Archive for January, 2009

LinkedIn Vs Facebook

Whether you like Facebook or not, you have to agree, it is good at what it does, which is bringing people together. You can use Facebook for business or pleasure and it can be used (when used well) as a powerful marketing tool for yourself or your company.

However, it is mostly filled with people messing about with various Facebook applications, sharing gifts, answering quizzes and sending those endless invites to various add-ons, games and …

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Make The Most Of The Bad Weather

Sounds bonkers doesn’t it? Making the most of the bad weather, but the freezing cold, snow and heavy rain does provide some positives!

1) Use the bad weather as a time to stay in and have a ‘doing weekend’. Get all those jobs done around the house that need doing. Make a list and tick them off once they are done. You will be amazed at just what and how quickly you can achieve all …

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Make Your Own Fuel – Paper Coal Briquettes

We are lucky enough to have an open fire in our lounge which burns both wood/logs and coal, we prefer to use logs. However during these cold weeks we have been getting through a lot of wood and started looking around at the paper briquette makers you can buy just about everywhere these days.

This is your standard maker that you can buy (see below), they make briquettes made from wet, mushy recycled paper and …

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