartan gnome.

At $21.95 it’s hard to say no to this stellar lawn decoration. Maybe I’ll put him on the floor of my office so my co-workers can rub his hat before gameday.

Well targeted ads do work!

 

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It’s Time for Jeopardy

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

I get really excited when Becca and I can find a video game that we both enjoy to play together. Our battles in Super Puzzle Fighter will now be replaced with today’s release of Jeopardy on the PSN! Avatar creator, realistic environment and expansion packs coming down the pipe! Awesome!

At first glance I wasn’t too thrilled with the fact that you choose from multiple choice responses to provide questions to the answers, but after more thought, I’m a fan. I hate having type with a game controller, so this should be ok. And it’s not like they provide you with the multiple choice questions until you buzz in anyways.

On that note, I really like the cell phone text message style typing input that the Playstation does provide at some point (like setting up your PSN account)

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Dirty Dachshund

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I’m not looking forward to the rainy season here in Eugene.

Dirty Oscar
Oscar is a dirty dachshund

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Attention: The World is Thirsty

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Apparently, this presentation was the winner of Slideshare.com’s “World’s Greatest Presentation” contest. Entitled Thirst, I found this presentation very eye opening and inspiring.

It’s amazing how many people work very hard to reduce their carbon footprint but don’t even realize how much their water consumption has an impact on the planet. Also, it is shocking to me from the standpoint that we, here in the states, take for granted the fact that we can walk over to the faucet and get a drink of water whenever we want.

Friends have told me stories of people they know joining the Peace Corps and coming back being super frugal about using water. For me, just learning/being reminded of the few facts in this presentation has affected how I think about my own water consumption.

Notable facts from the presentation:

  • Less than .007% of the Earth’s water is consumable by humans
  • A 10-minute shower uses 50 gallons of water
  • 1 in 5 people in the world don’t have access to safe drinking water

THIRST
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: design crisis)

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