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Everyone has heard of YouTube.Com before but if you haven't really looked at the site, check out the categories from Comedy to Travel, don't forget to filter by "Month" or "All Time" and click on "Most Viewed" to make sure you only get the best!
Also check out different Channels, like Comedians that's always great for a laugh. And aways look at recommendations to videos that you like.
If you want more try some of these links into YouTube: Best of YouTube, The Best of YouTube, Funny YouTube Videos.
Video Jug provides educational videos, most of them have a funny twist to them, from how to give a man-hug to walking in high heels. There's something fro everyone here, come and have a look!
Daily Motion is very similar to YouTube and has a great collection of Videos. What's nice about the videos is that you can easily browse by country.
Metacafe is the third ranked video blog site to YouTube. Their videos are sorted in chronological order and can be filtered by categories. So if you are interested in looking at a list of video regularly then this could be the site for you!
You might want to consider Vimeo as a site especially if you want to browse videos by a particular person. Most of these videos are basically video diaries of people.
Lost of people don't know that this exists and most people don't know that it can be easily applied to averages, counts, max, min and if it's not here here is a button to find more functions. The coolest thing is that it'll automatically try to figure out which cell ranges to work on!
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Try to create aliases for your emails, for example if your email id is johnsmith, try johnsmith2 or johnsmithnews. It may be difficult to get your company IT to give you multiple email accounts, instead try getting another alias to point to your same email account, that way it'll be easier to create a filter rule to move emails to holding / spam filter.
Getting you own domain name can make your email addresses look more professional and makes it easier to create your own profiles without calling yourself johnsmith20080101! Also it might be a great way to get alternative business address if your company has too much red tape, but get approval from your company first. Some new domain names are .me, .biz, .name. Get a full list from your domain registry, here is a list of registrars. So for about $7 - $10 USD per year you really don't have anything to lose. It's easy to link this to google apps to get 7gigs of storage for 50 users free!
If possible create your own business cards. Depending upon quality of your cards these can cost as low as $10-$20USD for a box of 100. These are great for trade shows and people that you don't want to give your main email address to.
Never publish your email online. If you really have to try to make it difficult for spam harvesters to extract your emails out, for example johnsmith@example.com to johnsmith at example dot com. Or at least place spaces between the dot or @ symbol. Posting your email address is probably the worst thing you can do to attract unwanted emails.
No matter how tempting it is never respond to any spam, unless you have subscribed for service (if you have done this you should never use your main email account). This will only encourage them to target you more! Never do any of the following:
Here are some common tips to detect spam:
Never give out any personal information directly from email links, these include, trying to log in, giving out password, personal information, address, phone numbers! Instead try to go to your browser and search for the site and login or even better call up the people directly if they require any personal information.
Another tip is to use password managers, if your password isn't filled out automatically it probably means that this is the proper site! Of course make sure you have a master password set somewhere so that your passwords can't be attacked by some program.
Instead of just deleting your emails, try one of the following:
There are lots of anti-spam software out there, if spam is an issue for you try these out:
Instead of trying to get yourself off the list. Try to report them like to www.spamcop.net, who keeps track of spammers, and sometimes prosecutes top offenders.
This can help you categorize your emails by moving them to special folders / labels, to deleting spam messages all-together. Here are some ideas on creating filters:
ALT + Enter will put your cursor to the next line.
Beaches are a great way to spend your mornings / afternoons, playing in the sand or exploring animal life of the beach. Here are some tips on things to bring and do at the beach.
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Apple engineers have been tweaking the Iphone software, not only do you get new features, but there are lots of improvements with speed, and battery life.
CTRL + Arrow keys - To move to end of a list of items, which is great when you have a large table.
CTRL + Page Up/Down - To move to the next and previous worksheets. Note that this works on most tabbed applications, like browsers as well.
Ballooning is a great way to experience the sky. Generally around USD$250, lasting around 3 hours or more, ballooning can be experienced by people of all ages, but generally around 5 onwards. If you are game you can take a balloon ride across Tanzania or go to a balloon festival, try some of these links to find out more information:
Most beginners try tandem, or static lines (where the shoot opens upon exit). But you can also try indoor free falling experiences with wind tunnels, if you want the experience of flying.
Weather you fly around the city, take a breath taking view at the Grand Canyon, Niagra Falls, Vegas, glacier walking, ski drops, volcano spotting, sitting in a helicopter is a unique experience you will never forget.
We may never go to the moon but for around USD$4k and 3 hours, you can experience weightlessness for 30 seconds at a time. For more details click on Zero G.
Most people know that these happen rarely but did you know that partial lunar eclipse happens a few times a year? With around 5 type celestial events happening every year! Check out Nasa's Eclipse website for more details.
Set a aim, green , blue, red, black runs and aim to go down the slope without falling down. If possible try to spend a few days at a time instead of half trips to really tune up your skills. It's a great way to exercise and improve your sense of balance.
If possible experience skiing down in the Swiss Alps and sleeping at a different village each night. Or try skiing at different countries, Europe, North America, Australia / New Zealand, South America Andes, and Japan / Korea.
No one these days learns roller skating and ice-skating can be a a safer way to learn how to skate. If you're thinking of going somewhere more exotic try some of these places:
Other outdoor rinks you might want to go to are in Moscow (Gorky Park), try skating down the rivers in Helsinki, or the pond in Boston's Common Frog Pond.
Even if it's a dormant volcano it's an amazing experience to walk down into a crater of a volcano. Some places to visit volcanos include, East Java (Indonesia), Danakil desert (Ethiopia), Mt. Etna / Mare e Monte Italy, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Note that in order to see Lava you will need to get protective shoes and also breathing gear.
3 star restaurants are "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey". In 2008 there are only 68 restaurants in the world, but you'll also have to pay dearly for them, costing around USD$200 per person. Get a list of restaurants near you at Andy Hayler's Restaurant Guide
Dolphins are curious and playful animals. Go and meet the dolphins on their own turf, and see how they react. Do a search to find out a dolphin that's closest to you.
Go to Munich in Germany during late September and early October, where 6 million people attend each year. Try the sausage, hendl (chicken), ox tails and of course the beers! Here are the dates for your reference:
Dancing is a great way of meeting people, exercising and being happy. Here are some dance styles that you might want to try, Ballroom dancing, Swing, Street dancing, Belly dancing, Jazz, Ballet, Latin, etc... There are lots of different types of dance styles have a look here for a more complete list Dance Styles
If you're above 8 years old and can swim 50m, you can take a sailing course. It's lots of fun and teaches you balance. You can either e part of a crew or learn to sail by yourself with your instructor.
East of Orlando at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex you can watch a space shuttle take off as it thunders off into the sky. Check out NASA's Launch Schedule to find out more information about take off times and the best place to view them. Note that there might be delays due to weather equipment checks, so be prepared and don't be disappointed.
Observe whales in their natural habitat, you can watch whales in several places all around the world. Watch the largest living animal majestically swim alongside you. Be prepared for several trips, whales are unpredictable and can spend up to two hours in the water without breathing.
Get yourself some juggling balls and learn to juggle. Did you know there are different techniques to juggle, from the siteswap, to bounce passing, hand swap, etc... Here are some sites that can help get you started.
You may not get you favorite domain name, but it's free! And if you're just starting out then it's a way to get your feet wet without having to spend time or fork out lots of money. It does include a nifty flash editor and a page editor, photo album, blog, mailing list, guest book and contact details. You will have to suffer with a google ad banner at the top of your page. Your domain name will be:
http://www.freewebs.com/[username]/
Did you know each leaf of the clover means, faith, hope, love and the last one is luck! It is said that there is approximately 1 four leaf clover is in every 10,000 clovers. The largest 'leaflet' found has been 18!
There is also a wise tale that if you hang a four leaf clover on the door the next person that comes through will be your husband / wife.
Take a cruise ship, pick a destination Hawaii, Alaska, Asia, Europe or even South America. Or you can choose a theme, kids (like disney cruises), disabled, honeymoon, senior, singles, adventure, and even nude cruises. Take a few days off and enjoy the facilities on board which include, theaters, shopping, game shows, parties, night clubs, formal dinners, etc... Here are some places to get you started:
Always wanted to know what kind of drinks are out there? Learn to bartend, with one to three week programs to become a professional bartender.
Feeding the homeless is a great way to help someone in need, by providing them with something you know they need.
Consider spending a few days camping for a few days. Try one of these types of camps, beach, national park, deserts, survivalist, canoe, bicycling, winter, hiking. No mater which one you choose, it's a great way to get closer to nature.
This might sound strange but unless you need the speed of browsing the internet at 3G speeds instead of WiFi you can double your talk time from 5 hours to a whooping 10 hours!
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Speed up your iPhone and conserve battery life if you don't use Google Maps. To disable location services go to Settings > General > Location Services.
If you don't use WiFi on your iPhone often turn it off. WiFi is better than 3G but if you're not using the connection turn it off. To change this go to Settings > Wi-Fi.
Same thing goes with Bluetooth as it does with WiFi, if you don't use bluetooth devices like headsets then turn it off! Change this under Settings > General > Bluetooth to Off.
This is another battery saving tip, if don't need to get your emails immediately using Yahoo, Mobile Me or have setup your corporate Microsoft Exchange, then disable push by going to Settings > Fetch New Data > Set Push to Off. Emails will then be based on the Fetch time below on the same screen.
Set the fetch time for the email to an hour or manually to optimize your battery life the most.
Try to keep you iPhone locked by pressing the sleep/wake button. Also autolock your iPhone by going into Settings > General > Auto-Lock, if possible set this to 1 minute.
iPhone checks each email accounts in sequence, so the more accounts you have the longer and more battery it will consume. Disable infrequent email accounts by going to Settings > Mai, Contacts, Calenders and set the Account to Off for each of the email accounts you don't need frequently.
iPhone cycles through each of you email accounts in sequence, so save your CPU and your battery life by turning off auto-check for the email accounts you use in-frequently. To do this go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and set the Account to Off for each of your email accounts you don't really use frequently.
Equalizer chews up CPU cycles and hence your battery life when it plays back songs. Turn off the EQ by going to the Settings > iPod > EQ and change to Off.
The carnival is held annually 4 days before Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of lent. View the vibrant street parades, street bands, street parties and balls. Don't forget to brush up on your samba! Carnival starts on Feb 22nd 2009, Feb 13th 2010, and Mar 6th 2011.
Rio Carnival Guide
In order to save images from Safari / Mail, just click and hold down on the photo until you see Save Image, Open Link or Cancel. Click on Save Image.
Another tip for Safari is when you hold down the ".com" button for a second you will get a list of common domains, ".net", ".edu" and ".org", saving you typing 4 characters!
Go to the northern hemisphere and see the aurora. Note that the Aurora depens on two factors the geomagnetic activity and your location. Try to get as close to the magnetic north pole as possible click here for more details. Otherwise check out the current magnetic activity over the north poles, magnetic activity.
Not only it is an easy way to build long lasting friendships but it's a great way to build a safer community where people look out for each other. Here are some tips, spend time in your front yard reading, drinking and welcoming passers by. Introduce yourself to your neighbors, bake some cookies for them, or host a neighborhood cocktail party.
Here are the top theme parks according to Forbes:
Did you know there are at least 7 ice hotels? Here are some links to them take note that ice hotels are build every year so plan your trip accordingly.
If possible go to somewhere spectacular, like Syndey's Opera House, London, France, Broadway in New York.
Ride in a gondola and see the houses built on houses as you wind your way through the narrow canals. Plan a trip during the Venetian Festivals the most popular is the Venice Carnival (Feb 13 to 24 2009). Or check out the other festivals in Venice, Venice World.
Even if it's for your own family writing a children's book can be fun and rewarding. There are lots of resources out there on the web to get you started here are just a few:
Swimming with sharks is one of the ultimate adrenaline rush for thrill seekers. Whether you dive in a aquarium, cage, open sea with protective suits, its a great way to admire these wonderful creatures. Check out your local aquarium or check out these links:
Get up and personal with Elephants, Lions, Giraffes and see these wonderful animals in their natural habitats. Here are some links to help get you started:
Visit this last unspoiled frontier. You can get there by plane or boat. Adventure Network actually lands near 2 Antarctic bases, while Antartica Flights, flies over Antarctica over 4 hours. There are around 20 ships that travel to Antarctica, so search out one closest to you. Best times to go is durring summer during November to February, where it's warmer and you get 20+ hours of daylight.
Make a move and share it with the world by placing it on YouTube! If that doesn't inspire you why don't you check out the contest page in YouTube or join the 48 hour movie making contest.
Even if you don't gamble there is nothing like it in the world. Go visit the different resorts and experience world class shows, amusement parks, and watch the dazzling displays that try to lure you into their casinos.
Splurge on yourself and drive in a convertible with the top down and music blazing. Choose a scenic drive, along the ocean, mountains or just drive across your country / state.
Glacier walking is great fun, navigating the crevasses, looking through the blue tinge from the sunlight. Or if you're adventurous try ice climbing. Some please to do this include, Whistler (British Columbia, Canada), Fox Glacier (New Zealand), Antarctica (of course). Note that it can be hard work walking with metal teeth grips attached to your shoe!
Most people have seen the reality show survivor and after 40 or so days people losing a great deal of weight. So imagine how fit you can be after 3 months of exercise and proper dieting can do to your health. Most people can lose between 25 pounds (10kg) to 75 pounds (34 kg) within this time very easily with proper dieting and exercise.
Making your own beer / wine is not as hard as you think, especially with home kits. Most come up different recipes that you can tweak to fit your own tastes. So get started on your twist to Large, Ale or Pilsener. Take note that most countries have restrictions on selling your home brewed beer / wine.
Most people knows how to ride a bicycle but what about horses and camels. Take a few rides on a horse it's not as difficult as you think, after a few tries you'll be cantering and galloping. Or even better take a horse / camel camping trip, along the beach or through pristine scenery.
Try taking green ant brew in Australia (Northern Territory), Chinese chicken feet, Crickets / Worms in Thailand / Philippines, Hu-Hu grubs in New Zealand, or Witchety Grub (Australia). Having tasted all these it's a unique experience. Others include Silk Worms in Korea, Grasshoppers in Mexico.
Blogger.com is the most popular blogging service out there an it's free! Here's a tip if you don't want to be called leanna2008 or something equally as long then you can actually put your blog on your own site. See the details of this tip for instructions.
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Wordpress.com is the second most popular blogging engine. Wordpress is packed with features, and charges for space and customization, for example if you want to change the look of the site, it will cost USD$15. Most people however will use the templates provided.
Note that you can always import blogs from Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type so nothing is stopping you choosing say Blogger and Wordpress, but use Blogger as the main Blog Site but sync your blog using Wordpress.
Considered one of the seven wonders of the world. Situated in Zimbabwe, it is the largest waterfall in the world at 108 meters high, which is double that of Niagara Falls. It also has the second largest flow (only marginally beside the Iguazu Falls). So come down to Africa and either fly around or walk around this spectacular waterfall.
Built in memory of Mughal Emporor's wife, it is the finest example of Mughal architecture and contains Persian, Turkish, Indian and Islamic architecture. When you're down here don't forget to visit the Agra Fort as well.
The pyramids was the tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years, and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Take a camel tour around the pyramids, the Solar Barque Museum, and Sphinx .
It is considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the world, constructed in the 1460's and abandoned less than 100 years later. It's located next to Cusco in South America. You can get there by train, on foot, bus (with a 8km walk) or by helicopter!
Built in the Mind Dynasty in 1368, it is one of the wonders of the Medieval World. It is a myth that it can be seen from space, but it's a magnificent feet of engineering spamming 15,000 kilometers or 9,000 miles. Best place to view this is from Beijing at Badaling, Mutianyu and Simaitai.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef of over 2900 individual reefs, 900 islands in 2,600 kilometers. It is the single biggest structure made by living organisms. Visit this natural wonder, by diving, snorkeling or just looking through open bottom boats.
Here are some web based proxies to bypass pretty much any restrictions that you might face at work, school, home. But if a block is in place it's probably there for a reason. Web based proxies means that all your information goes through a particular site, so be careful what you post there, usernames passwords, etc...
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Go to Playlist.com, create an account (free), search for music, press + to add your music to your playlist, then export your playlist to your MySpace account in 4 easy steps. Note it also works for another other site that you can embed code into like facebook, gaia, friendster, etc...
Laptop coolers, keeps your computer cooler by adding extra ventilation to the hottest part of your computer - the bottom. The bottom of our laptop is normally where your air vents to your internal fans of your laptop are located. It is also where your CPU, memory, battery, and hard drives are closest to the outside. Laptop coolers cost around $15 to $20 USD and is a great investment for your office or work.
Check this out for a list of laptop coolers: Laptop Coolers at Amazon
Did you know besides CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to get the task manager you can also type in Windows Key + R and type in perfmon? Well if you've never heard of it then you probably never will monitor your disk drive performance.
Did you know that every time you access a file your computer updates the last accessed time stamp? Note this is not the last modified time stamp which I find really useful. So if you don't want to know when your files were last accessed try this:
Do you hate it when windows takes forever to close your applications? if you properly save your work then it's safe to set this value lower.
Do you hate it when windows takes forever to close your applications? if you properly save your work then it's safe to set this value lower.
Getting another hard drive can double your read speed which is vital when the computer start up or loading files and applications. Follow these tips to a faster computer.
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While LCD manufacturers say that their monitors can last 50,000 hours (approx 5 years), the back lighting of your LCD may diminish over time, so why keep your monitor on when you don't need it? Same goes with your hard drives, the more it's left on the hotter it gets, the higher risk of it dying on you at the most inopportune times. Follow these tips to increase the lifespan on your computer.
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At the time of writing this there are 10 categories that you can subscribe to. Come here to view videos clips, images of the day, news clips! Note that this only accessible outside of the US, or through proxies outside of the US.
http://www.youtube.com/beijing2008
See the countdown to the Olympic games http://en.beijing2008.cn/, the schedules . Also read the news, view the photo gallery, watch videos and get details about the sports as you're watching them!
You might not get much current information about the Beijing Olympics from here, but learn more about the Olympics while you're watching. See previous world records and learn more about the individual events.
http://www.olympic.org/
For one of the most comprehensive news and video, visit this website. NBC said that they will bring over 2200 - 3000 hours of video to the website. Note you will need to download Microsoft's Silverlight to watch the games. http://www.nbcolympics.com/
Note that NBC also has a mobile site to keep you updated on the move http://mobile.nbcolympics.com
Try Internet TV Peer to Peer solutions such as:
If all else fails you might want to try torrent sites like http://isohunt.com/, http://www.mininova.org/, http://eztv.it/frontpage.php.
Note check the legality in your country before trying this! The opening ceremony is already out! http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=olympic
http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=olympic
Do a search for your country with the words Olympics and team there to find your local country's website. Or click on the links below:
Lots of sites out there are updating the medal counts. Here is a list of medal counts listed from what I think would be the fastest updates!
So you've missed the opening ceremony and don't know when it'll play again here are some tips to watch it again!
Here are some of the best website to keep track of the olympics based upon web traffic
Ever wonder why you are receiving delivery failed message for emails you have never sent? There are a few reasons why this could happen, normally it's a worm or a spammer. Generally it isn't your computer, but it doesn't help to scan your computer or run anti adware software.
The number 1 way of getting spam is to publish your email on-line, if you really need to do this check out this list of methods to combat spam! Below is a list of methods to stop spam to no.spam@tiphub.com:
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If you have less than 1GB ram then this will probably be the best thing that you can do to speed up your computer. I recommend that you put in at least 2GB if possible, you can put in 4GB in your computer, but note Vista (32 bit) only supports up to 3GB of memory. If you do plan to put in more than 4GB then you should get Vista 64 bit OS.
If insist on using Aero Glass and all the special effects from Vista then you need a reasonably decent graphics card. Make sure the graphics card is at least 128 MB ram. When buying a new graphics card, you might want to consider the noise, heat and the power it consumes (so that you don't also have to upgrade your power supply).
The official site for the player is http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/, but I find the best way to download the player is by downloading at http://codecguide.com/ or http://etplanet.net/download/files.php?cat=17. Not only will you get the player but almost every codec known to mankind!
This works on everything from Windows 98 to Vista.
Especially if you have used the Kazaa Codec, try opening the video, audio via the Media Player Classic. Media Player classic plays FLV (web based videos from say YouTube), most mobile phone formats, VCDs, DVDs, Read media, even raw DVD formats like VOB files.
Alt +F4 - Toggles between window and full screen. Works on most other players too!
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YouTube.com
Everyone has heard of YouTube.Com before but if you haven't really looked at the site, check out the categories from Comedy to Travel, don't forget to filter by "Month" or "All Time" and click on "Most Viewed" to make sure you only get the best!Also check out different Channels, like Comedians that's always great for a laugh. And aways look at recommendations to videos that you like.
If you want more try some of these links into YouTube: Best of YouTube, The Best of YouTube, Funny YouTube Videos.
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VideoJug
Video Jug provides educational videos, most of them have a funny twist to them, from how to give a man-hug to walking in high heels. There's something fro everyone here, come and have a look!
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DailyMotion
Daily Motion is very similar to YouTube and has a great collection of Videos. What's nice about the videos is that you can easily browse by country.
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Metacafe
Metacafe is the third ranked video blog site to YouTube. Their videos are sorted in chronological order and can be filtered by categories. So if you are interested in looking at a list of video regularly then this could be the site for you!
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Vimeo
You might want to consider Vimeo as a site especially if you want to browse videos by a particular person. Most of these videos are basically video diaries of people.
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Use the Sum toolbar
Lost of people don't know that this exists and most people don't know that it can be easily applied to averages, counts, max, min and if it's not here here is a button to find more functions. The coolest thing is that it'll automatically try to figure out which cell ranges to work on!
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Always create an alias to mask yourself
Try to create aliases for your emails, for example if your email id is johnsmith, try johnsmith2 or johnsmithnews. It may be difficult to get your company IT to give you multiple email accounts, instead try getting another alias to point to your same email account, that way it'll be easier to create a filter rule to move emails to holding / spam filter.
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Buy your own domain name
Getting you own domain name can make your email addresses look more professional and makes it easier to create your own profiles without calling yourself johnsmith20080101! Also it might be a great way to get alternative business address if your company has too much red tape, but get approval from your company first. Some new domain names are .me, .biz, .name. Get a full list from your domain registry, here is a list of registrars. So for about $7 - $10 USD per year you really don't have anything to lose. It's easy to link this to google apps to get 7gigs of storage for 50 users free!
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Create alternate business cards
If possible create your own business cards. Depending upon quality of your cards these can cost as low as $10-$20USD for a box of 100. These are great for trade shows and people that you don't want to give your main email address to.
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Don't publish your email address online
Never publish your email online. If you really have to try to make it difficult for spam harvesters to extract your emails out, for example johnsmith@example.com to johnsmith at example dot com. Or at least place spaces between the dot or @ symbol. Posting your email address is probably the worst thing you can do to attract unwanted emails.
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Never respond to any spam
No matter how tempting it is never respond to any spam, unless you have subscribed for service (if you have done this you should never use your main email account). This will only encourage them to target you more! Never do any of the following:
- Click on any of the links in your spam email
- Don't even download any images from the email, if possible disable downloading of images unless you have asked explicitly to do so. Most newer clients Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo do this for you already. If yours don't change to a client that does!
- Never open any attachments, these might contain viruses or try to steal information from your computer.
- If possible right click and mark the email as spam instead of opening it up and deleting the email.
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Learning how to dectect spam / scam
Here are some common tips to detect spam:
- Time, look at the time of the email, most people don't get emails at 1am - 5am in the mornings, treat emails sent at those times esp. if they don't look like your overseas friends as spam.
- If you do really have to click on a link look at the bottom of the page, make sure that it matches the link that you're clicking on! If it's all number (see image then most probably it's a scam!
- Be careful of mis-spelling for example http://bankofamerica.com and http://bank-of-america.com or http://facebook.com and http://faebook.com.
- If the email says "forward this everyone you know", "this is NOT a hoax or urban legend" is a telltale sign it's spam. Instead of just forwarding the email, search key phrases in Google / Yahoo with the word "scam" at the end to see what hits you get!
- If the email is trying to persuade rather than informing the reader, especially if their pushing your emotional buttons.
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Never give out information
Never give out any personal information directly from email links, these include, trying to log in, giving out password, personal information, address, phone numbers! Instead try to go to your browser and search for the site and login or even better call up the people directly if they require any personal information.Another tip is to use password managers, if your password isn't filled out automatically it probably means that this is the proper site! Of course make sure you have a master password set somewhere so that your passwords can't be attacked by some program.
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Train your email client / web client
Instead of just deleting your emails, try one of the following:
- Click on the spam / reporting spam buttons on your client. This will tell your client this is spam and most probably move all emails to a spam folder automatically for you. This is generally only available in web clients.
- Block the sender, this will stop anyone with the email address to send emails to your client.
- Block domain, this will block the domain of the user from sending you emails. Just be careful that the spammer hasn't spoof the domain of a legitimate domain. So do a quick visual check before clicking on this!
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Get anti-spam software to wash out your emails!
There are lots of anti-spam software out there, if spam is an issue for you try these out:
- Spamihilator - Free tool that claims to remove 98% of your spam from your POP or IMAP accounts
- SpamAssassin - Free tool for Unix and mac platforms. There are windows version but those are paid programs.
- Spammunition - A spam assassin based solution for outlook users.
- Spam Fire - A great solution for Mac users
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Don't retaliate but report spam!
Instead of trying to get yourself off the list. Try to report them like to www.spamcop.net, who keeps track of spammers, and sometimes prosecutes top offenders.
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Create email filters / rules
This can help you categorize your emails by moving them to special folders / labels, to deleting spam messages all-together. Here are some ideas on creating filters:
- Some people are actually nice enough to mark their emails to let you know if it's spam, try filtering out "[ADV]", "[ADVERT]", "[ADS]", "[Announcement]", "[ANN]", "[ANNOUCE]" from the subject.
- Filter out your subject with some of the following words: watches, cartier, sex, viagra, manhood, adult, medical, enlarge, pills, orgasm, orgasms, sexually, sexuality, porno, casino, trader alert, trade notice, rolex, medications, meds.
- Filter out the body with some of the following words: w4tches, repl1cas, blowjob, britney, penis, phallus, cock, ad0be, micros0ft, viagra, anatrim, pornstars, disc0unts, r0lex, pharmacy, cial1s, amb1en, v1agra, val1um, cial1s, xan4x, merid1a, pharm4cy, cart1er.
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Add a line break / return in a cell
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Bring your toddler to the beach
Beaches are a great way to spend your mornings / afternoons, playing in the sand or exploring animal life of the beach. Here are some tips on things to bring and do at the beach.
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Always keep your software to the latest version
Apple engineers have been tweaking the Iphone software, not only do you get new features, but there are lots of improvements with speed, and battery life.
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Move to a end of a list of items
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Next and previous worksheets
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Go hot air ballooning
Ballooning is a great way to experience the sky. Generally around USD$250, lasting around 3 hours or more, ballooning can be experienced by people of all ages, but generally around 5 onwards. If you are game you can take a balloon ride across Tanzania or go to a balloon festival, try some of these links to find out more information:
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Learn to Skydive / free fall
Most beginners try tandem, or static lines (where the shoot opens upon exit). But you can also try indoor free falling experiences with wind tunnels, if you want the experience of flying.
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Fly in a helicopter
Weather you fly around the city, take a breath taking view at the Grand Canyon, Niagra Falls, Vegas, glacier walking, ski drops, volcano spotting, sitting in a helicopter is a unique experience you will never forget.
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Experience Zero G
We may never go to the moon but for around USD$4k and 3 hours, you can experience weightlessness for 30 seconds at a time. For more details click on Zero G.
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Watch an solar eclipse / lunar eclipse
Most people know that these happen rarely but did you know that partial lunar eclipse happens a few times a year? With around 5 type celestial events happening every year! Check out Nasa's Eclipse website for more details.
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Learn to ski / snowboard / cross country
Set a aim, green , blue, red, black runs and aim to go down the slope without falling down. If possible try to spend a few days at a time instead of half trips to really tune up your skills. It's a great way to exercise and improve your sense of balance.If possible experience skiing down in the Swiss Alps and sleeping at a different village each night. Or try skiing at different countries, Europe, North America, Australia / New Zealand, South America Andes, and Japan / Korea.
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Learn ice skating / roller blading
No one these days learns roller skating and ice-skating can be a a safer way to learn how to skate. If you're thinking of going somewhere more exotic try some of these places:
Other outdoor rinks you might want to go to are in Moscow (Gorky Park), try skating down the rivers in Helsinki, or the pond in Boston's Common Frog Pond.
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Climb a volcano
Even if it's a dormant volcano it's an amazing experience to walk down into a crater of a volcano. Some places to visit volcanos include, East Java (Indonesia), Danakil desert (Ethiopia), Mt. Etna / Mare e Monte Italy, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Note that in order to see Lava you will need to get protective shoes and also breathing gear.
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Visit a Michelin 3 Star Restaurants
3 star restaurants are "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey". In 2008 there are only 68 restaurants in the world, but you'll also have to pay dearly for them, costing around USD$200 per person. Get a list of restaurants near you at Andy Hayler's Restaurant Guide
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Swim with the dolphins
Dolphins are curious and playful animals. Go and meet the dolphins on their own turf, and see how they react. Do a search to find out a dolphin that's closest to you.
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Go to Oktoberfest
Go to Munich in Germany during late September and early October, where 6 million people attend each year. Try the sausage, hendl (chicken), ox tails and of course the beers! Here are the dates for your reference:
- 2008 - Sep 20th - Oct 5th
- 2009 - Sep 19th - Oct 4th
- 2010 - Sep 18th - Oct 3rd - 200 Year Anniversary
- 2011 - Sep 17th - Oct 3rd
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Learn to dance
Dancing is a great way of meeting people, exercising and being happy. Here are some dance styles that you might want to try, Ballroom dancing, Swing, Street dancing, Belly dancing, Jazz, Ballet, Latin, etc... There are lots of different types of dance styles have a look here for a more complete list Dance Styles
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Learn sailing
If you're above 8 years old and can swim 50m, you can take a sailing course. It's lots of fun and teaches you balance. You can either e part of a crew or learn to sail by yourself with your instructor.
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Watch the space shuttle take off
East of Orlando at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex you can watch a space shuttle take off as it thunders off into the sky. Check out NASA's Launch Schedule to find out more information about take off times and the best place to view them. Note that there might be delays due to weather equipment checks, so be prepared and don't be disappointed.
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Go whale watching
Observe whales in their natural habitat, you can watch whales in several places all around the world. Watch the largest living animal majestically swim alongside you. Be prepared for several trips, whales are unpredictable and can spend up to two hours in the water without breathing.
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Learn to juggle
Get yourself some juggling balls and learn to juggle. Did you know there are different techniques to juggle, from the siteswap, to bounce passing, hand swap, etc... Here are some sites that can help get you started.
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Freewebs.com - Free web hosting
You may not get you favorite domain name, but it's free! And if you're just starting out then it's a way to get your feet wet without having to spend time or fork out lots of money. It does include a nifty flash editor and a page editor, photo album, blog, mailing list, guest book and contact details. You will have to suffer with a google ad banner at the top of your page. Your domain name will be:http://www.freewebs.com/[username]/
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Find a four leaf clover, and frame it
Did you know each leaf of the clover means, faith, hope, love and the last one is luck! It is said that there is approximately 1 four leaf clover is in every 10,000 clovers. The largest 'leaflet' found has been 18!There is also a wise tale that if you hang a four leaf clover on the door the next person that comes through will be your husband / wife.
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Take a cruise
Take a cruise ship, pick a destination Hawaii, Alaska, Asia, Europe or even South America. Or you can choose a theme, kids (like disney cruises), disabled, honeymoon, senior, singles, adventure, and even nude cruises. Take a few days off and enjoy the facilities on board which include, theaters, shopping, game shows, parties, night clubs, formal dinners, etc... Here are some places to get you started:
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Learn to bartend
Always wanted to know what kind of drinks are out there? Learn to bartend, with one to three week programs to become a professional bartender.
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Feed the homeless
Feeding the homeless is a great way to help someone in need, by providing them with something you know they need.
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Go camping
Consider spending a few days camping for a few days. Try one of these types of camps, beach, national park, deserts, survivalist, canoe, bicycling, winter, hiking. No mater which one you choose, it's a great way to get closer to nature.
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Disable 3G on your iPhone!
This might sound strange but unless you need the speed of browsing the internet at 3G speeds instead of WiFi you can double your talk time from 5 hours to a whooping 10 hours!
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If you don't use location services disable it
Speed up your iPhone and conserve battery life if you don't use Google Maps. To disable location services go to Settings > General > Location Services.
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Turn off WiFi to save battery life
If you don't use WiFi on your iPhone often turn it off. WiFi is better than 3G but if you're not using the connection turn it off. To change this go to Settings > Wi-Fi.
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Turn of Bluetooth to save you're iPhone's battery
Same thing goes with Bluetooth as it does with WiFi, if you don't use bluetooth devices like headsets then turn it off! Change this under Settings > General > Bluetooth to Off.
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Disable Push and Set your Fetch Time
This is another battery saving tip, if don't need to get your emails immediately using Yahoo, Mobile Me or have setup your corporate Microsoft Exchange, then disable push by going to Settings > Fetch New Data > Set Push to Off. Emails will then be based on the Fetch time below on the same screen.Set the fetch time for the email to an hour or manually to optimize your battery life the most.
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Put your iPhone 3G into sleep mode, by auto-locking
Try to keep you iPhone locked by pressing the sleep/wake button. Also autolock your iPhone by going into Settings > General > Auto-Lock, if possible set this to 1 minute.
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Try to use one or two email accounts on auto-check to reduce
iPhone checks each email accounts in sequence, so the more accounts you have the longer and more battery it will consume. Disable infrequent email accounts by going to Settings > Mai, Contacts, Calenders and set the Account to Off for each of the email accounts you don't need frequently.
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Use only 1 or 2 emails accounts to save battery
iPhone cycles through each of you email accounts in sequence, so save your CPU and your battery life by turning off auto-check for the email accounts you use in-frequently. To do this go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and set the Account to Off for each of your email accounts you don't really use frequently.
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Turn off the equalizer
Equalizer chews up CPU cycles and hence your battery life when it plays back songs. Turn off the EQ by going to the Settings > iPod > EQ and change to Off.
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Visit the Rio Carnival
The carnival is held annually 4 days before Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of lent. View the vibrant street parades, street bands, street parties and balls. Don't forget to brush up on your samba! Carnival starts on Feb 22nd 2009, Feb 13th 2010, and Mar 6th 2011.Rio Carnival Guide
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Saving images from Safari or Mail
In order to save images from Safari / Mail, just click and hold down on the photo until you see Save Image, Open Link or Cancel. Click on Save Image. Another tip for Safari is when you hold down the ".com" button for a second you will get a list of common domains, ".net", ".edu" and ".org", saving you typing 4 characters!
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Go and see the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis
Go to the northern hemisphere and see the aurora. Note that the Aurora depens on two factors the geomagnetic activity and your location. Try to get as close to the magnetic north pole as possible click here for more details. Otherwise check out the current magnetic activity over the north poles, magnetic activity.
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Get to know your neighbours
Not only it is an easy way to build long lasting friendships but it's a great way to build a safer community where people look out for each other. Here are some tips, spend time in your front yard reading, drinking and welcoming passers by. Introduce yourself to your neighbors, bake some cookies for them, or host a neighborhood cocktail party.
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Visit a new theme park
Here are the top theme parks according to Forbes:
- Busch Gardens - Williamburg / Tampa - US
- Cedar Point - Ohio - US
- Discovery Cove - Orlando - US
- Disney - All over the world
- Everland - Korea
- Hersheypark - PA - US
- Legoland - CA - US
- Parc Asterix - Plailly - France
- Paramount Parks - All over US and Spain
- Ratanga Junction - Cape Town - Africa
- SeaWorld - US
- Sesame Place - Philadelphia (Near NY) - US
- Universal Studios - All over the world
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Stay in a ice hotel for one night if you dare
Did you know there are at least 7 ice hotels? Here are some links to them take note that ice hotels are build every year so plan your trip accordingly.
- Snow Hotel, Kirkenes, Norway
- Ice LodgeDovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
- Ice Hotel, Jukkasjarvi, Kiruna, Sweden
- Ice Hotel, Quebec, Canada
- Kemi Snowcastle, Lapland Finland
- Lainio Snow & Ice Hotel, Lapland, Finland
- Balea Lac Ice Hotel, Romania - Do let me know if someone finds the hotel's web address
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Go and see an opera or musical
If possible go to somewhere spectacular, like Syndey's Opera House, London, France, Broadway in New York.
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Take a gondola ride in Venice
Ride in a gondola and see the houses built on houses as you wind your way through the narrow canals. Plan a trip during the Venetian Festivals the most popular is the Venice Carnival (Feb 13 to 24 2009). Or check out the other festivals in Venice, Venice World.
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Write a children's book
Even if it's for your own family writing a children's book can be fun and rewarding. There are lots of resources out there on the web to get you started here are just a few:
- Write4Kids - Great site with lots of articles and references.
- So You Wanna - Structured plan for starting your book
- Suite101 - A great lesson plan on starting your book
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Swim with sharks
Swimming with sharks is one of the ultimate adrenaline rush for thrill seekers. Whether you dive in a aquarium, cage, open sea with protective suits, its a great way to admire these wonderful creatures. Check out your local aquarium or check out these links:
- travelchannel.com - 10 places to swim with sharks
- Adventure Aquarium
- Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
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Take a Safari in Africa
Get up and personal with Elephants, Lions, Giraffes and see these wonderful animals in their natural habitats. Here are some links to help get you started:
- Safaris.com - Lots of different Safaris, from Adventure, Camping to Luxury
- Go2Aftrica.com - List of Safaris / Tours by state.
- SafariAftrica - Another list of Safaris by state
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Take a trip to Antartica
Visit this last unspoiled frontier. You can get there by plane or boat. Adventure Network actually lands near 2 Antarctic bases, while Antartica Flights, flies over Antarctica over 4 hours. There are around 20 ships that travel to Antarctica, so search out one closest to you. Best times to go is durring summer during November to February, where it's warmer and you get 20+ hours of daylight.
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Make your own movie
Make a move and share it with the world by placing it on YouTube! If that doesn't inspire you why don't you check out the contest page in YouTube or join the 48 hour movie making contest.
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Visit Las Vegas
Even if you don't gamble there is nothing like it in the world. Go visit the different resorts and experience world class shows, amusement parks, and watch the dazzling displays that try to lure you into their casinos.
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Drive in a convertible
Splurge on yourself and drive in a convertible with the top down and music blazing. Choose a scenic drive, along the ocean, mountains or just drive across your country / state.
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Go glacier walking
Glacier walking is great fun, navigating the crevasses, looking through the blue tinge from the sunlight. Or if you're adventurous try ice climbing. Some please to do this include, Whistler (British Columbia, Canada), Fox Glacier (New Zealand), Antarctica (of course). Note that it can be hard work walking with metal teeth grips attached to your shoe!
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Set yourself a goal be as fit as you can after 3 months
Most people have seen the reality show survivor and after 40 or so days people losing a great deal of weight. So imagine how fit you can be after 3 months of exercise and proper dieting can do to your health. Most people can lose between 25 pounds (10kg) to 75 pounds (34 kg) within this time very easily with proper dieting and exercise.
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Learn how to brew your own beer / wine
Making your own beer / wine is not as hard as you think, especially with home kits. Most come up different recipes that you can tweak to fit your own tastes. So get started on your twist to Large, Ale or Pilsener. Take note that most countries have restrictions on selling your home brewed beer / wine.
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Learn to ride a horse / camel
Most people knows how to ride a bicycle but what about horses and camels. Take a few rides on a horse it's not as difficult as you think, after a few tries you'll be cantering and galloping. Or even better take a horse / camel camping trip, along the beach or through pristine scenery.
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Try eating something new or weird
Try taking green ant brew in Australia (Northern Territory), Chinese chicken feet, Crickets / Worms in Thailand / Philippines, Hu-Hu grubs in New Zealand, or Witchety Grub (Australia). Having tasted all these it's a unique experience. Others include Silk Worms in Korea, Grasshoppers in Mexico.
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Use Blogger.com
Blogger.com is the most popular blogging service out there an it's free! Here's a tip if you don't want to be called leanna2008 or something equally as long then you can actually put your blog on your own site. See the details of this tip for instructions.
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Try Wordpress as a blogging engine
Wordpress.com is the second most popular blogging engine. Wordpress is packed with features, and charges for space and customization, for example if you want to change the look of the site, it will cost USD$15. Most people however will use the templates provided.Note that you can always import blogs from Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type so nothing is stopping you choosing say Blogger and Wordpress, but use Blogger as the main Blog Site but sync your blog using Wordpress.
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Visit the Victoria Falls
Considered one of the seven wonders of the world. Situated in Zimbabwe, it is the largest waterfall in the world at 108 meters high, which is double that of Niagara Falls. It also has the second largest flow (only marginally beside the Iguazu Falls). So come down to Africa and either fly around or walk around this spectacular waterfall.
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Visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
Built in memory of Mughal Emporor's wife, it is the finest example of Mughal architecture and contains Persian, Turkish, Indian and Islamic architecture. When you're down here don't forget to visit the Agra Fort as well.
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Visit the Great Pyramid of Giza
The pyramids was the tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years, and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Take a camel tour around the pyramids, the Solar Barque Museum, and Sphinx .
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Visit Machu Picchu the lost city of the Incas.
It is considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the world, constructed in the 1460's and abandoned less than 100 years later. It's located next to Cusco in South America. You can get there by train, on foot, bus (with a 8km walk) or by helicopter!
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Visit the Great Wall of China
Built in the Mind Dynasty in 1368, it is one of the wonders of the Medieval World. It is a myth that it can be seen from space, but it's a magnificent feet of engineering spamming 15,000 kilometers or 9,000 miles. Best place to view this is from Beijing at Badaling, Mutianyu and Simaitai.
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Visit the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef of over 2900 individual reefs, 900 islands in 2,600 kilometers. It is the single biggest structure made by living organisms. Visit this natural wonder, by diving, snorkeling or just looking through open bottom boats.
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Web Proxies to bypass security [use with caution]
Here are some web based proxies to bypass pretty much any restrictions that you might face at work, school, home. But if a block is in place it's probably there for a reason. Web based proxies means that all your information goes through a particular site, so be careful what you post there, usernames passwords, etc...
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Use playlist.com to add music to MySpace for free!
Go to Playlist.com, create an account (free), search for music, press + to add your music to your playlist, then export your playlist to your MySpace account in 4 easy steps. Note it also works for another other site that you can embed code into like facebook, gaia, friendster, etc...
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Get a laptop cooler
Laptop coolers, keeps your computer cooler by adding extra ventilation to the hottest part of your computer - the bottom. The bottom of our laptop is normally where your air vents to your internal fans of your laptop are located. It is also where your CPU, memory, battery, and hard drives are closest to the outside. Laptop coolers cost around $15 to $20 USD and is a great investment for your office or work.Check this out for a list of laptop coolers: Laptop Coolers at Amazon
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Disable Disk performance coutners
Did you know besides CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to get the task manager you can also type in Windows Key + R and type in perfmon? Well if you've never heard of it then you probably never will monitor your disk drive performance.
- Run regedit by Pressing Windows Key + R then typing 'diskperf -N' and press the enter key
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Make reading from your computer faster with your NTFS drive
Did you know that every time you access a file your computer updates the last accessed time stamp? Note this is not the last modified time stamp which I find really useful. So if you don't want to know when your files were last accessed try this:
- Run regedit by Pressing Windows Key + R then typing regedit and press the enter key
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > fileSystem > NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate
- Change this value from 0 to 1
- Note you will have to reboot the computer for this to take effect.
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Improve you boot time by decreasing the prefetch times
Do you hate it when windows takes forever to close your applications? if you properly save your work then it's safe to set this value lower.
- Run regedit by Pressing Windows Key + R then typing regedit and press the enter key
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > SessionManager > MemoryManagement > PrefetchParameters
- Change the value from 3 to 5, this delays the computer from loading files that it doesn't immediate require. This can speed up your computer by up to 5 seconds!
- Note you will have to reboot the computer for this to take effect.
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Speed up your XP Shutdown
Do you hate it when windows takes forever to close your applications? if you properly save your work then it's safe to set this value lower.
- Run regedit by Pressing Windows Key + R then typing regedit and press the enter key
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > WaitToKillServiceTimeOut
- Change the value from 20000 (20 seconds) to something like 10000 (10 seconds) or 5000 (5 seconds)
- Note you will have to reboot the computer for this to take effect.
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Add another hard drive
Getting another hard drive can double your read speed which is vital when the computer start up or loading files and applications. Follow these tips to a faster computer.
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Shutdown your LCD and hard drives when you're not using them
While LCD manufacturers say that their monitors can last 50,000 hours (approx 5 years), the back lighting of your LCD may diminish over time, so why keep your monitor on when you don't need it? Same goes with your hard drives, the more it's left on the hotter it gets, the higher risk of it dying on you at the most inopportune times. Follow these tips to increase the lifespan on your computer.
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Watch YouTube's dedicated Olympic games page
At the time of writing this there are 10 categories that you can subscribe to. Come here to view videos clips, images of the day, news clips! Note that this only accessible outside of the US, or through proxies outside of the US.http://www.youtube.com/beijing2008
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View the official Beijing Olympic website
See the countdown to the Olympic games http://en.beijing2008.cn/, the schedules . Also read the news, view the photo gallery, watch videos and get details about the sports as you're watching them!
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Ultimate schedule guide
- http://www.nytimes.com/olympics-tracker
New York Times interactive events flash table. - http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/schedule
Yahoo Olympic sports schedule, with links to events and television guides - http://www.nbcolympics.com/resultsandschedules/index.html
NBC the official site for the Olympics for the US - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/schedules/schedule_general.html
CNN's schedule nicely ordered by sports and date
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Visit the official Olympic website
You might not get much current information about the Beijing Olympics from here, but learn more about the Olympics while you're watching. See previous world records and learn more about the individual events.http://www.olympic.org/
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Visit NBC's Olympic website the official site for the US
For one of the most comprehensive news and video, visit this website. NBC said that they will bring over 2200 - 3000 hours of video to the website. Note you will need to download Microsoft's Silverlight to watch the games. http://www.nbcolympics.com/Note that NBC also has a mobile site to keep you updated on the move http://mobile.nbcolympics.com
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Check out your local Olympics websites
- http://www.cctvolympics.com/ - Will provide 5000 hours of coverage for China and Macau
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/default.stm - UK's official Olympics broadcaster
- http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/video/ - Official website for Australia
- http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/ - Official Canadian website for the Olympics
- http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/ - Another website for Australia (ABC)
- http://www.xroxy.com/
- http://proxify.org/ - Web based proxy
- http://whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/how-do-I-use-a-proxy-server
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P2P Internet TV solutions
Try Internet TV Peer to Peer solutions such as:
- http://myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=∂=sports&discipline=other
- http://www.veetle.com/ - Web TV from Stanford University
- http://www.myp2p.eu/ - Sports based P2P
- http://www.sopcast.org/ - Has a selection of Olympic channels
- http://www.tvunetworks.com/ - Requires a TV player (Windows only)
- http://www.TVants.com/ - Requires downloading Player (Windows and Linux on Wine)
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Missed the opening / closing ceremony on TV? Download it!
If all else fails you might want to try torrent sites like http://isohunt.com/, http://www.mininova.org/, http://eztv.it/frontpage.php.Note check the legality in your country before trying this! The opening ceremony is already out! http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=olympic
http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=olympic
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Support your local team
Do a search for your country with the words Olympics and team there to find your local country's website. Or click on the links below:
- http://teamusa.org/ - USA's official team's website
- http://www.olympics.org.uk/ - UK's official team's website
- http://www.olympics.com.au/ - Australia's official team's website
- http://www.olympic.org.nz/New Zealand's official team's website
- http://www.olympic.ca/EN/index.shtml - Canada's official team's website
- http://www.olympic.ind.in/ - India's official team's website
- http://www.teamsingapore.com.sg/ - Singapore's official team's website
- http://www.joc.or.jp/english/ - Japan's official team's website
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Get the medal count
Lots of sites out there are updating the medal counts. Here is a list of medal counts listed from what I think would be the fastest updates!
- http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml
Offical Beijing Site - http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals
Yahoo's medal count much easier to read! - http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/
NBC's medal count - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html
Really nice medal count of past olympics - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/medals_table/default.stm
BBC's medal count looks a little boring...
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Watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics
So you've missed the opening ceremony and don't know when it'll play again here are some tips to watch it again!
- http://top8review.com/Watchbeijing2008openingceremonyonlinelive.html
Direct PC but will cost you $39.95 - http://www.indonewyork.com/contents/Berita/olympic/opening.html
Snippets of the opening ceremony from YouTube - http://www.freakncool.com/97/beijing-2008-olympic-games-opening-ceremony/
Collection of videos from the opening ceremony - http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=olympic
Torrents if you dare - http://www.cctv.com/english/special/opening/02/index.shtml
Needs IE from cctv - http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0808_hd_ocb_hl_l1622
NBC highlights - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cpf8p/
BBC you will need a UK proxy if you're not in UK - http://www.metacafe.com/tags/opening_olympics/
Snippets of the opening ceremony
Snippets of the opening ceremony
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Top Olympics Coverage according to Alexa
Here are some of the best website to keep track of the olympics based upon web traffic
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Never respond to delivery failure messages you never sent
Ever wonder why you are receiving delivery failed message for emails you have never sent? There are a few reasons why this could happen, normally it's a worm or a spammer. Generally it isn't your computer, but it doesn't help to scan your computer or run anti adware software.
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Cheat automatic email harvesters
The number 1 way of getting spam is to publish your email on-line, if you really need to do this check out this list of methods to combat spam! Below is a list of methods to stop spam to no.spam@tiphub.com:
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Add more memory
If you have less than 1GB ram then this will probably be the best thing that you can do to speed up your computer. I recommend that you put in at least 2GB if possible, you can put in 4GB in your computer, but note Vista (32 bit) only supports up to 3GB of memory. If you do plan to put in more than 4GB then you should get Vista 64 bit OS.
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Upgrade your graphics card
If insist on using Aero Glass and all the special effects from Vista then you need a reasonably decent graphics card. Make sure the graphics card is at least 128 MB ram. When buying a new graphics card, you might want to consider the noise, heat and the power it consumes (so that you don't also have to upgrade your power supply).
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Download media player classic
The official site for the player is http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/, but I find the best way to download the player is by downloading at http://codecguide.com/ or http://etplanet.net/download/files.php?cat=17. Not only will you get the player but almost every codec known to mankind!This works on everything from Windows 98 to Vista.
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If in doubt try to play in Media Player Classic
Especially if you have used the Kazaa Codec, try opening the video, audio via the Media Player Classic. Media Player classic plays FLV (web based videos from say YouTube), most mobile phone formats, VCDs, DVDs, Read media, even raw DVD formats like VOB files.
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