Egg Pet Plants

(Nyokki-Egg Pet Plant)

I came across this in a magazine after trying to do the same thing at home with a real egg. After seeing this, I decided to buy some of these too try the whole egg thing at home too.

They come in a variety of shapes as well such as a frog and a monkey. They even have some holiday versions shaped like a pumpkin and a snowman. They run about $10 dollars a piece but they are reusable unlike a fragile egg shell.

You can find more information them and the other types of holders Eggling. You can also purchase them at brooklyn5and10 or 2shopper.com.

Also if you are interested in making egg shell planters yourself, Kaboose has a nice little how-to page.

Numi Flowering Tea

(Numi Flowering Tea)

I like tea. I say I drink a fair amount of tea during the week. I usually use tea bags simply for convience sake, and loose tea when I have more time. Then I found this. Numi Flowering Tea is exactly what it says. You can literally watch your tea bloom in your tea pot. Think I'm gonna go order some now!!

Netbooks! And Why I Won't Get One

Recently, the big craze coming at us is the new Netbooks. For those who don't know what a Netbook is here is what Wikipedia says about them:

"A netbook is a small portable laptop computer designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet.

Primarily designed for web browsing and e-mailing, netbooks rely heavily on the Internet for remote access to web-based applications" and are targeted increasingly at cloud computing users who require a less powerful client computer. Netbooks typically run either Windows XP or Linux operating systems rather than more resource-intensive operating systems like Windows Vista. The devices range in size from below 5 inches to over 13, typically weigh 2 to 3 pounds (~1 kg) and are often significantly cheaper than general purpose laptops ($400), with some even in the $50–100 range under some circumstances."

All this sounds great. And hey, who wouldn't want to be connected wherever they go? Well, me for one. Why? Simple. I already have cell phone that keeps me connected to everyone everywhere ALL the time. "A cell phone isn't as good as the actual Internet on a actual!" you say. And this is true. Cellphones have small keyboards and all the other obvious negatives that laptops don't have. However both the cellphone and portable laptops have some draw backs that you don't hear about.

What could those possibly be you ask? Society. Stay with me on this one. It's going some place.

What I mean by society is this, we don't seem to have one. Sure it seems as though everyone knows everyone and we can get in touch with people everywhere at anytime. But do we really want too? Truly, do you really want to meet that friend from FaceBook in person? And does playing hours of online gaming with people from around the wold constitute mental or physical exercise?

Don't get me wrong, I have friends I only know from gaming and online. But unfortunately you can't really call those people 'friends'. Ask yourself how many 'real life friends' do you have? Meaning people you can call if you need help moving or someone to pick you up after a long night out you'll regret later. And your answer is?

"So where is this all headed" you ask. "I thought this was about NetBooks for Pete's sake!" Here it is, all this new technology is truly great. It means for those who need to keep in touch for business sake have a great new tool for business. What about the rest of us? Do we really need to check our e-mail in the car before we pick up milk? Do you really need to be online if you are waiting in line at the post office?

Most of you will be reading this at home in a room setup just for computer time. And when computer time is done, you have family time. May that be eating together, playing together, arguing together or even just watching tv together. Would any of that be as fun if you isolated yourself with being connected?

So before you get too connected, try connecting with the world around you first. You may find you can get up to date information from...your friend.