We help birds by feeding them. We make special birdhouses and bathing places in our gardens. How different it is for insects! The only attention they get are insect-traps and poison to kill them. So I started making houses especially for insects. It is striking that insects have a sense of design.

Just a thought: Create your own 'Animal/Insect' town in your garden. Dog house, a tree for the cat to climb in, an insect house, a bird house, a fish pond etc'. Commercially this could be a 'kit'/package you could buy

Kurt Perschke is an artist who works in sculpture, video, collage and public space. His most acclaimed work, RedBall Project, is a traveling public art project that has taken place in Barcelona, St. Louis, Portland, Sydney, Arizona, Chicago and Toronto, and received a National Award from Americans for the Arts Public Art Network. RedBall has been avidly followed by the media, appearing in over one hundred media outlets including magazines, television, newspaper and radio.

Just a thought: Hug the ball initiative. Put a sensor in the ball. Hug the ball. The system registers your squeeze. On a website one can see how many people have squeezed the ball globally. In some way this brings everyone together for a moment.

Andrew Liszewski: I Want Aston Martin’s Office Furniture More Than I Want Their Cars. The Vantage and DB9 are beautiful examples of automotive craftsmanship, but I've never really lusted over Aston Martin's creations until I discovered the car maker's line of office furniture. Including this desk which looks like it's doing 150 mph just sitting there

Here is more inspiration of car brands going beyond the car:

• Porsche
• Peugeot
• Ferrari

Tram Experience aims to offer a gastronomic and touristic experience that is unmatched anywhere in the world. Guests will be able to enjoy several classic dishes of Belgian gastronomy, all modified for the occasion by top chefs. At the same time, they will be traveling along some of the Region’s most attractive roads, seated inside a vehicle with a white, sleek and modern decor.

And this is how Melbourne does it.

Nike+ FuelBand tracks your activity through a sport-tested accelerometer then translates your moves into NikeFuel. It tracks running, walking, dancing, basketball .. and dozens of everyday activities.

Just a thought: … and dozens of everyday activities; cooking, typing, doing the dishes, sex … Don't tell me you weren't thinking of this too!

Valentine's Day is coming. Here is an article on 'The Atlantic Wire' titled "The Economics of Valentine's Day"

On the lighter side, here are some jokes by David Letterman, Lewis Black, Jay Leno and more …