tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:46:53 +0000Blogging at Night: Resources, Reviews and Personal Viewshttp://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/nightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)Blogger851125http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.comhttp://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifnightclicksforextrashttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-660455145327362527Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:11:00 +00002009-07-17T01:45:21.372+01:00Hello everyone. Today, I did an afternoon shift and now I´m home, had a great dinner with my daughter and now I´m ready for another blogging night :)I just spend over an hour at the phone with an old friend from my hometown. My gosh, I miss my hometown so much!I meet this friend when I was only five years old and I consider her my best friend ever. It´s great to catch up with her. So many http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/catching-up-with-old-friends-feelings.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-8655409452164961714Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:41:00 +00002009-07-16T06:47:17.404+01:00artWhen I was a young girl, I was fascinated with beading. I used to buy colorful beads in little plastic bags to make bracelets and necklaces for me and my school friends. I used to save all the money I could and instead of buying ice creams or going to the movies, when I had enough money to buy a packet of beads, I would run to the beads' shop. My favorite bracelets were made by Africans who came http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/beading-art-works.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-573121935401465700Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:56:00 +00002009-07-16T06:22:45.906+01:00Portuguese EventsHi everyone. Yesterday night, I went downtown for a walk with my daughter and noticed that Faro is already crowded with very cool motorbikes. Something I never told you before is I used to ride a motorbike, but not anymore. I still have a Honda 750 in my garage that belonged to my father but I´d rather drive my Ford :)So, my town is full of motorbikes because Faro´s motorbike club is organizing http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/motorbikes-weekend.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-4174325264972886411Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:42:00 +00002009-07-16T01:42:58.627+01:00InsuranceIn Portugal, you can only get a car insurance if the car is registered in your name. Last February, when I broke up with my ex and lost my previous car I had to buy another one. Here we really need a car. Once I don´t have the divorce papers yet, I had to buy the car in my mother´s name. My mother started driving when I was born, a long time ago. A few years ago, she had an accident and decided http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-my-mothers-driver.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-8380666457109516965Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +00002009-07-16T01:26:28.882+01:00Blogger Personal StuffI have a list of things to do but when my day off arrives, all I want to do is rest and spend some quality time with my daughter.Portugal is a very bureaucratic country and without the necessary papers we can´t get things done. Although we already have computers installed in most of our government agencies things are to slow for my taste. We´re having awesome summer days and the last thing I wanthttp://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-bureaucratic-country.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-6083788656326580656Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:47:00 +00002009-07-16T00:50:08.211+01:00Useful ServicesRecently, I wrote a post in which I compared cable and satellite TV providers in my country. In that post, I mentioned Directv as the most similar company to our recently launched satellite TV provider.To find the best Satellite Television provider in your state or city you can visit Kaptain Satellite website. This website is a comparison shopping resource to find and compare the best Directv andhttp://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/comparison-website-for-satellite-tv.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-8299189336820599741Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:11:00 +00002009-07-15T04:26:14.680+01:00Blog MonetizingHello everyone. Just came back from a night shift and tonight I´ll be updating my Portuguese blogs but before I go, I have an opinion to share.If you checked PPP lately, you probably noticed the same I did. Lots of 1 buck opportunities requiring 200 words. Now, I can do affordable reviews in my blogs but one buck? No thank you, I pass it. I happy with the money I already earned trough reviews buthttp://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/1-buck-reviews-no-thank-you.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-9166834848435959830Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:56:00 +00002009-07-14T04:58:54.351+01:00HolidaysBoth me and my daughter love water. My daughter is the type of kid that goes to the beach or swimming pool and never gets out of the water since the moment we arrive there. Now that summer vacations are here, she wants to go to the beach everyday but because I´m working in shifts that isn´t possible. I try to go with her to the swimming pool, at least, once a week and every Sunday she goes to thehttp://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/summer-camps.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-3456497802239768522Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:39:00 +00002009-07-13T01:01:57.880+01:00Music MondayHello everyone.It´s already midnight here and before I catch some sleep I´m posting this week´s Music Monday. For this Music Monday edition I picked two Portuguese I enjoy, Lúcia Moniz (actress and singer) and Nuno Bettencourt (from Extreme band) singing toguether. The song is not new but I still like it, hope you enjoy it too. The song is called "Try Again".Happy Monday! Try Again Lyrics:One http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/music-monday-xxxv.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-63441212878735131Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:29:00 +00002009-07-13T00:14:45.337+01:00SoftwareIf you´re sending e-mails or newsletters as a part of your marketing campaigns, there´s a software called iContact that can help you manage all your communications with only one single application. iContact is an easy to use email marketing, surveying, autoresponder, and blogging tool that allows small businesses, non-profits, and associations to easily communicate online with their customers, http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/icontact-software.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-1896349679292547792Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:20:00 +00002009-07-12T03:32:50.804+01:00Social NetworkAs you may have noticed, I´m a Twitter newbie. I just started using this network last week but I´m enjoying it and already have a few followers. I adopted one simple rule, If you follow me, I will follow you. I saw very cool buttons of Twitter in most blogs I visit but I didn´t know where to get them. You can laugh, but it´s true. So, tonight, I decided to find one of this buttons for Night http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/twitter-buttons.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-1504633080882127384Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:05:00 +00002009-07-12T02:51:04.933+01:00TVIn Portugal, for several years, there was only one cable TV provider. This provider had the monopoly of cable TV but, recently, a new company was developed to compete with it.This new provider is very similar to Direct TV Service. For those readers who never heard about this company, I´ll briefly explain what it is. DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite service, launched in 1994, which is less http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/tv-services.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-8720258995221450783Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:11:00 +00002009-07-12T01:47:22.982+01:00Blogger StatusToday, Saturday, I had this week´s second day off. One day off is not enough to rest, period. I prefer when I have two days in a row but, in my current job, that is something we don´t get much. Most weeks, I only have one day off at the time. I think my chief could do better schedules for all of us. My section has 25 workers and, although not all do night shifts, current schedules could be http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-status-day-off-blogging-night.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-586897724511643797Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:16:00 +00002009-07-11T06:21:47.468+01:00Shopping OnlineLately, ethnic clothes are in. If you like traditional clothing from India there´s a cool store, called Utsavsarees.com, you should consider visiting. Utsavsarees.com is an online store that offers a vast selection of Indian clothes, accessories, bags, footwear, home decor, paintings and many other ethnic products. In this store, you can find the typical Indian sarees in different materials but http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/ethnic-clothing.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-2769455953695994179Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:47:00 +00002009-07-11T06:08:04.185+01:00EntrecardI´d like to send a big Thank You to all EC Droppers that visit Night Clicks. In the past months, I haven´t made a Top Droppers post but I still have the feed with Dofollow links in my sidebar and I´m thankful to all that care to drop here.As a way to show my appreciation to Night Clicks Very Loyal Droppers, this month I´m sharing some link love with the top five bloggers. You see, these bloggers http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-ec-droppers.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-4540400392268175919Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:27:00 +00002009-07-10T05:36:37.963+01:00SoftwareComputer drivers are constantly being updated. Browsing the Internet to find the right update can take a lot of time.If you need to update your computer´s Windows drivers, you don´t have to do it manually anymore. There´s a website called Fast-Drivers.net where you can find a tool that has a huge database of over one million drivers. Fast-Drivers offers a software, called Driver Detective, that http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/driver-detective-software.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-1445019299404286660Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:12:00 +00002009-07-10T05:26:39.017+01:00BrowsersAs I mentioned in a recent post, I rebooted my Toshiba notebook and had to reinstall Windows XP and other software.I installed IE 8 but I kept having problems when I wanted to visit some friend´s blogs. I frequently got this message: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".This was so annoying! This error message kept showing when I wanted to visit some of my favorite fellow bloggers such http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-done-with-ie-8.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-6331769021144626559Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:18:00 +00002009-07-09T03:33:41.910+01:00Blogger Personal StuffHello everyone.First of all, I´d like to send a big hug to my friend Ana. Happy Birthday!Today I had a day off. Can you guess what I did?No, I didn´t go shopping or cleaned the house, lol. I slept all morning! Well deserved rest, after tiring shifts and blogging nights :)Yesterday, I took some time to check paint´s prices because I really want to fix my bathroom. It´s decided, my next home http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/day-off-painting-projects.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-3925682664318694591Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:58:00 +00002009-07-08T06:14:05.558+01:00SoftwareCurrently, major drivers manufacturers such as Windows and Dell release new drivers every few months. If you need to update your Windows drivers there´s a website, called driversupdated.org, where you can easily perform this task. This website provides Driver Detective which is a tool that scans your computer and identifies the Windows hardware you have. In just a few minutes you´ll know how http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/tool-to-update-drivers.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-2547984011478044930Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-07-08T05:34:31.012+01:00Blogger Personal StuffToday, I´m very happy and proud of my daughter. I went to her school to receive this year´s grades and got out of there with a big smile stamped on my face.My daughter passed to the 4th grade of elementary school with very good grades. She had two "A", one "B" and in the final multitest she had an "A". 100% in Math!What else could I ask?Well, to be honest, I was expecting good results because I http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-stuff-mummy-is-proud.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-4797262049492037658Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:41:00 +00002009-07-08T03:51:36.502+01:00Good CausesIf you read my other blogs you know I love animals, specially cats and dogs, and I usually feed some that live in my street.If we all could do something to help abandoned animals, there wouldn´t be so many living on the streets. In my country there are many street cats and dogs. In the area I live there are only a couple shelters but there´s a very interesting project dedicated to sea animals.I http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/helping-animals.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-5705700068056504011Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:05:00 +00002009-07-08T03:32:07.355+01:00TechnologyHello everyone, I´m back from a night shift and, although I´m tired, I couldn´t end my night without blogging a bit :)I have good news, I finally fixed me notebook. It was rebooted and now I think it´s working fine. I still think that it gets too warm underneath when it´s on for some hours but with the hot temperatures we´re having here I guess it´s normal. Maybe I need a notebook support. Next http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-notebook-is-fixed.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-456096729417383995Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:06:00 +00002009-07-07T03:08:00.958+01:00Useful ServicesAs some of you know, the biggest and most expensive dream of my life is living in a countryhome. I´d like to live in the countryside but in a region not much isolated. If I had the money to make my dream come true, I would build a countryhome from scratch. My wish is to build a countryhome designed by me according to my needs. If I could make it my way, I could chose the location of the house, http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/home-building-services.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-7526873533256022181Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:11:00 +00002009-07-06T23:24:56.685+01:00Music MondayHello everyone.This weekend passed really quick, didn´t it? I had a day off and worked half Sunday but, as usual, didn´t have enough time to do everything I wanted. Well, at least I had enough rest.For this week´s Music Monday, I picked Skin. I really enjoy Skin & Skunk Anansie. When they first appeared, they were one of my "favorite bands of the moment". Although I didn´t buy any CD from them, Ihttp://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/music-monday-xxxiv.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151215503329934916.post-8813408550819343110Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:55:00 +00002009-07-05T03:56:30.952+01:00Health and BeautyRecently, I lost some weight and now I have to rethink my wardrobe. Most shorts I have are too large for me now and I´m thinking about spending some money on new ones. It wasn´t difficult losing a few kilos without any special diet. No, I didn´t take any weight loss pills, I just stopped eating fat food, some sweets and made more exercise. I also stopped using the pill and I think it had an http://nightclicksforextras.blogspot.com/2009/07/make-yourself-amazing.htmlnightextras@iol.pt (Mizé)0