Music End of the Year Lists 2006
In case you haven’t had enough here are some end of the year music lists.
The Top 100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year
- Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like “baby-talk in Portuguese”.
- The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
- Sex workers in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
- More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
- Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.
- The egg came first.
- In the 1960s, the CIA used to watch Mission Impossible to get ideas about spying.
I’m becoming a sucker for end of the year lists. You can see the entire Top 100 if you’re addicted too.
Gilbert Arenas’ Blog
Lookie what I found! He updates it on a regular basis (one of the few NBA players with a blog) making him a geek as well.
And we like geeks at L’avant Poste.
Gilbert Arenas’ blog – the new featured blog as well.
Virgin Vacations
Not what you are thinking. I’ve taken a Virgin Atlantic flight to London twice and I’m telling you once you fly Virgin you’ll never look at other airlines in the same way.
Now you can fly to London for $499 through the middle of February. Not only $499 for the round trip tickets, but also 6 nights hotel and breakfast. The last time I also got a discount on the Original Tour as well (hop on and off the bus all day all over London, plus some interesting facts and history, I enjoyed it very much).
There are other cities for varying prices as well, including Paris.
Save Those YouTube Videos
With videos like Salad Fingers, Chacarron, and the progression of Michael Jackson becoming white, how could you not want to save them to your computer?
There are few ways to do this. Here is my preferred method:
- 1. Go to either KeepVid.com or YouTubeX.com and copy/paste the url of the video you’d like to grab.
- 2. This will download the flash (.flv) file to your computer.
- 3. Now you need something to watch this video with. Download the FLV-Player (for Windows).
- 4. If you’re running Mac, you’ll want to convert the .flv file to something you can watch (or MPEG4 for your video iPod). PodTube will do the trick. The link wasn’t working when I tried it, hopefully it will be up soon.
- Windows users can convert the .flv files using the (free – this whole process is FREE) Riva FLV Encoder.
Now, there you go! YouTubes for your computer and iPod!
Don’t Pay For Your Heavy Suitcase
If I’ve noticed one thing about flying over the past year, it’s that the baggage weight limit keeps dropping. In fact the limit for most international flights is 20kg (which is about 45lbs). That may seem like enough, but it always seems that you end up a few kilos over – no matter what the limit.
The fines are nothing negligible either, averaging 75 dollars.
Why are these limits imposed?
The limits are a way for the airlines to make money, especially in these lean times. They are not for your safety or because heavy luggage can weight the aircraft down. The trick to avoiding this fine is simple – bring a second small suitcase for yourself in case you go over the limit. You are given 20 kilos per suitcase, but not a 40 kilo total (if you only have one suitcase).
What that mean is if you have one 25 kilo suitcase, you can just put the extra 5 kilos in the second suitcase. This way you are not fined and it doesn’t break any rules. Bring along one of those smaller suitcases with the wheels on them. If you don’t need it, give it back to your friend/family member who gave you a ride and pick it up when you get back from Tahiti 
Oh, and in case you’re wondering about those women people who already travel with two suitcases, the fine for bringing an extra piece of luggage is usually $50. You’ll have an extra piece of luggage, but $25 extra bucks to go shopping with 😉
About Anil Polat
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