Coffee Coffee Coffee…

Just wondering how would you like your coffee to be? Do you like your coffee to look nice just like the above picture? Or do you like your coffee to smell good? Or do you like your coffee to taste good? Maybe perhaps you like your coffee to look good, taste good and smell good all together. I think different people have their own way of having their coffee. As for me I like my coffee to smell good and taste good, but not necessary have to be good looking. In fact I think the combination of smell good, look good and taste good does make the coffee enjoyable. Take for an example, you’re walking on the street and looking for a coffee shop to have your favorite cup of coffee. First thing that attracts you definitely the smell of coffee. You will then track down where this coffee smell comes from and locate the coffee shop. Then you’ll order a cup of coffee after browse through the list of menu. If you’re lucky the owner of the coffee shop might draw a leaf or a rabbit on top of your coffee. After checking out the color and the drawings above the coffee finally you’ll take a slip. The taste of a hot cup of coffee in a cold early morning definitely wakes you up completely. Now that’s the way to enjoy a nice cup of coffee.

Holiday Gifts for this New Year Season

Christmas and New year, it’s the holiday and gifts seasons all around the world. Economic around the world is not doing so well but still celebration must go on. We don’t have to look at the results to celebrate. It’s not a necessary reason but we must celebrate the effort that we put in throughout the year. Dinner, gifts and party is the way to celebrate. As for the gifts we don’t have to get expensive stuff but simple, useful and affordable will do. Personalized holiday gifts can be considered simple and useful stuff for many people. Things like pen and pen drive are couple of things that needed always. These are couple of things that we normally use doing our daily job. In addition many people carry along pen and pen drives in their daily work. Perfect as gifts of encouraging. A gift from someone special that states “Thank You” or “Happy New Year” sure is heartwarming.
During this period of time, a useful gift is better than gifts that put on shelves. Even a gift of toilet paper is better than a photo frame. A useful gift is what most people hopping to get. Giving out gifts is good for encouraging and creating smiling faces. It doesn’t matter what gifts that is giving out. The important thing is that the gifts serve as an encouraging and support to continue work hard in the coming year.

FedEx and Espresso

Honestly I really don't understand this commercial at all. What does FedEx got to do with Espresso? One thing for sure about this commercial is that the quality is good.

Smell the coffee

What’s the best part of having your favorite coffee? Is it the smell, the taste or the kick after drinking it? Personally I like the taste of the coffee after having a couple of slip. If you’re into the smell of the coffee right after the hot water hit the coffee powder, then you might be interested in this product. Well, that is if you love only the smell of coffee. It is call the coffee candle. That’s right, light it up and you’ll get the coffee smell all over the room. For those that love to drink more then 1 cup of coffee each day, this might be the thing to help control the consumption of coffee. Instead of drinking lots of coffee the whole day, why not just light a coffee candle continuously. Beside if you try to quit drinking coffee, here’s a good way to do it. Light the coffee candle nonstop for few months in your house day and night. After having the same coffee smell for few months I’m sure either you never going to smell another cup of coffee or you won’t be turn on by the smell of coffee.

Speed up your work with Windows 100 keyboard shortcuts

100 keyboard shortcuts

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)
m*cro$oft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
END (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)
m*cro$oft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save the open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)
ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the View menu)
ALT+F (Display the File menu)
ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
m*cro$oft Internet Explorer Navigation
CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)

As usual this is one of the good stuff that I found during my surfing hour – Windows 100 keywords shortcuts. I found this info from elakiri forum. After going through the 100 keywords shortcuts, I realize that I only knew 2 shortcuts. That is CTRL+C (copy) and CTRL+V (paste). That’s the 2 shortcuts that I use almost every day. Does it necessary to learn up as many shortcuts? Seriously, if we depend on Windows or a PC to do our work daily then the answer is yes. It’s between knowing the way to do it and knowing the quicker way to do it. When we start out learning Windows, we start from the basic. After we understand how it works and able to operate it normally, we need to speed up the process. It’s about doing things effectively and efficiently. Getting things done correctly is just not enough nowadays. We have to do it fast too. Especially in the cyber internet world, speed is everything.

Pictorial Guide to the Coffee Proast Process

I just found a site that shows details to the coffee roast process. The picture shown above is from Sweetmarias.com. It seems that the roast process can be separated into 16 process. The site really has the details on the coffee roast process including the time and heat temperature. It's one step on knowing how coffee is make.

A house is not a Home

“A house is not a home” I forgot where I got this but this words has been in my mind for a long time. Having a house to stay is not the same as having a home. A house is just a place for us to take shelter and a place to sleep. You can have a big house with lots of rooms or even a mention, but still it might not be a home. When you feel that there is no difference when staying in hotel compare to staying at your own house, then that might not be a home. What makes a house a home? In my opinion people are the ones that make a house a home. Specifically a home doesn’t have to be a house. It can be a workplace, labs, office or any place that you spend most of your time. When there is a place that you need to return as there are somebody waiting for you or there are some faces that you need to see, basically you can call that home. Some people make their work place as their home because they spend most of their time there. Some office or company even provides all the daily necessary like gym, shower, bed and kitchen. The house is just a place for them to sleep and to put their stuff. The only place that they are not alone is during working hour. It’s a bit sad but that’s what actually happens when people are too much into work. The time that you spend with your colleague is more than anybody else. Sometimes the feeling of home is much more in a corner of an office then in a house, especially in a big city. How many of you celebrate festival seasons at home? Christmas is close. Where will you celebrate Christmas this year, especially those of you that are working in big cities? I suppose a Christmas party at a club, a pub, restaurant or maybe in the office where you work. It doesn’t matter as long as you’re happy and feeling like a home.

How much do u know about coffee?

How much do you really know about coffee? Here's a link to test how much you know about coffee - Coffee IQ Quiz. I took the quiz myself and turns out that I only knew how to drink coffee. 1 to 2 cups of coffee everyday is what I know. That's fine for me as you don't have to know that much to really enjoy coffee. Sometimes knowing too much might not improve the flavor. A simple cup of coffee is just nice to get me ready for the work of the day.

Getting own domain and web hosting

It is said that if you really into earning money online, getting your own domain and web host is a must. That’s because you’ll have full control and flexibility on your blog or web. The blog or site will then be unique and different from others. So, which web hosting should I choose? There are so many web hosting services out there and which should I go for? Well, here’s a site that you can check out before making your decision – Web Hosting Geeks. You can find some web hosting reviews and rating on the site before deciding which services to sign up. The price for hosting a web or blog is not much difference. The important thing that you need to consider is their services and server stability. You may read on the reviews and find out how customers judge and comments. It will gives you an idea on how good their services. Even big company like yahoo not necessary has the best services. Amount the top 10 web hosting services listed on the site, BlueHost should be the most familiar name. There are also some other info on web hosting that you can find in the site for example best budget hosting, best blog hosting, best forum hosting and many more. It gives you an idea on which hosting services to choose base on what type of site you plan to create.

What else? Definately about the coffee

It's all about coffee. Nothing better then the coffee. It's always will be the coffee. The only thing that matters is just coffee. Finally all we want and will be talking about is just coffee. No doubt it's coffee...

Online Diagramming Software Gliffy

Gliffy is an online diagramming software that I found when surfing.Gliffy enable users to create flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings and more. There are some examples that are done using Gliffy that you can check it out in the site. Gliffy is free to use under basic features but there are limitation. If you like it after trying, you may upgrade it to Gliffy premium for full package. The price is reasonable as it is only $5 per month for individual usage. The thing that I like about this online platform program is that you can use it anywhere in the world as long as you can find a computer with internet feature. That means you don't even have to carry your laptop. It's very convenient. One good idea that you can make full use of this online platform is that you can create a sample work and store it online. You can show the work that you have done during job interview. I'm sure this will add points to your performance and helps you get the job.At this stage I think you still can't do much with online platform but things will become better as technology improves.

Alternative way to have your coffee

It’s not a surprise that finally we can have coffee directly as shown above picture. It will definitely keep us awake and let us do our work properly. A fresh new day starts after having a cup of coffee or shall I say a dose of coffee.

When we dress up for work

When we dress up for work, formal and clean is what we normally considered. That’s for jobs like office work or sales person. When you’re in a service section like engineer, doctors, contractor, fireman or policeman, getting the right gears is a must. That because you’re not dress up just to look nice but to protect yourself. In order to effectively protect a human or reducing the risk of injury to minimum, special gears are used. These gears are design just for the purpose of handling situation like crawling on the floor, climbing rock or going through bushes. These gears will not easily break and able to protect human body from injuries. Take for example the 2008 Olympic opening and closing ceremony in Beijing China. There are hundreds of performers hanging in the air to present a spectacular ceremony evening, making it a historical event in the Olympic sport. I’m sure behind those acrobatic performances, best gears have been used to make sure that it goes well and no injury occurs. In this once in a life time event, a successful performance with no accident and injuries are top consideration. Spending more money on gears and gadgets is a necessary. Best gears normally come with best price and cheap are not within the category. Ever wonder what kind of gears they might be using, or where did they get those gears? Well, you can check out 5.11 Tactical series clothing. There are some special gears for special work condition. There are also a lot of boots specially for working purposes. It’s always nice to know special gears like this as you may never know when you will need them. It will save you a lot of time searching for them. Who knows one day you might take on a job that requires these gears. Especially during this economic down turn, not many jobs are secured.

Pray for the Coffee

As much as I know, I’m more a less depends on my coffee to make it through the day with all the work that I need to do. I’m pretty much as what the picture above explains, in a way. I never did know when I start having coffee but I think it was back in school time. That’s the time when I need coffee to get through the night without sleep just to study for the exam. Those are the time that only 2 drinks that I have, coffee and bear. That’s coffee before the exam and beer after the exam. Now that I’m out working, not much change for this condition. It’s coffee before work and beer after work.

Start Work Coffee Mug

This is what I call the office coffee mug. It’s just simply say that we the coffee drinker will be turn on once we have our coffee. Our brains will start functioning once we are fuel with coffee. If you’re a coffee drinker that has at least a cup of coffee each day for couple of years, try without your coffee for just one day. You’ll definitely get the feeling of being turn off.

Talk About Coffee, all you need to know about coffee

I found this site call Talk About Coffee and it seems to have a lot of information about coffee. The site really looks nice and professional. When I really look into it, the site appears to be new and there isn’t much stuff beside articles. I love the front page as it does get my attention to look into it. Hopefully there will be a lot more info after couple of month.
Why do I write about this site? Well, let’s just say that even if a cup of coffee smells good and looks good in a nice fancy cup, you need to drink it in order to conclude if it’s taste good. A good cup of coffee needs to smell good, looks good and taste good. When all these 3 criteria are met then only we can consider enjoying the cup of coffee. That goes the same as a website.

Wine Taster and Coffee Taster

Some people that are good or shall I say professional in tasting wine can tell the age of the wine just by a slip of it. That is for wine but how about coffee? Can it be taste just like wine and tell the details of where or when it is produced and how it is roast? Well, I haven’t seen that before. There are only a few things that I’ll say about the coffee that I drink. Either they are expensive, cheap, cold, hot, sweet or strong. It’s more like the way of having beer instead of wine. If you’re interested in finding out some method of tasting coffee, check out the wheel below. Here’s the link to a larger picture for a better view – Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel.

How to organize stuff

All of us have been organizing stuff ever since we were kids. I still remember that I used to organize my own school bag and pencil box. I need to make sure that the books and pencils needed tomorrow are ready before going to sleep. It’s a simple task but if you get it done correctly then you’ll have a smooth day in school. That means you might not have a change to call it “a bad day”, “an unlucky day” or “the worst day in my life”. At the end of the day you will feel relieve instead of felling stressful. Organizing your school bag is simple. Once you get older, there are more things that need to organize so that you can have a better life. Organizing stuff really is a big topic that needs to learn from time to time. Here’s a site - How to Organize Stuff, that gives you some tips on organizing several stuff for example your refrigerator, marriage proposal, shopping list, a yard sale and many more. It’s better to have a reference before you start doing it as you might save yourself a lot of time, energy and money.

You really need to start saving money

Lately we can see that economic around the globe is not stable. That can be seen clearly by just looking at the share market. So what can each of us do to help up? We can all start out by cutting down our expenses and stop those unnecessary expenses. A simple and easy step that a family can do is implement energy saving by reducing the use of electricity and water. When comes to shopping and buying those daily products, getting the cheapest deal is a must. Take for an example of eyeglasses. You can simply purchase it online directly from the manufacturer with a price as low as $8. You won’t get a price after it gone through several dealers and reaches an eyeglass shop near your house. That is why a lot of products sold online are cheaper than buying from the shop. Another simple step of money saving is to pay your bills online. Nowadays you can pay your electrical bill, water bill, credit cards or even doing some banking activities online. That can save a lot of time, work and trouble going to each and every payment counter. That too contributes in cutting down the expenses. It may not reflect in your monthly expenses but it does help a lot in reducing the expenses within the community.

How long until oil depletion

Lately the world faces shortage of oil and causes the increase of oil price. I'm sure this hits everybody and every country. Due to this incident, people are starting to ask how long until oil depletion? Sooner or later the world going to use up all the remaining of the oil. What will the world becomes when that happened. Due to this issue many country started to search for alternative energy source or some other resources that can replace oil. There are some good suggestion and ideas but all are still at the early stage of development. The question is can it be ready in time to replace the oil? We need time to develop these alternative energy source. How much time is needed and do we have the time? Well, no time to worry about that. We just have to finish the development as soon as possible. If you want to know more about oil depletion, check out this site - The Wolf At The door.

Free instructions Videos

This is another site that I found useful - How to Videos on MonkeySee.There are a lot of stuff that you can refer from this site. A lot of categories include auto mechanical, fashion, education, food, games, fitness, hobbies, gardening, relationship, dance, parenting, pets, finance, sports and many more. I like this site pretty much because the quality of the video is very good. You can see clearly how things are done. If you like to share your knowledge and the things that you know, you can do that by shooting your own videos and upload it to the site. The only thing that you need to take care will be the quality of the videos. It seems like this site chooses the videos carefully. Just check out some of the videos from the site and you'll understand.

A Machine for Coffee lover

If you love coffee very much, than you might consider getting this espresso machine. Found this picture from The Daily Luxury News Blog and I think its way cool to have one. You can tell your friends to test your espresso while showing them the machine and say “dare to have a cup of espresso?”

Staying at the Hospital or staying at the hotel

Does anybody ever think of the difference between staying in the hospital and staying in the hotel? If you just look at the picture below, I’m sure you can’t tell the difference. The only difference that I see is there are doctors and nurses to take care of your health. Other than that you’re just getting a bed to spend the night. Just imagine if you’re just going for a normal medical checkup and stays for a night. You’ll be lying there watching TV that hangs on the ceiling. When it’s lunch or dinner time, healthy food that difficult to swallow will send to you. One thing that hospital does is helping you with your toilet matters. Try to compare it with your stay in a normal hotel, and then you’ll understand what I’m trying to say.