Hobbies and hobbies

Few sites with interesting and amazing stuff

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:37:00 +0000

Do you love to read amazing, weird and interesting news, articles or facts? Well, I love to read or collect the interesting news, articles or pictures as I share this knowledge with the persons around me. This post is about few online links which would be interesting to check as you can spend some time with a good mood to surf the sites. There are many and more sites or blogs with some interesting and amazing stuff but I have selected only the sites with an entertaining point of view.

* E Amazings is an online magazine for amazing news and articles.

* Village of joy an online entertainment magazine about our worlds most interesting, weird and wonderful things.

* Great Facts is another site with simple layout with amazing facts like:

In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty

One out of 20 people have an extra rib

44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep

Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week

Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries

Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide

* amazing resources is an online resource for amazing information. You can search for amazing facts, ideas, galleries, and a lot of more topics on the site. Just to check I clicked the link 'amazing fun' and found a page with the links to the other sites and I could see few sites which were really awesome.

Hobbies which can make money for you

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:34:00 +0000

There are hundreds or thousands of hobbies or interests which people like to spend time and get joy out of it but hobbies are not pass time activities, these interests can help you earn money as well.

Are you in search of hobbies which can make money for you?
Making money can be fun while enjoying the things you love to do. Many people around the world are making a living doing what they love and they call it 'hobbies'. I am also making some money from my hobby 'blogging' and I am still looking forward to make it a full time job. First I would suggest some informative posts about the topic.

First post is from 'Working From Home Blogging For A Living' blog which is about 'Sharing the ways a blogger makes money online blogging from home'. The blogger is making handsome amount of money from 'blogging' and shares his own experiences with us, so it is interesting to know the whole story behind this hobby which became a money earner for him.

"Get Rich Slowly" has an old but very precise post about 'tips for money making hobbies' and it says:

1- Focus on something you love

2- Be creative

3- Don’t force it
Your hobby will not make you rich. In most cases, it won’t even net you enough to allow you to quit your day job. It’s quite possible, however, to earn enough money to make the hobby self-sustaining, to keep yourself in new tools and equipment.

4- Don’t underestimate your ability

5- Market yourself

6- Hone your skill

Article link: Six Tips for Money-Making Hobbies

Get online tips about flower arrangemnt

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:07:00 +0000

Flower arrangement is also called 'Ikebana' which is the Japanese art of flower decoration. It is more than simply putting flowers in a container, and a creative process. There are many sites around the net which can guide you or provide tips regarding this hobby. You are a hobbyist or simply want to decorate your home with flower arrangemnt, the tips and suggestions offered at many online sites can help you a lot. This post offers you few useful links about 'flower arrangement'

Ikebana means 'way of flowers'. It is is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together. Contrary to the idea of floral arrangement as a collection of particolored or multicolored arrangement of blooms, ikebana often emphasizes other areas of the plant, such as its stems and leaves, and draws emphasis towards shape, line, form.

Floral Craft Resource is an online resource for flower arranging and decorating. You can find the largest collection of flower arranging and home decorating tips at the sitet. All conveniently organized by category. Learn how to make dried floral arrangements, centerpieces, topiaries, wedding bouquets, silk flower arrangements, holiday decorations, and more.

* 'Hints and tips for flower arranging'

* How To Make a Fresh Flower Arrangement?

Useful links for adventure lovers

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:27:00 +0000

Adventure means a lot to me because whatever new and exciting comes in my life seems adventurous to me. Even learning new things, reading a good book, watching a nice movie is an adventure to me. I love to watch 'travel and living' channel as I feel like being a part of adventures while watching travel series. This post offers useful links for adventure and adventure travel lovers.

'Adventure' word is described as follows at 'wikipedia':

'An 'adventure' is an activity that comprises risky, dangerous or uncertain experiences. The term is more popularly used in reference to physical activities that have some potential for danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing, and extreme sports.

Adventurous experiences create psychological and physiological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can become a detriment as per the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself.

Adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement, such as multi-sport adventure racing or a traveler's adventure tourism. However, an adventurous activity can lead to gains in knowledge, such as in the case of the numerous pioneers who have explored and charted the Earth and, in recent times, traveled into space and to the Moon. As a more modern example, adventure education makes use of challenging experiences for learning.

Moreover, adventure can be describing an unusual experience or participating in exciting undertakings. An adventure action can be involving risky undertaking or an action without concerning outcome. In addition, taking an adventure can be illustrating taking the chance or to adventure an opinion.'

Retrieved from 'wikipedia.org'

Useful links for adventure lovers:

* The adventure blog is created by 'Kraig Becker' from Austin, Texas. It is all about adventures, and anything related to adventures. Author has described his own adventures as well as quoted news around the world about adventures.

Get the updates via 'twitter'

More links:

* 'Adventure Travel' Adventure magazine from 'National Geographic.

* 'Adventure world online magazine'

* WideWorld an online magazine devoted to all things outside.

* The Adventure Life personal blog of Steve Casimiro, West Coast Editor of National Geographic Adventure.

* 'Top adventure movies'

Floral arrangement a creative hobby

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:56:00 +0000

Flower arranging has become increasingly popular as a hobby, for people of all ages and backgrounds. Flower arranging is an engaging form of art which has most benefits. Most people need a little equates to of beautiful countenance to raise their lives and for most of them it is the erotically appealing art of formulating flowering plant arrangements which has helped fill the gap. One of the joys of flowering plant arranging is which one has a vast accumulation of ways to emanate flowering plant arrangements. The arranger has the event to practice his or her aptitude and creativity. Every flowering plant agreement is an finish outcome of the arranger

Have you ever put flowers in a vase and they just don't sit right?

By learning a few basic principles you will be able to create attractive floral designs for your own home.

Flowers add the finishing touch. Imagine the pleasure you will get by being able to make a lovely flower arrangement for your entrance hall or a floral centerpiece for the dining room table.

Flower arrangements make the perfect gift for so many different occasions, such as birthdays, anniversaries, get well wishes, or to simply say "I care".

Unlike many other hobbies, you don't need a lot of expensive equipment. You can often use flowers and foliage from your own garden or you can buy some inexpensive flowers. Once you learn how to position flowers and foliage correctly, you can quickly make eye catching floral designs. You can also create floral designs using silk flowers. There are some very natural looking silk flowers available, and you will be able to make lasting floral designs. Imagine the thrill of being able to say "I made it myself".

The benefits of learning flower arranging are many as:

Flower arranging is creative and fun

Relaxing: It's a great stress reducer

Interesting: Flower arranging is never boring.

You will have a sense of achievement by learning a new skill.

You will save money by making your own floral designs.

Flowers Have Healing Benefits.

'According to a new study the plants and flowers in hospital rooms posses healing properties, in particular for those who are recovering from surgery.

It was made a study on 90 patients recovering from appendectomy. They were assigned to different hospital rooms, some rooms were with flowers, while other had no plants at all.

During this study doctors made notes on recovery period, heart rate level, and temperature, blood pressure, perceived level of pain, fatigue and anxiety levels.

Thus, it was found out that patients living in rooms with plants had faster recovery from abdominal surgery, took fewer medicines against pain, and had lower anxiety levels. In fact, these patients were much more satisfied.'

Source links: Floral Art School of Australia
- Types of flowers.org

Radio control car buying tips

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:47:00 +0000

Buying and playing with radio control or RC cars is not a child's play now, but starting from kids, teenagers and adults are in love for this hobby. It is said one of the most exciting hobbies among people of all ages. There are also plenty of helpful tips and suggestions to save you time and money while buying RC cars.

There are some common terms that apply to all remote control cars. Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with them and you can avoid making some wrong decisions when it comes time to buy.

Scale Size

Scale refers to the relationship between the size of remote control cars to an actual automobile. Scale dimensions are represented like this: 1/10th, or 1/8th. This means that the rc car is 1/10th, or 1.8th the size of a real car.

The most common sizes are: 1/24, 1/18, 1/12, 1/10, 1/8 and 1/5. The 1/24th scale being the smallest, and the 1/5th scale the largest.

Ready to Run

If you want to go from out-of-the-box to on-the-road in less than an hour, then the Ready To Run (RTR) remote control cars are the way to go. These cars come fully assembled including radio transmitter, batteries, and charger (for the electric models).

Kits

If you have time on your hands, and enjoy building models, then building remote control cars from a kit can be both fun and rewarding.

As an added bonus, you'll save money because kits are cheaper than similar pre-assembled. Also, there is no better way to know your car inside and out then having put it together yourself. Another great benefit is that you can add "hop ups", or customization kits, and mae the car uniquely yours.

Gear Ratio

Remote control cars use gears to transfer energy from the engine or motor to the wheels. A gear ratio is the numerical ratio of a series of gears in relation to each other, based on the number of turns of the input shaft, compared to turns of the output shaft.

Gear ratios are determined by the number of teeth on each gear (and therefore the size of each gear). For instance, a gear with 36 teeth meshed with a gear with 12 teeth gives a 36/12 or 3/1 ratio. This is usually expressed as 3.00:1. Changing the gear ratio of your car affects its speed and handling.

Nitrous Oxide

When you hear the term "gas engine" the "gas" is really Nitrous oxide, a compound composed of 2 parts nitrogen and one part oxygen (36% oxygen by weight). When nitrous oxide is heated it breaks down and releases extra oxygen which increases the ability of the engine to burn fuel. Because of this increased ability, higher cylinder pressures are created, which increases the speed and thrust of remote control cars.

Channel

The refers to the frequencies that are used by the Transmitters and Receivers that are a part of all remote control cars. If you are operating your car near others, then everyone must be on a different frequency in order to avoid interference and accidentally operating one and another's cars.

Digital Proportional Acceleration (DPA)

Small circuit boards are used to precisely measure out acceleration signals that enable remote control cars to speed up and down smoothly, like real cars, rather than in akward jumps that look fake. When you pull the trigger slowly, the car moves slowly. Pull it a bit faster and the car goes faster.

Digital Proportional Steering (DPS)

Like DPA, DPS uses circuit boards to emulate the handling and cornering of a real car. Turn slightly to the right or left, and the car steers right or left. Turn harder and the card swings wider.

While there are many more terms that you will encounter as you get deeper into your new hobby, these starter terms should get you through the process of reading the specs and helping you to pick your first car.

Author: Michael Holland who's site http://www.rc-car-fun.com offers lots of free tips for buying, building, and racing rc cars and trucks.

Create your photo story books online

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:09:00 +0000

One of the more popular hobbies among women is creating scrapbooks to show of the photos of their children, families, vacations and more. However, the cost and time that is involved in scrapbooks has started to turn many traditional scrapbookers to digital scrapbookers.

'Heritage Makers' – helps you to create photo storybooks. Now you don't need to store your photos on your computer, but rather you can make stories with your pictures while creating a 'scrapbook.'

Using an online studio tool, scrapbook enthusiasts have access to over 40,000 pieces of artwork, paper stock, embellishments and templates – meaning they don’t have to give up the creativity that they’re used to with traditional books.

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It’s all online! No special “scrapbook rooms” needed, no scrapbook storage to buy. Plus, it’s easy to use the online art, because the “drag and drop” functionality means that they can also create pages in a snap, often in much less time than a regular scrapbook.

In addition to “decorating” the pages, there are text boxes to add to the pages, allowing for the telling of the stories BEHIND the photos as well.

Once the pages of the photo storybook have been created online, scrapbookers can then send it to print – resulting in a high-quality, hard-bound, bookshelf-appropriate album. There’s even the ability to put text on the spine of your “album” so you can quickly see which photos are in which books!

There are so many great uses for photo storybooks aside from using them as traditional scrapbooks as well. Brides-to-be can create wedding albums, sign-in books with pictures of the couple, bridal shower books, wedding party gift books, photo thank you cards, etc. Families can honor their traditions by creating cookbooks of Grandma’s recipes, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day books, special books for recent grads to remember their high school or college years, memory books of family members that have passed on, and more. And world travelers – like me – can document their trip in photos and text stories that bring the vacations to life!

For an example of one of my vacation photo storybooks, here is a link to the one I created for my Boston trip, so you can see one in action online!

'Heritage maker'

Creating a photo storybook is something like booking a vacation online. You can do it on your own, but if you need more professional help you can contact a publishing consultant to help!

Guest author: Carmen Shirkey

'Life Hackery' - A nice blog with useful tips and hacks

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:36:00 +0000

'Life Hackery' is a nice blog which I discovered while browsing 'stumble upon'. The blog offers useful tips and hacks to make your life better. There are many variety of topics you can read and browse about the tips and hacks.

From the top link bar you can directly go for the posts which are related to these topics:
# Art & Design
# Automotive
# Entertainment
# Gadgetry
# Health
# Home
# Internet
# Life
# Money
# Productivity
# Technology

I just checked the 'art/design' to check what kind of stuff they offer and I was happy to see many good and quality posts like as 'How to Plan a Surprise Party?', '17 Uncommon Uses for Cotton Swabs', 'Five Funky Ways to Reuse Gift Wrappers' etc etc. I was really inspired with the post '17 common uses for cotton swabs' because I am one of those crafts lovers who prefer to use cheap or recycled material.

More about the site (in their own words)

'Who doesn’t want life to be easier? In our time-obsessed society, we’re always looking for shortcuts, and we share the ones that we find with you. Keep reading, and you’ll find useful, unusual and (sometimes) ironic tips and tricks to hack your life into shape.'

You can discover a lot more at the site.

Site link: 'Life Hackery'

Save money with 'The grocery game' -

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:16:00 +0000

Frugal means 'economical', 'wise in the expenditure' and when we start talking about frugal hobbies, it means 'hobbies which can be adopted without or spending very minimal cost. Collection of coupons, discount vouchers and promotional codes is one of those frugal hobbies which most of the housewives love to do. Saving money is another fun activity or entertaining as it gives us satisfaction and pleasure. It is pleasure if you could save up to 50% on your grocery bills monthly.

You can save a lot of money with the Grocery Coupons which are offered by 'The Grocery Game' where you can save money with your groceries and you know it better that grocery saving means a good amount of money month after month.

The story behind the creation of this site is interesting. It all started when Teri Gault (the company's founder and CEO)was trying to save money. He started it by collecting coupons and matching them to grocery store sales. Gradually this hobby became a passion.

Now Teri is sharing her money saving ideas with us through this site. The Grocery Game offers "TERI'S LIST" in all 50 states.

How to play the grocery game?

You'll get a weekly list of the lowest-priced products at your supermarket matched with manufacturers' coupons and weekly specials -- advertised and unadvertised. You have to pay a little fee to play this game, but if you could save hundreds of dollars by paying a little amount then it is definite saving.

Adopt Frugal hobbies to save money

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:10:00 +0000

There is a long list of hobbies, leisure activities which people love to adopt but many hobbies are expensive as you need to spend some money for those activities. But if you want to save money but need to be involved in some kind of hobbies without spending any money (or at least with minimum amount of money)then 'frugal hobbies' can help in this regard.

What are the frugal hobbies?

A few frugal hobbies might be:

Gardening
Reading
Sewing
Crafting
Baking/Cooking
Photography (now everyone has digital camera or at least a cell phone with digital camera, so it is an inexpensive hobby)

To my point of view these all activities come into category of recreational or creative hobbies and at the same time these hobbies help you save money. The list can be long enough because it depends upon you which kind of recreational activities or hobbies you can find around you.

Useful links and posts:

* Frugal hobbies at 'frugal families'

* Frugal Hobbies You Can Enjoy on a Budget

* Creatively Frugal Hobbies

Enjoy stunning stock photography at 'Hicker Photo'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Photography has become a child's play due to easy use of cell phone and digital cameras. Taking stunning and high resolution pictures is easier than before. There are a lot of sites around the net where you can enjoy browsing the stunning adventure travel pictures. I love to browse the travel and adventure travel picture sites as it is a way of having fun sitting at home.

'Hicker Photo' offers stock photography which is really stunning and you can have fun browsing through the stunning pictures. Let's learn about the term 'stock photography'

'Stock photography' consists of existing photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. Publishers, advertising agencies, graphic artists, and others use stock photography to fulfill the needs of their creative assignments.

A customer who uses stock photography instead of hiring a photographer can save time and money, but can also sacrifice creative control. Stock images can be presented in search able online databases, purchased online, and delivered via download or email.

'Hicker Photo' is one of the most popular travel stock photography and travel websites with over 3 million visitors per month. The site is owned by Rolf Hicker who is well known both internationally for his work as a nature, travel, and wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

Travel Information & animal, nature and travel stock photography by award winning photographer Rolf Hicker
Travel goes hand in hand with stock photography - both are our life and passion.

You can find free travel information and travel stock photography - collected over many years of traveling, and ideas for "not so known" destinations.

There is a collection of digital stock library of over 15,000 pictures. They offer rights managed animal (mostly wildlife), nature and travel stock photography as well as licenses for stock photos. These images are available in mediums such as high resolution files, quality fine art prints, and mouse pads with nature photos.

Useful links:
- 'Foto search' - a provider of royalty free and rights managed stock photography, illustrations, maps, video, and audio.

- 'Acclaim images' provides free photo research alongwith high quality, limited distribution digital images and art. prints.

Find craft and hobby ideas at 'Hobbies and Crafts'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:33:00 +0000

There are many blogs which are personally created just to share ideas for crafts or handcrafts. These blogs are a good source of taking tips or ideas to make wonderful projects for your home or simple things to give as a gift.

Hobbies and crafts offers ideas, tips to create crafts for your home. It also provides reviews of handcrafted and decorative objects.

There are many posts about decorative crafts and there are many tips which we can use to make projects for ourselves. But there is only one thing which blog reader would notice that there is no picture of the crafts. If pictures of those crafts were added then the blog posts would be more valuable and attractive to the blog audience.

Find Interesting and fun stuff at 'Village of Joy'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:23:00 +0000

I love to surf the internet not only to find information but I like to read or browse the fun stuff. There are many amazing, interesting, weird, Odd and Funny things about our World which we have to discover and internet have provided us a platform where with the touch of our finger we can get in touch with that stuff. "Village of job" is one of those entertaining sites which is a good pastime to surf.

Village of joy is an online entertainment magazine about our worlds most interesting, weird and wonderful things.

'Why?
Because we like internet and we love blogging! We like weird and crazy things and we love sharing them.'

10 Most Popular posts at the blog are:

* 50 Strange Buildings of the World
* 25 Motivational Posters.
* 20 Strange Sculptures (Part I)
* 20 Unusual Churches (Part I)
* 50 Weird and Crazy Cars
* Funny Vanity License Plates
* Amazing Graffiti Art by Banksy
* Amazing Architecture of Dubai
* 10 Most Poisonous Animals in the World
* 20 Amazing Origami Art works

These post titles show you the stuff you can expect to find at the site.

Few pictures from the site:
Vegetable art!

Get everything funny and amazing at - 'Fun and entertainment guaranteed'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Fun and entertainment is an essential part of life. There are many fun and jokes related sites around the net, but I love to read blogs which are related to entertainment topics. Today's blog is 'Fun and Entertainment guarantee' and I am sure that after visiting the site you would say that there is real fun around this site.

Just watch few of the pictures from the site:

Site link: Fun and entertainment guaranteed

Description: Extensive collection of clean humor, Hot Issues, Funny moments, Fun collection, Creative stuffs, Yo mama jokes, etc.

More Useful links:

Bolly jolly

'Circle you' - offering you information about recreational activities

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Recreation is a product of any activity which can be described to have fun and enjoyment from any kind of task either sports, music, travel, hobbies etc. Recreation is very important for our lives to keep us fresh and happy.

Circle You.com is a site offering information about recreational activities. Recreational activities naturally deal with recreation produced either from hobbies, leisure, travel or any relevant way.

More about 'Circle You':

This site helps you understand how recreational activities help in relaxation and contentment and also the need of recreation in your daily life. There is a necessity of making recreational activities a part of your daily routine to imbibe fresh spirit and gain strength and energy to lead a healthy and happy life. Make recreation a habit and strengthen the fabric of your life.

Currently they have these topics discussed at their site:
Music, Photography, Books, Electronics, Toys, Art & Crafts, Cooking, Literature, Sports, Internet, and Collecting

Site link: Circle You.com

Get the backpacking ideas and tips

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:21:00 +0000

Backpacking is a form of travel and in simple words 'backpackers' are usually single travelers with low budget to discover the world with small travel luggage which is called 'backpack'

Start Backpacking is for backpackers and vagabonds offering news, tips, ideas, guides and all necessary information which one may need to start 'backpacking'.
They says:

'It is not as expensive or as difficult as people think, and no matter what your age its never too late to start vagabonding. You aren’t alone. Loads of people know that waking up and making rich old men richer is not the way to live.'

The site is for backpackers and vagabonds. The site explains the term meaning very well!

Vagabonding:

Rolf Potts, author of the book Vagabonding, describes it as:

“The act of leaving behind the orderly world to travel independently for an extended period of time” and “A deliberate way of living that makes freedom to travel possible”.

So put simply, vagabonding is the act of choosing experiences and travel adventures over working away your life for material things.

There is a difference between vagabonding and vacation: A vacation is an attempt to squeeze a year’s worth of enjoyment, relaxation, and adventure into a 2 week or 10 day package. What often results is an expensive distraction, and then an unsatisfied return to reality, which is always waiting at home. In fact, after vacation, you find yourself worse off than before you left, playing catchup with work, mail, chores, etc.

Someone that is vagabonding never really returns completely from their trip. They may be home, earning money at work, etc… but always they are in the mindset to leave again. A vagabonder works only to provide the fuel for travel and adventure, not to build a lifestyle of fashion and toys.

Their 'backpacking guide' has been helping people since 2007 and explains it many steps like:

1: Get a Passport for Travel
2: Planning a Travel
3: Getting Visas for Travel
4: Vaccinations for Travel
5: Find Cheap Flights
6: Backpacking Travel Insurance
7: Travel Preparation
8: Trip Purchases
9: Packing a Backpack
10: Before Leaving Home
The Journey Begins!
The new backpacker forums are full of both experienced travelers offering advice as well as fellow rat race escapees that are looking for some inspiration and brotherhood. The forums are the living heart of our site and there are new backpacking tips posted daily.
You can join the forums

Discover yourself 'Which hobby best suits your personality?'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:22:00 +0000

Sometimes we feel very enthusiastic about variety of hobbies and pastime but later we realize that there are few of those hobbies which actually suit your personality and you are really passionate about.

Is there any measure which can suggest us to discover our passions towards hobbies or pastime? or which pastime may fit our interest?

'CNN leisure' has offered an online quiz which can help you find the best hobbies or pastimes to fit your personality.

I have taken the quiz and the result was:

CREATIVE

'You have a gift for expression. Whether it's writing, drawing, creating objets d'art or making music, you see the world in a unique way and are able to convey that to other people. No doubt you doodle on napkins and meeting notes, are always humming a new tune, have already read the latest fiction releases, and know all the local art galleries' schedules by heart. You might like hobbies like sketching, photography, sculpting, playing an instrument, singing, journaling, scrap-booking or designing clothing.'

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"Take the quiz"

A site for caricature lovers 'Wittygraphy'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:37:00 +0000

'Caricature' would be a new term or word for many of us. You would notice that in daily newspaper or magazines there are cartoon like pictures which are similar to real personality but few features of the face or body are humorously enlarged or distorts.

Few definitions of this term:

- Caricature, a satirical drawing, plastic representation, or description which, through exaggeration of natural features, makes its subject appear ridiculous.

- A 'caricature' is either a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness, or in literature, a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others

Wittygraphy is a social network for caricature lovers. It is a marketplace connecting caricature buyers to caricaturists
It is also a free online directory for caricaturists to promote their work.

It is the place where you can collect favorites, rate caricatures, and track your friends and favorite caricaturists.

What you can get from this social network?

* Discover and view caricatures from their large network of artists
* Build a network of buddies to help each other discovering great caricaturists
* Vote for caricatures
* Follow your favorite caricaturists
* Keep track of your favorite caricatures
* Find caricaturists for live party events living in your area
* Find caricaturists with the style and technique you like to get your caricature done

What you can do there?

* Connect with a huge number of caricature lovers
* Free web space to show your work to the world
* Advertise and sell your services directly to Wittygraphy members
* Receive direct orders from Wittygraphy members
* Listed in our large directory of caricaturists
* Build your network of fans and buyers
* Receive feedback for the work done and build your reputation

Discoer new stuff to do at 'Did dit'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Did dit is a social community place to discover new stuff to do.
Keep track of what you wanna do, share stories about your life experiences (your "diddits"), and meet people like you.

Whatever your interests or hobbies are, if it is meant for fun and entertainment, this is the place for it. You can start browsing from the top menu bar and select the topic of your interest.

It is the list site itself provides:

10 Things to Do on Diddit...

* Check off things you've done - "diddits."
* Star stuff you wanna do - "wanna dos."
* Tell stories about your life experiences.
* Create lists of things you've done, things you wanna do, or both.
* Browse and search our database of over 200k things to do.
* Add suggestions to lists.
* Meet people like you.
* Share your favorite lists on Facebook.
* Build your profile of life experiences.
* Have fun. Get inspired. Discover your world.
Join Did dit or just browse the site to have fun.

Join the social network for hobbyists 'Hobby Thing'

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:44:00 +0000

I am a members of many forums/online social community sites, because it helps me learn more about the topics I am interested like hobbies, blogging, education and etc. There are number of people with like minded interests, blogs, tips, and ideas. And it is very amusing to interact with those people having same interests.

Hobby Thing is a social network for hobbyists and collectors. It is a place for hobby enthusiasts to meet and discuss their interests.

Their opinion about hobbies:

'Hobby is like a too big word for everyday interests and lifestyle. If you are passionate about something it is you hobby. It does not have to be collecting stamps or anything like that. Working in your garden to make it look all nice and pretty is a hobby already; or experimenting with cooking to impress your loved ones.

Hobby is anything that makes you relax, happy and takes your mind away form everyday troubles...

Sometimes would be cool to talk to someone who the same as you likes to dig in a garden, read long time forgotten classical literature or simply cycle around for a pleasure.'

You can register for free.

At their 'forum' you can talk to others about cool and popular hobbies and this is the place to talk to other hobby enthusiasts!

There are interesting and useful hobby articles like, 'What is teabag folding hobby?', 'My adventure with meditation' etc. Yor are allowed to submit your articles as well.

- There are 'hobby groups' at the site on popular hobbies and if you don't find related group then you are allowed to start your own group there.

You get their support as a hobbyist as they say:

'We want to give a chance to hobbyists, who put their first steps turning their passions into professions. Members are more then welcome to advertise their work in their profile for free. They can also find others with similar interests, make friends and maybe get some advice on the subject too.'

A site with tips and ideas for home improvement and repair - 'Do It Yourself"

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:27:00 +0000

Home improvement or repair is one of those money saving hobbies which gives you a feel of satisfcation of personal touch alongwith a sense of creativity. Many of us consider 'do-it-yourself'as a favourite time pass or hobby. There are many sites on the world wide web which offer community based forums, communities where you can find lots of free tips and ideas for home improvment and repair.

DoItYourself.com is one of the top 50 sites on the web dealing with home improvement and repair topics. It was named "One of the Top 50 Sites in the World" by Time Magazine. It gets over two million unique visitors per month.

Mission:

To provide consumers with unbiased home improvement and repair information in a community environment.

How to topics covered on the site are: Air Conditioning, Automotive Repair, Crafts and Recreation, Decorating, Electrical and Lighting, Exterior Home Improvement, Gardening and Patio Going Green, Hardware and Tools, Heating and Ventilating, Household and Cleaning, Interior Home Improvement, Painting Personal Finance and Legal Plumbing, Real Estate, Remodeling, Did It Myself Projects

"DoItYourself" provides advice from professionals in over 100 subjects at their forums. Currently the number of members is 156,285 alongwith 1,341,772 posts. You can estimate from few forum topics which kind of information you can discuss or find there:

Automotive Repair, Crafts and Recreation, Decorating, Electrical and Lighting, Exterior Home Improvement, Personal Finance & Legal, Flooring, Gardening and Patio Going Green, Hardware & Tools, Household and Cleaning, Interior Home Improvement, Plumbing Real Estate

There is a section where you can watch videos showing do-it-yourself projects.

Related posts:

* 'Online Tips' for home improvement and gardening

* 'Make Stuff Sites' helping you make projects yourself

* "Do-It-Yourself" - hobby
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World's biggest crossword puzzle at a building

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Are you a crossword puzzle lover?

Well there are many of us who like to challenge their own skills by solving crossword puzzles. Many of us call it a hobby because it is a good pastime for them. Do you which one is the biggest cross word puzzle around the world? (At the bottom of the post you can see the post with details about it) If I say that the world's largest crossword puzzle is painted at the side of a 100 feet tall building, would you believe it?

Yes----- it is true!

'A giant crossword puzzle has been painted on the side of a 100-foot tall building in Lvov, Ukraine. Clues to the puzzle are planted throughout the city, and the puzzle's answers are revealed at nighttime with the use of special lights.

There is one interesting detail about the design of the puzzle. It looks like an empty puzzle during the day-light, but at night when special lights are on the words in the puzzle become visible with a lightly-glowing fluorescent color."

"The questions for this crossword puzzle are located in different point of interests of the city, like monuments, theaters, fountains etc. So people while walking around the city can try to answer the questions and writing down the answers. When the night comes to the city they can meet at this house and check their degree of intelligence."

Worlds Largest Crossword Puzzle: Breaking the 1996 Guinness record, this is the largest English crossword puzzle ever published.

Over 91,000 squares on its grid. Over 24,718 clues, with no repeats, in the 104 page clue book. The puzzle is printed on 6 panels that are folded for easy solving on your lap or table top, or you can mount the panels on the wall - a roll of two sided tape is included. 6 and 1/2 feet of wall space is required for the puzzle. Answer solution grid is on 2 panels that fold out to 4 feet by 4 feet square. Both puzzle and answer grid are printed on sturdy paper stock.

'Online Tips' for home improvement and gardening

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:49:00 +0000

There are many people who search the net for home improvement and do-it-yourself ideas, and tips. I am one of those surfers who love to browse the net for useful information offered by many site with do-it-yourself tips and tricks. Your creativity skill is developed by doing home improvement task and at the same time you can save money. Sometimes your saving could go upto hundreds of bucks.

Online Tips.org is one of those sites offering home improvement and gardening tips.

Site is easy to navigate and you would like the quotes at the right side bar:
- "Formula for an interesting life: acquire skills and use them. The more skills, the more interesting."

- "Skills unpreventably give pride and confidence. They won't build your character necessarily, but they'll enable a breadth of experience where character might clarify."

There are cleaning, drywalling, flooring, grout, homeselling, kitchen, lawn care, masonry, ceramic tile and lots of do-it-yourself tips and articles.
You can find cleaning tips like iron, bathroom tub, feather pillow and many more can be found at cleaning tips section and every topic provides many articles covering it.

There are many do-it-yourself posts: 'DIY guides'

Happy new year to all

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850

I like the way Google shows its widget at any occasion. At the time of Olympics, there were many event relating clip arts whenever I opened the home page of my browser.

Let's learn more about celebration of the new year and few quotes relating to the topic.

The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring).

The beginning of spring is a logical time to start a new year. After all, it is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming. January 1, on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance. It is purely arbitrary.

The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison.

The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun.

In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days.

To read more: It's Another New Year...but for what reason?

New Year Quotes:

# Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. ~Bill Vaughn

# An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan

# Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. ~Author Unknown

# The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. ~G.K. Chesterton

"Found Myself"- An online community serving the art and artists

youlki22@gmail.com (youlki22) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:45:00 +0000

There are many places at the net where you can buy or sell art, but you are asked to pay fee or commission to the site, but "Found Myself" is a community which serves art and artists by offering a free to join place for them. You can submit, sell or buy paintings, digital photos, illustration and sculpture work at the site.

Found Myself has a forum (4986 members) dedicated to people with something to say or something to show, and provides a forum for their artwork or hobbies.

Here you can buy art and sell your work commission free. Post your feelings on painting, photography, design, movies, sports, music, or whatever else in the art community message board/art forum. Upload your work to the image gallery, where artists' creations are showcased. You can even get and style your own personal online art gallery.

Foundmyself currently gets more than 50,000 visitors per month, with 200,000+ page views. They provide an audience and the tools necessary for selling your art, but the sale is between the seller and the buyer.

They show no ads, and continually work to improve the community. The entire system is based on trust.

What they need in exchange for their services?

If after using our services for a few months you find that they're beneficial to your life and/or career as an artist, we would expect you to donate some money to help keep the site going. If you sell a painting through the site, or find a client through the site, we would also expect a donation relative to the money you make. They expect an active participation and a minimum 20% donation for the site, otherwise there are no commissions or hidden charges around.

Every person with a free account can sell their art, view statistics, style their gallery, and use all the tools and goodies on Foundmyself. Individual gallery size has been increased to one gigabyte (1,000 megabytes) per person. That's thousands of large images.

Check the help section for more information.

They have another exciting tool 'Online painting program' where you can draw anything and then share it with others. It is interesting to see other member's drawings at the same place.
Link page: "draw"

Note: The pictures shown in this post are taken from the forum gallery.