Tuscany dreams

When we talk about Italy, the first thing that comes to mind is their great food. In fact my wife cooked an Italian dish after getting the recipe from her Italian friend in the University. We are even thinking of having a trip to Italy once our son gets a little older. I have always dreamed of visiting the Colosseum at Rome, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and of course, Venice.

I recently learnt that there is more to Italy then these places. Tuscany is one such place. It is considered the most beautiful region in the whole country. It is well known for it's wines. It also has a number of industries of which the tourism industry forms the economic backbone of the cities. A lot of immigrants have made this region their home and there is also a significant community of British and Americans. It is no wonder that currently there is a wave of interest in property in Tuscany.

Would love to travel there.

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Million dollar prize to save the environment

Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson yesterday announced a $25 million (£12.8 million) prize for a way to extract a billion tons or more of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. Read the report in the Telegraph here.

He was joined by former US Vice President Al Gore and other leading environmentalists, when he announced the launch of the Virgin Earth Challenge prize along with

Branson rejected suggestions that he as an airline owner, was hypocritical.

So what do you think?

Related post: Humans cause Global warming

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Toy for autistic kids

Autism is a developmental disability that results from a disorder of the human central nervous system. A report by the BBC last year, revealed that autism is more common than thought and may affect one in 100 children.

Found an interesting product, which are like "giant tinker toys" being used to help connect autistic kids to the World - can be referred to as Toobeez Therapy.

This giant building system can also be used in team building games by adults too. Check out the Project Connect site to see the product being used as a "fun tool" to bring people together.

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Increasing adsense revenue

I had had Google ads (Adsense) on my blog for a long time. Sadly they did not bring me the numerous cheques, I thought would come flying through my door.

Found this great way to increase your adsense revenue from your blogs. This tool called urbanread, helps to display news and shares the ad space on your blog. You will get a share of the advertising profit. To join this service, you only need a blog and an adsense account.

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Nut cracker video

My daughter found some almonds. These were still with the hard outer shell and cracking them open to get to the sweet kernel inside proved to be quite a challenge. I don't have a nut cracker so I had to make do with what I had - pliers.

Somehow it seems tastier than those which comes with the shell removed.



The trick lies in putting the right pressure. Too much force and you crush it into pieces.

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Get paid to review my posts

Visitors to my blog will notice a special blue and green button with the words "Get paid to review my post" below my posts. This is a new affiliate program from Payperpost.com, that would help me promote my blog and pay me some money as well.

If you are getting confused, this is how it works:

It's very simple. Anybody who signs up with PPP by clicking that button will get an extra special, high priority, opp (short for opportunity) to review that particular post. In case you are among those guys who hasn't heard about payperpost.com, it is a company that pays bloggers to write about products and services.

Coming back to the button, "Yes! You will be paid to review my post", I keep saying that because lot of people simply can't believe that anybody gets paid to review a a blog post and think that it's some kind of scam.

As soon as the new blogger's first post is paid, I will also be paid $7.50.

I get paid, the renew blogger also gets paid and ppp get a new postie. A perfect case of a win-win situation, if I may say so.

So what are you waiting for? If you are not already a PPP postie, sign up by clicking that button and review my blog post on your blog.

Firefox Snowman

We had snowfall again today with more predicted. Said to be heaviest in recent years.

We had fun making the Firefox snowman.


Notice the cap. Look closely at the symbol.
My daughter pointed out that the snowman doesn't have ears and a mouth. So she added them. And she also named the snowman "Pak Su Qasim", he hee..

Why Firefox?


Yeah! Malaysia Boleh.


"What are you making Rahil?" That looks like a ladle from the kitchen.


Cute pic of mum and daughter.

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