General

Are You Interested In Djembe Drums?

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If you are not aware yet, djembe drums are popular African drums that have taken the western music world by storm. I have been a fan of World Music so music from djembe drums is nothing new to me. However, it is not easy to get my hands on djembe drums, until this morning I discovered that X8 Drums has an extensive selection of Djembe drums and accessories! And the good thing is that they are all reasonably priced!

If you love drums, you should check out Djembe drums from X8 Drums. No matter if you are just a beginner or already a pro drummer, X8 Drums has just the right Djembe drums for you. If you are unsure of what would suit your needs, just drop them a line and I am sure they will be more than happy to assist you.

Check out djembe drums for yourself and let me know how you like the experience!

Finances

Insurance Matters

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To reduce the cost of maintaining a car, I have been comparing auto insurance quotes. Well, I do not own a car but this is the family car and I am responsible to maintain it. I feel lucky that we do still have a car which some of my friends have to cancel their car order, or even sell off their cars because it is becoming increasing expensive to keep one no thanks to the rising fuel price and the interest rates for car loans.

What I do to maintain minimal expenses on the car is to look for cheap auto insurance and stop driving the car unnecessarily. Of course, even driving the car, we now have to adopt special fuel saving techniques like driving at an optimum speed, not braking abruptly, driving the shortest routes whenever possible, etc.

My friend told me that while I get to save on car insurance, I must not forget to insure my health. To be frank, I do not have health insurance and that is a little worrisome for me. I know that healthcare is getting more expensive as well no thanks to inflation, so it is important that I get myself insured while I am still young. I am not well versed with health insurance so I am taking time to compare policies to make sure that I purchase the right one to meet my needs. First, though, I need to get car insurance as the current one will be expiring soon.

Travel

A Flight Attendant Career

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My friend has just returned from an exciting vacation in Vietnam. You know, he told me that he had the chance to chat with the flying attendants and he said that they told him that it is their best career choice. They get to fly and it is as if they are going on a vacation even when they are working. I wished that my job gives me that kind of satisfaction!

However, a career in flight attendant is also very competitive. Every year, thousands of young girls are vying for a job in an airlines and it is important to boost or chances at a flight attendant career if we have attended a flight attendant school and received the training and skills required. This will give us a head start over other girls who are fresh out of high school.

If you are looking for a reputable flight attendant school, check them out at http://aha.edu. Some people say that a career in an airlines is not as exciting as it was but I personally feel that a flight attendant career will always be exciting and relevant. What do you think?

Blogging

Technorati’s 2008 State of the Blogosphere Survey

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Did you receive an invitation to participate in Technorati’s Blogsposhere Survey? Well, I received the invitation a couple of days ago and yes, I contributed what I could in the survey. It’s kind of difficult for me to answer the questions as I have twenty blogs. I know that I am supposed to have a primary blog but which is my primary blog? I have too many, like my friend says.

If you are interested to participate in this survey then here is the link: http://v2.decipherinc.com/survey/mmc/mmc08001

I don’t know how long it took me to complete the survey but it is rather lengthy. I was told that it would take 15 – 20 minutes, though. I think I took longer than that. Don’t surveys always give you a shorter time than it would take to complete it just so that you won’t be scared off from doing it?

Anyway, what I do not like about the survey is that it looks like answers are submitted to Technorati as an when I was answering the survey questions. It did not look like I had an option to go back and change my replies. Oh well, I have already submitted it and hope to see the blogging trend in September, when Technorati says that the results of the survey will be out.

Computing & Internet

Javascript Tutorials and Guides

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Although I may own a slew of blogs and websites, I find codes to be a major headache. I tell you, I would rather pay friends to customize my sites to meet my needs but they tell me that it’s too simple and they feel bad taking my money.

And what they do is not to help me directly but show me links to resources! Eeekkk! Codes are like Greek to me so that isn’t really helpful!

If you are learning Javascript, just like me, then a good place to start is a Javascript tutorial site like http://javascript-reference.info where you will find tutorials and guides on all things Javascript.

Let’s face it. Websites are so important nowadays in our professional and personal lives that it is almost imperative to have a new skill under our belt. I am learning no matter how I dislike codes and scripts!

Computing & Internet

Scrabulous Removed From Facebook

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I just got the news a couple of hours ago that Hasbro, the rights holder of the game, Scrabble, in the United States, has sought to have Scrabulous removed from Facebook. The international rights holder of Scrabble is Mattel.

Although I am not a big time Facebooker, I know that Scrabulous is one of the more popular word games there and most of my friends are addicted to it. It’s kind of sad that the app has to be removed like that and the creators, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla may possibly face court action.

So I guess my friends and other Scrabulous game players will have to get addicted to some other games; go back to their Mob Wars and Super Pokin’. And of course, I am sure somebody will start a petition to bring back Scrabulous to Facebook. Will it work? I guess it will if Mattel and Hasbro somehow make a profit from that!

Computing & Internet

Split5 Web & Design Services

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If you know of my blogging background, you will know that I run twenty blogs, own an ecommerce site and a personal website. Fellow bloggers tell me that I should use the most boring of templates to entice readers to click out of my blogs and websites via advertising links. Well, I do not subscribe to that. I take pride in my blogs and I love the fact that I take pains to give an individual identity to each of my blogs.

Lately, I felt the need to revamp a handful of my blogs, especially my Blogger blogs. I have gone through so many free designs but not even one could meet my expectations. I somehow think that maybe this time, for once, I will not be cheap and actually PAY for my templates and layouts! I know that I am a wee bit fussy! :-)

Early this morning, I have been introduced to SplitFive’s Web & Design Services. I have to admit that I have never heard of this company before but the first thing I do, whenever I come across a design company, is to check out their portfolio and I have to say that I am pretty impressed with some of their custom site designs. I wonder if they design WordPress themes and Blogger HTML templates or XML layouts and most importantly, I really want to know their charges!

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