Xbox Live Maintenance announced that on November 13, 2007 there will be some Xbox Live Maintenance work to be performed by its engineering team on both Xbox.com and the Xbox Live Maintenance. The Xbox Live Maintenance will mean a bit of downtime for both but it's not bound to keep you waiting too long.

The Xbox Live Maintenance update wil

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Plastic pollution is having much more of a dramatic negative impact on life in the oceans than you might've imagined. The massive North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is a swirling vortex comprised mostly of plastic debris that's roughly twice the size of Texas!

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Most cheese-loving foreigners who get to Japan soon realize that their beloved dairy-product is hard to find on this little archipelago in the Pacific. I've written before on order-cheese.com, a Japanese service that delivers cheese to your door. Some nihonhacks readers sent in some other options for finding cheese that I'd like to share

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You know the sound you make when you drum your fingers on a wooden desk? Because that's what I did…

…well, that, and hitting the Refresh button on my Inbox OVER and OVER waiting for my copy of The Attention Age Doctrine Part 2 to arrive!

Rich's site got SLAMMED today at noon (9 am Pacific) and it took over an HOUR to get my copy of t

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Diane Monique Lhuillier (born 1971 in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) is a Filipino fashion designer based in the United States. She was born and raised in the Philippine province of Cebu and is of French and Cebuano descent, hence her typical French last name meaning "oilmaker".

Monique LhuillierLhuillier's family is one of the more prom

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Do you ever worry about whether that post that you just finished writing is long enough? Chances are, if you got your point across, and said everything that you wanted to say, the post is fine.

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This is going to be a weekly round-up of stuff that I found during the week that I thought BloggingNotes readers might find useful or interesting that I either couldn’t work into a post, or I just didn’t get time for it. It’ll get posted usually around noon, Pacific Time, each Friday, in addition to the daily post early in the morning.

Jus

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View of Magnificent sunsets can be seen from the villa’s spacious private deck. Apart from the five luxurious bedrooms, the villa also has a den, infinity pool, a large jacuzzi, private steam room, entertainment room, and gourmet kitchen.

“Villa Pacifica is one of the few Cabo San Lucas homes built directly on the sand. Located in Cabo's

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A NASA Physicist was interviewed as part of a TV documentary on the history of Christmas traditions. In the interview he was questioned on the practicality of Santa visiting all the children of the world in one night. He had quite an interesting answer using scientific data to explain his claim.

If Santa started at 7:00 pm at the date line

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Casa Alcini has a desert style structure but filled with modern amenities and luxurious furnitures. It is located in Cabo, San Lucas, Mexico and is just a walk away from the Pacific Ocean Beach. Wouldn’t it be nice to sleep peacefully in a very stylish and elegant bedroom and be able to swim in the pristine Pacific Ocean beach the next minute

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Share a post about how you are keeping Christ in Christmas this year! For example, are there any special traditions that you will continue this year? Tell your readers about them, explaining why are they meaningful for you. Do you fight getting burned out by the commercialization of the season, instead focusing on its spiritual significance?

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This is going to be a weekly round-up of stuff that I found during the week that I thought BloggingNotes readers might find useful or interesting that I either couldn’t work into a post, or I just didn’t get time for it. It’ll get posted usually around noon, Pacific Time, each Friday (hopefully, anyway.

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The history of my love affair with computers began in 1975 when I joined Canadian Pacific Airlines as a reservation agent. When I first started with the airlines there was no computer system. We took airline reservations on cards and then put them on what looked like a mobile washing line. It then moved round a large room to the front where i

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Calling ALL bloggers! YOU are invited to participate in a new weekly blog carnival! Blog post on ALL TOPICS are welcome. This is a simple carnival: Submit your best work from the prior week, defined as Saturday to Saturday at noon Pacific time. The Carnival will be posted each Sunday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time. It will be a linkfest del

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The Inaugural Edition of The Seventh Day, my new weekly blog carnival, is live! Stop by and check out the wonderful collection of posts included in this first-ever edition -- we are off to a great start! You can submit a post on ANY topic each and every week using the link in my sidebar. All posts submitted by noon each Saturday (Pacific time)

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