HaniTainment: April 2007

Because boomboxes are out....

Ipods, Ipods everywhere....

The George Foreman iGrill | Crave : The gadget blog

the $150 electric grill hooks up to your iPod and has a built-in 10-watt speaker system

If there is no one there to hear it, the tree does not make a sound. It may not even fall....

Quantum physics really does give me goosebumps. In the article referenced below, physicists have run experiments that show that reality does not exist if we are not observing it. This leads me to conclude that the answer to that old question: If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound? is: Not only does it not make a sound, I'm doubtful it actually fell in the first place. Maybe it just manifested into a fallen state?  ;)

Quantum physics says goodbye to reality (April 2007) - News - PhysicsWeb

They found that, just as in the realizations of Bell's thought experiment, Leggett's inequality is violated – thus stressing the quantum-mechanical assertion that reality does not exist when we're not observing it.

Save the planet, for free

[photo by Mulad from Flickr]

The title pretty much says it all. Via Get Rich Slowly.

Home Depot to Give Away Compact Fluorescent Bulbs this Sunday ∞ Get Rich Slowly

Home Depot to Give Away Compact Fluorescent Bulbs this Sunday

Bring a little plant life into your home (and life)

An excellent way to filter out toxins from your home's air is with plants. Here is a list of the five best (via TreeHugger).

Top 5 Plants For Improving Indoor Air Quality (TreeHugger)

Plants that top the clean-air list include peace lily, bamboo palm, English ivy, mums, and gerbera daisies

Manage all your Frequent Flyer miles

Came across this little gem reading my rss feeds (via lifehacker.com). For all you miles addicts (JE and SB), this is sure to thrill.

FrequentFlier Mileport - Retrieves all your frequent flier account data from over 105 online loyalty programs

What is MilePort? A FREE product of FrequentFlier.com and DeskPort Technologies, MilePort will retrieve all your frequent flier account data from over 121 online loyalty programs -- simultaneously! Also provided are the tools and information travelers need most. Best of all, your personal account information resides on your own computer, not on a third-party web server somewhere in cyberspace.