My mom and I have a little game we play when the lottery goes above 100 million. Since neither of us stand a chance of ever winning, mainly because we rarely buy tickets, it’s fun to compete to see who can spend the “money” on the most outrageous or luxurious items. I have always said if I ever came into a large sum of money, that I would buy or build a house in Jamaica on a private beach. Not just a vacation home-I would live there on a permanent basis. Waking up every morning looking out at the ocean, walking along a white sandy beach-who wouldn’t want to live there?
There are so many activities to do in Jamaica-the list is endless. If you’re into history and ghosts one place to visit would be the White Witch of Rose Hall Plantation, named after Annie Palmer and said to be haunted by her due to a slave’s curse. The one thing I have always wanted to do is swim with the dolphins. Dolphin Cove allows visitors to either swim, or touch dolphins and see other tropical wildlife.
Where would your dream vacation spot be- or, if you won the lottery-would you pack up and move to a tropical paradise?
Jamaica Man.
Different Uses For Bounce-The Fabric Softener.
I’m always looking for different uses for every-day household products. I have heard of a few of the following uses for Bounce-the fabric softener, for instance putting them in a closet or drawer, but I never knew it repelled bees. I’ve found several sites listing uses for other products and I’ll try to post about another product weekly. I received the uses for Bounce in an email-if you’re interested read below. I do think I’d look a bit ridiculous wearing a sheet of Bounce in my belt loop.
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that
are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home – Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling-Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car – Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the lose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.
WebFusion Offering Low-Priced Virtual Servers.
WebFusion, a United Kingdom based web hosting company, announced in a press release, their recent re-design of their virtual servers as well as the choice to lower prices. How often do you hear of a webhost announcing they have re-vamped their systems? My host will barely acknowledge the fact they have major issues, much less the fact their systems need a major overhaul. I was hoping I could find information regarding hosting options for those of us across the ocean, but I cannot find any information. However, if you do live in the United Kingdom and you’re looking for a host-especially one who offers virtual private servers, take a look at the press release below.
Press Release:
WebFusion has given its virtual private server (VPS) range a complete revamp, providing industry-leading value for money and a raft of new features to maximise website performance.
The new WebFusion VPSs have unlimited traffic with guaranteed and burstable RAM to ensure that websites perform, even when handling sudden traffic peaks. The latest version of the Plesk control panel, combined with the Virtuozzo control panel at the back end, provides webmasters with root access for complete control. Linux-based VPSs are Ruby and Ruby-on-Rails ready and run on Ubuntu 6.06, while Windows servers are equipped with SQL Server 2005 and ASP.net 2.0.
With prices from £14.99 per month, WebFusion VPSs are available on Linux and Windows, and are perfect for both webmasters of business critical websites and the reseller community.
“Our new range of virtual private servers is our best yet,” says Mark Beyer, sales and marketing director at WebFusion. “Server enhancements, such as guaranteed and burstable RAM, mean that our VPSs are a step closer to providing dedicated server performance, with a price normally associated with shared hosting. We believe these advancements make our VPS offering the best in class.”
Additional benefits of WebFusion VPS include:
• Lower prices, with servers available from £14.99 per month
• Better hardware: Dell PowerEdge 2950 Energy Smart
• New contention ratio for servers to reduce the effect of ‘noisy neighbours’ on the server
• Ruby preinstalled on Linux VPS and Ruby-on-Rails available via a single click in Plesk
• Extra disk space available
• SCSI RAID 10 for reliability and business continuity
• Plesk 8.1 installed as standard (worth £200)
• Root access available via Virtuozzo
For more information about Web HostingWebFusion VPS, please visit http://www.webfusion.co.uk/vps.
I Won’t Be Participating In Blogathon 2007.
I apologize to those who sponsored me- however due to certain circumstances in my personal life I won’t be able to participate in this year’s blogathon. I could do the late night session but it wouldn’t be fair to those of you who are staying up the full 24 hours. I wish all of you good luck and for those of you who did sponsor me, take that money and add it to your own charities. It’s now 5:30am and I have to leave in an hour- it’s going to be a long day for me at any rate.
Again, good luck to all.
