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Monday: May 17, 2010

Popular Today:
PopCap offers up Mac gaming bundle, get your Peggle and Zuma on.
PopCap offers up Mac gaming bundle, get your Peggle and Zuma on.

Got fifty bucks laying around and don't know what to do with it? Why not put it to some mind-numbing addictive casual video game use. As an added bonus some of these games can be quite therapeutic after a long day of work.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Video Games @ 5:56 AM | Tags (11) | bejewled | bundle | games | gaming | mac | peggle | plants | popcap | videogames | zombies | zuma |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 18 Clicks


Thursday: April 15, 2010

Popular Today:
Your used coke containers can also double as handy recycled furniture.
Your used coke containers can also double as handy recycled furniture.

For the 111 Navy Chair, a green redux of the now-iconic 106 Navy Chair, Emeco is adding a new material to the mix: recycled plastic soda bottles diverted from Coke's Spartanburg, S.C., plastic bottle-to-bottle recycling plant.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Neat @ 1:07 PM | Tags (9) | bottles | coke | emeco | forbes | furniture | plant | plastic | recycling | used |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 11 Clicks


Friday: March 26, 2010

Popular Today:
Twenty geeky gadgets for growing plants indoors.
Twenty geeky gadgets for growing plants indoors.

Yes, it's quite possible (with a little soldering) to see how your plants are doing by way of their personal Twitter updates. Through those updates you'll know if your beloved plants require water and/or more sunlight all through Twitter. In other news, your plants are on Twitter.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Nerdy @ 6:04 AM | Tags (8) | gadgets | geeky | green | growing | interwebs | nerdy | plants | twitter |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 39 Clicks


Monday: March 1, 2010

Popular Today:
Eleven tips for making for your home (or work) office more comfortable.
Eleven tips for making for your home (or work) office more comfortable.

This article seems to be geared to freelancers probably because the source website is all about freelancing. Well, I say nay to that my friends. This article can cross freelancer/worker lines and apply to anyone who happens to have an office at their job as well. I need more plants.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Self Improvement @ 12:35 PM | Tags (8) | comfortable | design | freelancers | home | location | office | plants | work |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 37 Clicks


Thursday: February 25, 2010

Popular Today:
A gallery of carnivorous plant-life for your carnivorous plant-loving pleasure.
A gallery of carnivorous plant-life for your carnivorous plant-loving pleasure.

I am loving some of these National Geographic slideshows (even more so with their new recent web redesign), especially when it's on odd subjects I rarely think about - case in point, carnivorous plant-life. Beware and behold these fearsome plants!

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Science @ 9:57 AM | Tags (6) | plants | natgeo | photography | photos | carnivores | bugs |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 9 Clicks


Fifteen house plants that you can also use as air purifiers.
Fifteen house plants that you can also use as air purifiers.

The Areca has the ability to  maintain your office or home moist throughout dry periods as well as continually removing chemical toxins from your air. In the course of the winter season, it’s so effective at putting moisture back in the air that you could switch off your electric humidifiers!

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Neat @ 5:36 AM | Tags (5) | house | plants | air | oxygen | purifiers |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 30 Clicks


Monday: July 6, 2009

Popular Today:
Seven summer foods you don't want to miss.
Seven summer foods you don't want to miss.

Nothing screams summer like a good eggplant.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in FYI @ 10:03 AM | Tags (6) | food | summer | nutrition | eggplants | fruits | veggies |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 18 Clicks


Saturday: June 20, 2009

Popular Today:
Steve Jobs had a liver transplant about two months ago.
Steve Jobs had a liver transplant about two months ago.

Jobs is expected to return to the helm of Apple this month after nearly six months of medical leave. Jobs announced in January that he would be stepping down temporarily from the chief executive post while recuperating from a hormone imbalance.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Apple @ 10:39 AM | Tags (4) | apple | stevejobs | liver | transplant |  | Discuss (1) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 11 Clicks


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