Archive for the Misc Category

Get your own Land Rover

I still do not own a car yet, but I have been thinking about buying one soon. Since I live in the countryside and work a little with farming it would be practical for me to get a car that can be used off the road. A LandRover would fit my needs pretty good.

A website that sells Land Rovers is Guy Salmon Land Rover which have a big selection (over 300 in stock) of both new and approved used Land Rovers. They are selling all the current UK models from Land Rover in dealerships across the UK.
On the website you can browse their selection by model, what state the car is in (new, approved pre-owned or demonstrator vehicle) and the price range.

The used vehicles they are selling have been prepared and inspected by Guy Salmon Land Rover. You also get a warranty on the used cars. The warranty varies a bit by how old the car is.
There should not be any worries about the quality on the used vehicles.

Medical career training in North America

Have you ever wanted a career in the healthcare system? Medical-Career-Training.com can help you with just that providing information on medical careers in USA, Canada and different online schools.

You can search for what type of school you want to attend like different ultrasound schools (also known as sonography schools).
The website explains in detail what an ultrasound technician will do, how the work environment is, what kind of salary you can get and other things linked to being an ultrasound technician.

Finding cheap tickets online

In the last few years whenever I go traveling I always check online websites to find the cheapest tickets and fares with the most convenient travel times. For me this has been much easier than finding tickets by telephone or visit travel agencies that are not online.

Lowfares.com is a bit different than regular travel agency websites I have previously used by that on Lowfares.com you search several different travel portals to find cheap tickets. They offer an easy way to search for cheap flights, cheap hotels, car rentals and vacation packages from multiple sites.
Here is how it works: You choose if you want a hotel room, an air ticket or car rental (vacation packages has a bit different kind of system). Then you state the days you want to search for and the places you want to travel from / to. At the end you choose which merchants you want to compare against each other and then you are free to select the best option for you.

Lowfares.com also offer a service where you sign up via email to get exclusive hot deals directly into your email in box.

The concept that this site is running seems like a very good alternative to regular travel agencies as a way to find the cheapest tickets on the marked.

Travel insurance for those over 65

When I travel abroad I always make sure to have some good travel insurance to protect myself from various situations that may occur. You never know when your luggage might be stolen, you get sick or if you get yourself into an accident. In situations like these travel insurance is a must for everyone.

When you get over a certain age regular travel insurance will not cover you or cost much more. Then you can look into getting a more specialized travel insurance that is more suitable for you.
A company that offer exactly this is Cover My Travels. They have a policy called Over 65 Travel Insurance that suits older people that want to travel. This insurance is for people between 65 and 79 years old for single trips, and if you are going on multiple trips it covers people between 65 and 69 years old.
Getting an insurance like this seems like a good idea if you are a traveler over 65.

Adding blogs to web directories

When I started blogging, a bit over a year ago, I soon stumbled across the SEO (search engine optimization) term and among the SEO advices were adding your site to web directories. Since I wanted to get my blog listed in search engines like Google and Yahoo as fast as possible I started to add the blog to web directories. The reasons to add your blog or regular website to web directories are many and here are my personal two main reasons to use web directories:

1. Link back
When you add your site to a web directory you get a back link and this will make your site more visible on world wide web. Back links are also important for Google Pagerank as the amount and quality of back links to your site determine the Pagerank you will get. Thus adding your site to web directories will get you more back links.

2. Traffic from web directories
I actually get quite a deal of traffic from various web directories. This traffic both comes from people using search engines (finding my site via the web directories) and people browsing the web directories directly.

I would definitely advise all blog owners to add their site to a free website directory or two. Who doesn’t want more traffic and back links?

Nouveau Riche University were featured in the January 2008 edition of Your Business at Home Magazine. This magazine features only one company per month so this is quite an achievement for Nouveau Riche University. The magazine can be bought from bookstores in United States including Borders, Hastings, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, and Staples.

Nouveau Riche is a school that specials in real estate investments with classes such as Short Sales, Wholesaling, Foreclosures, Buying and Holding, Lease Options, Tax Strategies and other classes. The classes has been attended by thousands of students at various locations around the United States.

You can read articles from authors like Suze Orman, Tom Hopkins, Irvin Wilson, Stephen R. Covey and others in the January 2008 edition of Your Business at Home Magazine, but excerpts of the articles can also be found on the website.

On this site, from Nouveau Riche, you can read a blog post with an excerpt of an article written by Robert Lucas Savage. The article explains how Nouveau Riche University can make your dreams come true by making big money from attending their classes on real estate investments.
I would not mind making some more money to make my main dream come true: Buying a small organic farm in the Norwegian countryside.

Modern furniture for your office

A stylish workplace can be very important for the working environment in your office. One thing that might help your office is to purchase some modern furniture to get an office with better design and better feeling. A modern looking office can also look more professional when you have business meetings and similar happenings in your office.

Two Deco is an online store that offers a wide variety of commercial furniture from brands such as J. Persing, Gressco LTD, Bass Industries, Gordon International and Valore Furniture. Among the types of furniture that Two Deco sells you can find tables in various sizes and types, different types of seating, outdoor furniture, various kinds of rugs and furniture designed for kids that might fit your office.

Two Deco offers free shipping to all the 48 contiguous states in United States and if you live in United States you do not have to pay any sale taxes, except for citizens in Missouri. Two Deco also offers a 30 day return policy if you should not be happy with the furniture (check their website for more details).

If you are looking for modern commercial furniture Two Deco might be the right place for your shopping needs and the furniture might be perfect for your office.

Gay and Lesbian community in Romania

As a male knitter people sometimes think that I am gay as knitting is still seen as very feminine and not very manly.
Although I am not gay I support the gay and lesbian communities out there 100% and I think we need to fight against all the stupid prejudice that is still out there.
In my country (which is Norway) we have come a pretty far way in the fight against prejudice and the government will soon make gay marriage legal. About time, if you ask me!
But there is still much work to be done so the gay and lesbian communities got my solidarity.

In other countries the situation for gays and lesbians might be different. The internet can be a great way to fight prejudice and in Romania there is a blog called Gay Romania that writes about gay and lesbian issues.
One thing that Gay Romania write about is the Gay Fest 2008. Gay fest’s are a great way to celebrate the gay lifestyle.

Another thing that Gay Romania writes about is a contest called Miss Travesti. Like the name of the contest inclines this is a Miss contest for transvestites. From the pictures on the blog it seems like the “beauty queens” are judged not only by looks, but also how they dress and sing.
Looks like a lot of fun 😉