Stuff

[dancerjodi]

I am not a gadget geek, but I'm married to one.

I discovered http://www.storyofstuff.com/international/ a long time ago, but hadn't been able to sit and watch it (20 minutes). Ironically enough it came up in conversation a couple of weeks ago, and I have been working my way through in 5 minute chunks. Right before Brian bought a new schmancy TV.

Ours is being sold to a friend, and his ancient one will my guess go to the dump or be recycle.

Which bring me to this http://storyofstuff.org/electronics/ which I watched this morning.

This is a system we created, but it is tough to not participate in it (no matter what your intentions). Still, it is a good thing to be aware about.

I look forward to watching her other short videos on the different subject areas.

Comments

[celiskywalker.livejournal.com]

I thought it was very educational. The husband didn't like it because some of her statistics are way off (apparently the government only lists 20% of it's spending as going to the military: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Federal_Spending_-_FY_2007.png not the 50% she claimed)

I'd love to see where she's getting her info from