The image below is London at night taken from the International Space Station courtesy of Japanese astronaut, Soichi Noguchi. His collection of images on Twitpic is just amazing, which, for those who think that the whole space stuff is a fabrication. would have to think again. Because if they are fabricated, then it must be one heck of an imagination!
London at night from the ISS | Photo credit: Soichi Noguchi via Twitpic
By the way, Soichi Noguchi tweets from the ISS — @Astro_Soichi.
In rugby union, a full time game is 80 minutes, divided into two halves. Most teams will put their best efforts in scoring in the first half and attempt to keep the momentum going in the second – if not for the scoring, the lead. This behaviour, however, does not seem to apply to the Welsh rugby team in the 2010 Six Nations.
Pretty much since their first game in this competition, the Red Dragons seem only interested in playing rugby in the second half. In as much as they provide quite a teeth-gritting and nerve-wrecking spectacle, they leave everyone frustrated, including themselves. Of course, all followers of the Six Nations championship will remember Wales’ legendary comeback last 13 Feb where they snatched an epic victory against Scotland after trailing 24-14 in the dying minutes of the match and winning 31-24. But that is not the point. After Friday’s (26 Feb) defeat against France where they tried a deja vu performance, I believe that everyone would definitely like to see them play the full 80 minutes in the same determination and passion as they have done in the last 40 minutes of the game. Especially when they face Ireland next on 13 Mar at Croke Park.
Please, for our health’s sake.
Wales v Ireland in 2009 Six Nations | Photo credit: ArunMarsh on Flickr
Have you been to Las Vegas? The Disneyland of those who can afford to throw away money as well as those who throw all that they’ve got with it, too. If not, then why not get help from those who are in the know, like Vegas Chill?
Las Vegas at night by Arto Teräs (used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license)
Vegas Chill provides ideas of things to do and see in the city. The site provides a listing of upcoming concerts and sports events. And if you are craving for a gastronomic experience then Vegas Chill also gives you the best of Las Vegas wine and dining places.
Las Vegas is also known for the quickie weddings like the infamous Britney Spears and Jason Alexander nuptials back in 2004. But if you have a bit more class than that, then you can count on Vegas Chill for ideas on how to do with style. Even with a low budget! And since a wedding isn’t complete without a stag or hen party, Vegas Chill can also provide some tips — from a super laid back event to extreme wild partying.
Las Vegas offers a treat for all five senses. If you’re visiting for the first time and lucky enough to have the time then perhaps you could do everything that it has to offer. Otherwise, when it comes to the Sin City, then you should check out Vegas Chill for information and resources to plan a luxurious and stylish trip.
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More and more people are using their mobile devices to browse internet. According to a report by eMarketer, the number of mobile internet users will continue to increase and is forecasted at 1.7 billion by 2014. That almost everyone in China and India combined! With this trend, it is important for websites to be accessible through a mobile device.
So, how can you mobilise your website or blog?
There are various organisations that can assist in designing and creating your mobile presence these days. Or you can use ‘free’ tools like Mowser or MoFuse. The drawback with the latter option is that they really do not push traffic directly to your website. This is because they point mobile users to a subdomain of their website, which is supposed to be your .mobi site. They mean well but for this blog, I used a Wordpress plugin called Wordpress Mobile Pack. This way, people still type my blog’s URL (http://apriljourneys.mychronicles.net) on their mobile browsers and not something like apriljourneys.mobiprovider.mobi.
For sure there are other ways, but for me, the plugin route is the best option since my blog is powered by Wordpress. So, if you’re already reading this from your mobile browser, do let me know what you think by leaving a comment. If you haven’t checked it out, then this is what you’ll expect to see somewhat. This screenshot was taken from a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
April Journeys on a mobile device
Image linked from Flickr user imagos (thru Creative Commons)
As advised, I backed up my drives (150Gb is the size of my backup file) and created a restore point. In hindsight, creating a restore point was a bit moo because if the upgrade fails and my PC gets f***ed, how on earth would I be able to run restore?
Anyhow, since I have constantly and repeatedly rejected the automatic updates for SP3 in the past, I had to go to the Microsoft Update website in IE (more gasps of horror!). It said that with my internet connection, it would take 22 minutes to download the SP3 installation file. Great, I though, won’t take long. Of course, these things are not accurate as they say because the download took 45 minutes. And for some reason, it attempted to do it twice.
Let’s Go Dancing
