The Importance of Plants.

July 21st, 2008

Fort the longest time now, I wanted plants on my window and could not really find a reason to not getting any. So finally, there they are! they are beautiful, they are green and they produce oxygen.
I think that people all over manhattan should fill their apartments with plants. I can’t explain why but I feel different energy in my room now. It seems as though something its making the place brighter. So why did I get a Yucca Cane Plant and a Dieffenbachia? The Yucca Cane Plant is very tall and since I have tall windows it was a perfect match. The Dieffenbachia although poisonous, is supposed to filter air indoors. I <3 my plants!

T.E.D. talk by Jill Bolte Taylor on the Brain

July 18th, 2008

Wow, this is a really good overview on how the brain works:

Robotech

July 17th, 2008


Photo by monky.cl

The other day I spent the whole day watching the Robotech saga on my projector at home.
Robotech is also known as Macross but the real deal goes by Robotech. I bought the collection of all the videos and it rocks!


I remember Rick Hunter was my idol. and I loved the technology a.k.a. the way the planes converted to androids. Love it!

Nice Elections Animation

July 17th, 2008

I saw this Jibjab animation posted on the ITP list and could not halp but re-posting on my blog:
I tried putting my self on the video but it requires you to register and I have registering for things so this is the version that has an advertisement to encourage you to a picture of your self in the animation.

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No more Bud =(

July 14th, 2008

I just heard the news about Anheuser Busch being sold to Belgium-based InBev NV company. Frankly this makes me very sad and feel the need to boycott all beer made by the two companies. So therefore I am cutting the following beer off my diet and you should too if you want to maintain our(U.S.) economy strong or at least keep it from crumbling:

Budweiser, Bud light, any Bud products, Michelob, and their products, Busch Family beer, Stone Mill Pale Ale, Wild Hop Lager, Bacardi Silver, Tequiza, Red Hook Brewing, Widmer Bros. Brewing which are all American made.

And the imports: Kirin, Tiger Beer, Beck’s, Bass, St. Pauli Girl (one of my fav. lights,) Stella Artois, Spaten, Labatt Blue, Hoegaarden, Brahma, Bohemia.

I see the buying of all these beers annoying but good. The money for the purchase will eventually go into the U.S. Economy. But to keep the money here and prevent it from leaking back to europe, we need to stop purchasing the beers above among a bunch others. Not mentioning Miller which is African owned.

I will follow up with a list of good US and American Beer. Buy American!

Oscar’s New Bike

July 8th, 2008

Last month I purchase a bike for my self. Its the Trek SOHO-S, which I got at metrobicycles in 14th Street btw. 1st and 2nd Ave.
I also purchased a Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit - 3′3″ Chain and Lock and a Giro Indicator Sport Bike Helmet.

Why did I get a bike you say?
Because I want to start reducing my carbon print. And also because it is more convenient to travel in a bike in a nice sunny day. If you are interested in knowing more about bike safety, this is a nice link:
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/public_safety/safety/bike.html

And here is a nice web site for safe bike route maps:
http://www.ridethecity.com/

So far I am loving my new bike. Its so much fun! And I know that I am not polluting our poor mistreated mother earth.

WAMI Dome

July 7th, 2008

I am beginning the production of a WAM box in the form of a dome. The WAM Dome will have built in speakers to function with out amplification, as well as mini stereo jacks to plug into amplified speakers. The WAM Dome will have all the functionality of the WAM Box, But will look a lot sharper. This is what it looks like so far:

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Posewood Launches in Canada!

June 25th, 2008

Captain Morgan decided to use the Posewood website I built last year to promote the ultimate pose off in Canada. The contest winners get to go and party in Vegas!

The U.S. promotion gets you party access to the Playboy mansion!

View Canada Site

Ha ha

June 17th, 2008

http://www.mikeshard.com/weekend/newsStory.php?id=NTk1MA==

Some Press on Helios the Power Tree

May 20th, 2008

Helios The Power Tree

I was looking around to see if anybody wrote anything on Helios The Power Tree. It seems that a couple of blogs wrote about the tree which made me really happy. I also managed to get recognized for break trough in technology by jumpintotomorrow.com for coming up with the Helios concept.

These are some of the blog articles about Helios The Power Tree:

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/helios_power_tr.php

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/05/14/electricity-grows-on-helios-power-tree/

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/05/charge-your-gadgets-by-tree/

http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/can-a-green-tree-actually-charge-your-gizmos/

http://www.sickofgadgets.com/helios-power-trees-leaves-charge-your-gadgets/

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/helios-power-tree-can-charge-your-gizmos

http://www.estoreca.com/info/helios-tree-uses-solar-power-to-charge-your-device/