Plants that Twitter when they need to be watered

We don't have any plants in our new home, but when we do I'll need this so I know when they need watering.

Live green, save money

"Amory Lovins lives 7,000 feet up in the Rocky Mountains. Winter temperatures there can drop to 40 degrees below zero.

His monthly heating bill? Zero."

Read more... and don't miss the video of his house.

Vista is Slow

Vista is Slow
Originally uploaded by Surferbill.

Extracting a 798MB zip file under Vista will allegedly take nearly a day and a half! ;)

LOST Podcast: The Transmission is back

Ryan and Jen stopped podcasting about LOST a couple of years ago, but now they're back! This is one of the best LOST podcasts around, a must listen if you're a fan.

Banking in Silence

Have a look at the details of this Banking Trojan, it's pretty sophisticated.

[ via Security Now ]

5% off stamps at Superdrug from 7 February

5% off stamps from 7 February:

"Superdrug is offering 5% off first-class stamps from Thursday 7 February until Sunday 2 March 2008. While it's often just as quick and cheaper to buy second-class, if you do use first-class often anyway, then stock up while the offer's on."

See more money-saving tips at Money Saving Expert.

Baby hurled from blazing flat out of third-floor window is caught by policeman

Baby hurled from blazing flat out of third-floor window is caught by policeman:

"This is the heart-stopping moment when a nine-month-old girl was thrown from a third-floor window to escape a deadly fire.

The baby - named Onur - hurtled through billowing smoke to land safely in the arms of a policeman 40ft below.

Her parents took their desperate gamble as flames tore through a block of flats in the southern German town of Ludwigshafen.

Miraculously, they also escaped the blaze, which killed at least nine people, including five children. Today Onur's mother was still in hospital."