Cool Car Design Befriends the Environment

Imagine driving your car for an entire week, and only spending a few dollars to fill up ... with clean, breathable, compressed air. No carbon emissions, no mess. The only emission, is air.

Moteur Developpment International (MDI) is designing and building the prototype for this new invention, a city car which boasts 110 km/hour, with 200 km to get out of tank in back before refilling at compressed air service station. There's talk of a fuel hybrid, which would allow you to get from Los Angeles to New York, on just one tank--a welcome relief from today's high price of gasoline. The French engineer who designed the car used to design Formula 1 cars.

Performing Arts Fantasy

Bored with your routine, hum-drum life? Well here's a twist... if you're willing to shell out big bucks. According to Forbes, you can enjoy 5 days of Hollywood TV stardom for a cool $12,733, at the Hollywood TV Star Fantasy Camp. If rock'n roll is more your speed, try the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, in London, England. Cost: $12,999. Includes meals.

Orb Watch Design Concept

Travel through time and space with these sleekly designed watches. The ORB bracelet--designed by Serbian student in Torino, Italy, Djordje Zivanovic--cleverly indicates time by the movement of coloured lines that circulate around the smoothe plastic bracelet.

Watch out for this talented designer!

Springtime: Gardening Season

I have not posted in a few weeks because I was away on a holiday, in lovely Roma, Italia... the city of amore.

Since my return, have been trying to get back into the swing of routines missed, and create a sense of orderliness in my home.

The weather is pleasant now, so I thought I'd spend time outdoors in my garden, weeding, planting seedlings, and performing other caring horticultural acts. A professional landscaper I am not, but I still enjoy the "sport".

Apparently, so does Pixel, my dog... My dear, furry friend had a go at this planter, after I'd carefully gone through the trouble of layering rocks, blending soil just so, and planting a couple of rows of pretty pale pink impatiens in it, just like I'd learned to do. Having an inkling that his curiosity might make way for trouble, I had the foresight to place a small wire fence around the plants, to protect them from his curious nose. Evidently, my diligence was not enough to ward off damage.

Not only did he remove the (now mangled) fence, but he dug up all plants, soil, and even many rocks. There was loam... everywhere. I found clumps of soil lodged on my window sill, among other hard-to-reach places (at least for a dog)... Naughty puppy!