Why is bread so hard to give up?

Before I begin my rant I just want to mention that I am blogging from bed with my eee pc and that I make lots of mistakes because it’s dark (not because I can’t spell) Also I hope their batteries are non explosive since I’m typing this holding the pc on my lap.

Anyway here we go. I used to be a smoker, for about 14 years to be exact. I know what it feels like to be addicted to something rather then just like something. To me the main difference is just not being able to go even one day without your preferred substance. And to me bread and flour in general seem to fit this bill.

I can go for ages without fruit, vegetables, meat, alcohol, even sugar. But not bread. This scares me a little. So I’m going on a challenge to try not to eat bread or flour in any other form for one week. Think I can do it? No? I don’t either but I am willing to give it a shot! Wish me luck and I will report back with the results.

Add comment July 2nd, 2008 unsteadyocean

Luxury car rentals

Advantage Car Rentals are currently running a promotion with a 50% discount on Luxury and Convertible car rental. The promotion runs until the 31st of August and is available in the US only to drivers over 25 years old. Until the end of the promotion luxury car rental starts from $21 per day. Advantage offers lots of nice savings on car rentals and you can even get a free day by just offering feedback on their services. They have many locations you can rent their cars from including Australia, Europe, South East Asia as well as in the U.S. so they’re pretty handy when traveling.

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Weekly update

I have finally found a way tog et the mobile internet for the eee pc which is great. It will cost me an extra $20/month on top of all the internet costs I’m already paying which kind of sucks but not much I can do about. I have just finished paying $400+ worth of bills, it kills me spending that much at once, especially on bills. Phones and internet in total is now costing me $170/month! Way too much. I think I better list a whole lot on ebay this week.

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New riches

Nouveau Riche means new rich (in French), someone who has recently come to have lots of money rather then having inherited their wealth. In the age of the internet this is something we hear about and marvel at often. The creators of sites like Facebook, Youtube, Mozilla, DeviantArt and others were all young people who are now insanely rich thanks to their ideas and hard work. Rags to riches stories have huge appeal to people since they make us feel hope and let us continue dreaming. I know I certainly hope to make more money on the internet, I want nothing more then not to have to go to a job I hate every morning.

Add comment June 30th, 2008 unsteadyocean

Mobile Broadband for the EEEpc

Since I have the wireless internet all set up at home for the EEEpc so I can work upstairs and downstairs, I’m now looking for a way to get mobile broadband going. So far neither of the places I’ve tried support Linux (and usually ask me “what is Linux”?) so I’m going to have to either install Windows on there or keep trying to find a place which supports Linux. I hope I find somewhere, it will be great to be even more mobile.

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Portland Cement

What is Portland Cement?
Portland cement is the name of the most commonly used type of cement in the world. It’s composed of a combination of calcium silicate and a mix of aluminum and iron. Ordinary Portland Cement is used for just about any type of construction which uses concrete, some types of grout and mortar. There are two methods of producing Portland cement. One is a dry method, in which the materials stay dry throughout the entire process, and the other is a wet method, in which water is added to the raw mix. The finished product, fine powder Portland cement is usually sold in bulk as large truckloads.

Add comment June 28th, 2008 unsteadyocean

Niche blogging

I was having a beer with a friend yesterday and we got to talking about blogging about narrow focused topics like reviewing all the different hotels where you travel to and things like that. Something that we might already do in our day to day lives but incorporating that into a blog of some sort. It would be so much fun to do something like that. Obviously such ideas are not unique but I guess each individual has different things they like to do and different opinions on things.

Add comment June 28th, 2008 unsteadyocean

Popbandit

If you are a fan of any particular celebrity, a movie, band or other pop culture thing you might find popbandit to be just the thing you are looking for. Popbandit lets you search for who or whatever you would like more info on, for example Get Smart and lets users subscribe to recommendations on the topic. For each search you will see related items, users that have subscribed to that item, comments, and other related content from around the web. Google and wikipedia search options are also given for every item, as well as sharing options for site users and visitors.

If an item doesn’t have any recommendations or results you may create a page on your chosen topic which is a pretty cool feature. Each custom page does have to be manually approved however before it goes live, so it does need to contain useful content or at least nothing offensive in nature.

So if this is something you are interested in than head over to PopBandit and search for anything from Weeds Season 3 DVD
to Tom Petty, find interesting info, the latest news and be notified of new items as they become available. Great for fans who want to be kept up to date.

Add comment June 27th, 2008 unsteadyocean

Weekly update

This week I did not do as much work as I would have liked. I did create a wordpress theme which I do wat to do more of though. But I don’t get paid for those directly so the money is not as good this week. Releasing new themes though does make my site more valuable to visitors so it’s worth doing. I would love to buy them but all the themes for sale either don’t come with full rights, are not that great or they cost a fortune.

Kasey got her first school report which was an interesting read, one teacher said she is a “lovely child” lol so really I can’t complain. She needs to keep working on her numbers especially from 10 to 20 and on hopping on her left foot lol.

Today is the last day of school so chances are there won’t be much posting here for the next couple of weeks unless I get lots of spare time somehow. But I am determined we are not spending two weeks sitting around.

Add comment June 27th, 2008 unsteadyocean

Prostate cancer and HIFU treatment

HIFU is a non invasive cancer treatment which can be used to treat a variety of cancers including bone, breast, prostate, kidney, testes and others. It works by heating the diseased cells to a high temperature and destroying them. it can be very tightly focused to only target a small group of cells.
At internationalhifu the Sonablate 500 is being used to treat prostate cancer which has a Neuro-Vascular Bundle Detector which makes it possible to detect the erectile nerves during treatment, thus avoiding damaging them. The Sonablate 500 however is not available for use in the US so treatment must be sought internationally.

Add comment June 23rd, 2008 unsteadyocean