A very sensible movie, The Story of Electronics - MUST WATCH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_7i6T_H78&feature=player_embedded

TED Video - Kamal Meattle: How to grow your own fresh air

The video http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air.html 

brings some interesting info about how to continuously renew the stock of this scarce resource "breathable air"

Some more info about Mr. Meattle:

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17442

About the newest building he cites in the video:

http://www.greenspaces.in/

Dear lazyweb: can you tell me where do I find the published papers he talks explaining more precisely the plants and proportions needed?

Kamal expands it a bit at:

http://greenspaces.in/blog/ted09/

but any more info is welcome. For instance, some blog I just scanned was talking about one of those plants being bad for cats, I have a dog so I would like to know the reasoning (the pros and cons) on plant selection, on a expanded view.

Well you got the gist of it, comments welcome

Me and my son escaped being killed or severely injured by the fall of a huge piece of wall-mounted furniture

Part of a huge dry-wall mounted bookcase collapsed into the floor where I was standing seconds before, and beside my son's bed. After the heart-pounding eased a bit, we've found his forehead was struck by some decorative object, perhaps, but no serious injury happened.

After moving the debris and collecting the books, toys and other objects from the floor, we all had a terrible night, with my kids having an unrestful, frightened, sleep, what made me and my wife also not being able to recover fully.

"What does not kill us makes us stronger", some believe, but I would rather have had a good night of sleep...