Today GPS (Global Positioning System) has become very popular. The system consists of 24 satellites that can be used for tracking and navigation. Personally I have been thinking about getting some kind of GPS for my boat so I can mark on a map where I got caught big amounts of fish. This would make it very easy to find the same fishing spot again as you are able to mark with an accuracy of a few meters.

Another use of GPS is vehicle tracking where you can track every movement that a vehicle is doing.
A company that sells a tracking system like this is Vehicle-Tracking.com. With their small tracking key you can track every movement of a vehicle. The device sends out a signal every second and is able to record the position within 2.5 meters, making the system very accurate.
Another great feature with this system is that you can upload the recorded data to Google Earth and since the tracking key got USB you can connect it directly to any computer making it easy to use. By using Google Earth you get to see in great detail every movement that the vehicle has been doing.
The tracking key has a magnet mount and is water resistant so you can even put the small and easily concealable device on the underside of a vehicle.

Vehicle-Tracking.com ships their vehicle tracking system to all states in the US.

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My good friend Steve over at cymru66.com is hosting a contest to promote his new site “I Want A Volkswagen Bus”. All you have to do is subscribing to the blog, answer some simple(?) questions and write about the competition on your blog.
You can win some nice prices that include a free 20×20 ad-spot on “I Want A Volkswagen Bus”, a gift card on Amazon.com worth $50 and a gift card for iTunes worth $25. I’m hoping to win a gift card as I have already bought an ad-spot on “I Want A Volkswagen Bus”.

Good luck to everyone entering the contest and to Steve trying to get a Volkswagen bus 🙂

If you run a business you probably know how important Conference Calls can be. As it is important that your business seem professional it is essential that you use a system that works flawlessly and is easy to operate.

A company that offer Conference Call solutions is CorporateConferenceCalls.com. They are part of a company that has been in the business for more than 20 years and has served a wide range of different corporations, both big and small.
Their service is available 24/7 so you do not have to make an appointment to set up a conference call. All you have to do is call up their customer service and your conference will be set up right away by a real person so there will be no stress with touch-tone menus.

Another service that Corporate Conference Calls offer is Web Conferencing where you can connect online with the people you call. Among the things you can do with Web Conferencing are showing PowerPoint presentations, share files and documents, use online polls, and lots of other things. The web part of the service is bundled into a package with the regular call system so you do not have to pay any extra fees.

If you want to make a conference call with over 50 participants you need to call their customer service at least two working days before the conference is taking place.

Some worrying news from the coast of France. According to an article by independent.co.uk millions of baby oysters are dying at the French coastline. On some parts of the coast entire generations of oyster have died within a few days and the oyster farmers are loosing millions of euros.
The reason for the mass extinction is unknown and it is a bit puzzling that only the young oysters are dying, and that the older shellfish survives.
But the main suspect is that ocean outside France has become a bit warmer and this causes blooming of toxic algae. Another suspect is that a big increase in plankton that the oyster eat cause the young oysters to over-eat.
No matter what the reasons are, this is very worrying. What if this hurts the shellfish in the wild? This could cause serious problems in the eco-system.

Here in Northern Norway there has lately been some incredible growth of plankton and the same thing happened last year. The plankton colors the ocean light green and there is about no sight. Some fish species don’t like that there is no sight so I don’t come into the fjords as they usually do t
As a result I have not caught much coalfish this year. Coalfish usually come into my fjord in huge numbers and is an important food source for us during the summer/autumn. I hope there will be less plankton later in the summer so I can catch some yummy coalfish.

Right now there seems to be a lot of hype around ringtones for cellphones. Everyone want to have a special or unique ringtone that represents who they are. It can be very hard to find the ringtone that you really want.

A company that offer ringtones for download is ringtonesfactory.com. On the their website you can search through an enormous database of ringtones to find that special one that you love.
You can also browse ringtones by music style if you are uncertain about what track to choose. There is a neat top 40 list where you can see what kind of ringtones that are popular right now.
The way ringtonesfactory.com works is that you pay a monthly subscription fee so in theory you could get almost free ringtones for your cellphone.

Ringtonesfactory.com offer ringtones for download in a format called truetone which is a sampled audio format that sounds very good compared to the ringtones we used to have a few years ago. You can read more about truetone ringtone on Wikipedia.

Another nice section on the ringtonesfactory.com website is a blog that contains updated news from the world of music. There are also sections for graphics, wallpapers and even games that you can fill your cellphone with.

I was walking the shoreline today and I was annoyed by all the trash that lays around. I don’t understand how anyone can throw their trash into our precious ocean where we get so much food. Are we trying to poison ourselves?

All the trash has ended up in the ocean for many reasons, but what can we do to make it stop and clean all the crap up?
I have been thinking about this for a long time and the other day an idea popped into my brain. Wouldn’t a worldwide campaign help?
Maybe I should start a website called pickupthetrashnow.org where I try to get people from all over the world to pick up trash at their coastlines. People could take pictures of the trash they picked up and then upload pictures to the website showing the world that they have done something.
It would not end the problem, but every little thing helps..

I have mentioned before that I love sports both for watching and discussing (and even running a little bit).
A social networking site called sportsgist is a place where athletes themselves can connect with other athletes. On the website you can read blogs, watch videos and photos, chat, participate in forums and much more. You can also be more active and add content to sportsgist like writing your own blog posts or add videos. You have to become a member of the site to add content and with a membership you get several benefits.

It contains a section for College recruiting video where you can find a lot of useful information.

You can also watch High school sports live if you are interested in that and if you are interested in joining a college there is a section for College Recruiting where you get tips and tools. You can also read the latest news from the world of sports on the sportsgist website.

It is really nice to see that social networking sites are getting a bit more diverse and specified as social networking can be a great tool to get information and get connected with people that have similar interests. I have been using social networking sites for several years so I welcome this trend.