so that's what it looks like behind the Gizmodo blog - nice!

I've been in a real mood for enjoying and aquiring (more) plants having read quite a lot lately about how good they are at removing toxins and pollutants from the air - as verified by NASA. I already have two of the best in my little room - a peace lily and an areca palm. Amongst all the other plants, I also have a pot of Riccia liverwort and Java moss to use in my fish tank at another time. Today I bought a Jasmine plant (half price!) which has about 200 little flowers all poised to open so the scent is going to be incredible - I'm wondering if it'll be too overpowering but we shall see (or smell) pretty soon I think. I don't know much about looking after Jasmine but according to Google it's actually quite particular and labour intensive so we'll see if I can keep it going till it flowers again next year...

if only I had the money and expertise I'd build me one of these...

are you tired of seeing Myleene Klass's grinning face everywhere? I certainly am. I don't even find here a particularly credible presenter. Instead of getting on with the job she's always grinning from ear to ear as if to say "oh my god, look it's me on my telly! It's only the 5th time today. Can you believe it? isn't it fantastic?!" - what she actually did say for real is "it's my job to be everywhere", oh dear. And can you believe she's replaced the legendary Nicky Hambleton-Jones? Grrr! I even loaded up Photoshop in order to alter the above ad for M&S - that's how much it annoys me! Hopefully she's soon go the same way as retired media-whores Claire Sweeney, Carol Vorderman and Linda Barker...