Dieing doesn't have to Hurt the Environment - Enter Banana Coffins.
DENVER, CO - Ecoffins USA is an upandcoming new eco-firm - Sister company of The SAWD Partnership which is helping fuel the 'green' funeral movement in the UK.
Ecoffins unique product? Banana Coffins - no these aren't for eating!
Banana coffins are quickly biodegradable
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If you're crazy about Warcraft and can't get enough of Twitter. Well now you can do both simultaneous.
As if each activity by itself wasn't a time waster now you'll never get anything done - except planning that next raid.
I think this is cool and am actually quite amazed that this is the first app like this
Posted June 23rd, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Green Tech
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Carbon Offsets a new Business idea worth checking out!
Carbon Offsets work like this. We have a company that puts out 100 tons of carbon per month. They then purchase carbon offsets to balance out their negative impact on the environment. Carbon offsets go for anywhere between $5-$15 per 1 ton of co2.
There are a
Posted June 22nd, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Technology
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According to Techcrunch, Apple has been apologizing for their iphone partner, ATT - again.
The iphone launched 48 hours ago, and still there are many who've bought their phones - waited in long lines to do so, and still have not been able to activate their phone.
As someone who's worked for cingular when att bought
TwtFollow.com is a twitter app that adds a multilevel approach to building followers on twitter.
TwtFollow.com allows you to refer people down 10 levels. Each person you refer then refer people who follow their referrer, and their referrer's referrers up ten levels.
But that's not where twtFollow ends. TwtFollow is working hard to bring
Posted May 4th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Green Tech
NYPD's Blue and Red are now Green!
Confusing, ain't it?
The New York Police Department just added 40 Nissan Altima Hybrids to their fleet.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced that the Altimas are the first set of alternative vehicles to hit the police force, in an effort to meet the goals set by
Posted April 30th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Technology
We were promised flying cars, movable sidewalks,robots to do our house work, etc...
Well we're a long way from all that - BUT you can get a glimpse of the future of computing with Thinkgeek's Bluetooth Virtual Laser Keyboard.
This tiny device sits on your desk, and projects a Qwerty keyboard on any flat surface. The device even makes
Posted April 29th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Technology
Now you can play with your tiny balls all day long - even in public, without getting charged with indecent exposure.
Buckyballs Magnetic Building Sphere are tiny magnetic balls which you can make all types of shapes and structures.
You can build basic shapes and forms, atomic structures, magnetic jewelry, or use it on your refrigerator to
Posted April 29th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Technology
Texas Best Buy sold him a paving stone inside a Macbook Pro box.
Ryan wrote that when he got home he opened the box and found a paving stone with bubble wrap, instead of the Macbook Pro.
The "Macbook Pro" was purchased at a Best Buy in Texas, the retailer is citing the problem as Apple's responsibility rather than its own.
This is
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This is a pretty cool service. Whether you want to take a youtube video on the road, and listen to the content while working out, or commuting to work. Or if you've just worked real hard on a video, and want to easily convert it to a podcast for sharing on podcast directories this is a great way to convert between