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Sunday, May 24th, 2009 | Music Related Links, Social Media Networking, Tips / Learning, Useful | No Comments

I tend to forget birthdays and depend on a list or some sort of recuring appointment in my Google Calendar, to serve as a reminder. In turn the scheduled event will send an sms reminder to my mobile phone.

I found a way to add birthdays from the Facebook Birthday Calendar application, to your Google Calendar.

Step by step instructions:

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Friday, January 23rd, 2009 | Fixing - DIY - Crafts, Tips / Learning | 1 Comment

If this is what you drawer is looking like after stocking up too many plastic shopping bags or packets as it is known in South Africa, then read further.

messy unfolded packets that fill up your drawers usually

As far as I remember, years back, my aunt showed me this method to help tidy up my clutter in the kitchen drawers; I have since only met two other people that knew of this trick and so there is a need too share it with more (IMO).

This procedure can neatly organise a mess as shown above, into a beauty… read further

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | Entertainment, Fun, Music Related Links, Review, Social Media Networking, Tips / Learning, Useful | Comments Off

I was messing around on last.fm looking at all the various APIs , badges , charts etc when I found this little treasure…

It is called Last.fm Spiral and gives you a visual image (chart) of your weekly artists you have listened to…

I always knew that I had very little compatibility with half my friends on my last.fm list. All the years I was never able to answer the question: “So what music do you like” and the usual is: “A variety” and these days I just refer people to my profile … so I thought I would spend some time there today pimping it up. . .

My Spiral: