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With the increasing in the cost of living, more people are concerned about their financial. We have to think about our commitments as well as think about how we can carry on continue our current lifestyle in these situation. I’m not sure about others but that is what I think. I have plenty of commitments that I have to deal with every month and frankly speaking, just living on my salary alone isn’t quite enough for any savings at all. I do still have some savings but I’m thinking of how to make it grow rather than earning miserable interest in the bank. A friend told me to invest in gold bullion. He told me that the price of the bullion is stable mostly and it should be a good investment if I wish to make any investment. I’m still looking at things before investing but he ask me to check out Monex which is the company where I can buy precious metals from safely. Will see about that.

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An article by Jason Lee Miller who is a WebProNews editor and writer covering business and technology. This article is really interesting about Twellow. Something new to try it out.

Though we’ve been quietly nudging people about it for a little while, once the blogosphere got a good look at it, this new Twitter directory saw a spike in usage of over 600 percent in under 16 hours.

“It kind of got out of the bag before we intended,” said Twellow lead developer Matthew Daines. By “we,” he means himself and WebProNews publisher and iEntry, Inc. CEO Rich Ord. And by “before we intended,” he means Twellow’s still at the alpha stage, just two months after conceptualization.

Nonetheless, Profy.com’s Leslie Poston blogs that despite its alpha status, Twellow “is surprisingly complete.” Once people started talking about it, and they did talk about it at sufficient length on blog after blog, a chorus of “one more thing” came spiraling through our blogospheric ear canals: Now that I can be found and indexed, how do I control what Twellow says about me?

Twellow.com Screen Cap Because Twellow pulled from how people had categorized and named themselves on Twitter before there was a Twellow around, some were surprised or dissatisfied with how they were now appearing in public, as though caught picking up the morning paper off the porch (nice slippers!). Not a problem, users can now edit their own results.

See, we’re swell. As Twellow grows, those wishing to come out from behind their shrouds of anonymity and obscurity would be wise to complete their profiles so Twellow and. . .Twellowers? . . . know what to make of them.

After the jump, more awesomesauce: What bloggers had to say about Twellow, and an interview with lead developer Matthew Daines.

What Bloggers Are Saying about Twellow.com

“Straight from the ‘why didn’t Twitter build that’ category. . .” Scott Clark, Finding the Sweet Spot. Clark’s own interview with Matthew can be found here.

“. . .could fundamentally change the way people use [Twitter].” Adam Ostrow, Mashable.com.

“Once I started using it, I was hooked. . . .A lot of folks, myself included, make sure to use useful key words in their Twitter profiles, and now there is a reason other than SEO. You can be indexed in Twellow!” Michelle Lentz, bub.blicio.us.

“The site is actually as much news service as directory. . .a godsend for specialist journalists who can quickly build up a list of twitterers in their field.” Online Journalism Blog.

“I think you will find this invaluable for building a solid network of people who are interested in what you have to say - personal or professional.” RSSApplied.

“Twellow has absolutely made my bookmarked list of Twitter tools.” Leslie Poston, Profy.com.

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An article by Jason Lee Miller who is a WebProNews editor and writer covering business and technology. This article is really interesting about Twellow. Something new to try it out.

Since Twitter launched, there was one question to rule them all: What’s the point? The point of Twitter is still debatable, but a few hundred thousand people funneled in anyway, people from all kinds of backgrounds and interests, people with all kinds of connections. Only one problem: To find people, you had to depend on luck, or at least stumbling through a maze of faces and followers with the hope of finding someone interesting or relevant.

Enter Twellow.com, WebProNews’s Twitter people search and directory platform, a yellow pages for Twitter, or, as blogger David Risley has described it: this is awesomesauce. We don’t want to brag, especially since we made it, but it is kind of, well, awesomesauce.

Here’s the basics: Based upon Twitter’s open API, Twellow allows Twitterers to search for people on Twitter or, if they don’t exactly know who they’re looking for, they can search by categories sorted by keywords related to such things as industry, interests, or hobbies. If a user is looking to connect with someone in publishing, for example, Twellow will bring back Twitterers who have indicated that on their profiles, ranked by number of followers.

It even brings back what they’re most recent tweet was. Maggie Mason, for example, author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch, a book on better blogging, tweets about her struggle with tissue paper and gift boxes, which suddenly becomes a metaphor for death. Not bad for a 140 characters. Call it flash non-fiction.

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Looking for free PDA medical software to download? Try Epocrates.com website as they offer free medical Pocket PC software/Palm software/Windows Mobile software. You can also get a free drug reference for BlackBerry devices. I found this website after a friend ask me where she can find medical software or ebooks for her newly bought PDA. Since I forgot to ask her what Operating System in her PDA, I just did a general search and found Epocrates. If you have an Apple iPhone, not to worry as Epocrates are working with Apple to develop a downloadable drug guide for you. This site should be interesting for the medical profession that is looking for softwares for their PDA.

“This announcement was paid for by Epocrates.”

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After 1 and a half weeks of playing WorldOfWarcraft for free, I finally decided to upgrade my account. I bought a WorldOfWarcraft Battlechest set so I could get the authentication key as well as one month of free play when I upgrade my account. I have also made a 6 month subscription to WoW. With that, I will be playing WoW for about 7 months. If I manage to get my character to level 70 which is the max at the moment, I’ll let you know. I only get to play about a couple of hours daily after work. I do not wish to get too addicted to it else I will ignore everything else. Cheers. Back to more WoW.

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I started playing World of Warcraft (WoW) 10 days ago after much persuasion from my friend. He even brought me the cd for installation as well. Both the original WoW as well as the expension set, Burning Crusade. It took me a while to install it but the downloading of the patch the first time took me 2 days. After that, I sign up for a 10 days trial account which allows me to experience WoW before subscribing to it.

The trial account allows me to create a character to play. However there are limitations to the trial account such as the max level that I can go up to is only level 20. Some of the skills are limited and you can learn beyond a particular level. Besides that, the mailbox in the game can’t be use as well. Even the Auction House, a popular section of the game is not available to trial account players.

It has been 10 days and now my trial account has expire. I tried to upgrade my account last night but it keeps telling me that my credit card is invalid. I’m not sure how I’m going to get my credit card to go through. I do not wish to call them up as it would be an international call. I guess the next step is just to buy the retail version of the store. Once my account is upgraded, I can use PayPal for my monthly subscriptions.

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Most women would have heard of the name C’elle and stem cells but for those who doesn’t know what C’elle is all about, now you can have a chance to find and learn All About C’elle. You can find out exactly what they do and how they can help you and your baby. By now, you know that C’elle is a company that can help you to preserve your stem cells. This stem cells can be useful and beneficial to you in the future. After all the stem cells are taken from the menstrual blood, there is nothing waste from it as most of the time it would be thrown away. Not most of the time but in fact everytime. Save these stem cells so it can help against diseases and other health problem in the future. They even have this service where you can also Become C’elle Distributor and help to introduce C’elle to other people. For this, you can visit the C’elle website and learn how to Become C’elle Distributor and preserve your stem cells and know more about C’elle.

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For pregnant women, you might want to know about the Cryo-Cell Innovative Stem Cell Solutions umbilical cord blood stem cells. Did you know that Cryo-cell stem cells can have a 100% match for your baby. Not only that but there is one in four chances, it would be a match for your other children. A lot of research has been done on stem cells and how by using it helps to save many life threatening diseases. With Cryo-Cell’s “Protect Baby, Protect Mom”, saving stem cell blood from the umbilical cord and well save the life of your baby should it encounter such a threat. It is also a 100% match for you and can be use by yourself. If you are about to due anytime soon, you can get Cryo-cell to send you a free rush cord blood kit overnight. By the way, with the “Protect Baby, Protect Mom” Special Limited-Time Introductory Offer, it makes this quite affordable.

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Are you free this weekend 21st June 2008? There is a Village Fest which will be held over at Bangsar Village 2. The Village Fest is a two day festival with music, dance, yoga, talks, food & more! In conjuction with this event, Advertlets is organizing a Blogger’s Tea Party! If you have nothing else better to do, do come and join the fun. I had made plans earlier if not I would be there. Depending on what time my plan ends, I might be able to join in as well since the tea party starts at 3pm. Send an email with the subject “Blogger’s Tea Party” to info@advertlets.com to get yourself shortlisted as there are only 100 spaces available.

Details of the event.
“Blogger’s Tea Party @ Bangsar Village Fest”
Time & Date: 21 June 2008, 3PM
Venue: Bangsar Village II, 3rd Floor
List: Limited to selected 100 bloggers only (Advertlets Titan members get priority)
Menu: Food from D’lish! Finger food, cupcakes, sandwiches, drinks & more!
Itenary: Tea time with fellow bloggers, camwhoring session, followed by adjourning to check out the rest of the activities at Bangsar Village! There will be goodies for early/lucky ones.

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Are you having stress? Try kava kava. This Hawaiian kava is a potent drink that can help you to reduce your stress. It can also help to keep you awake if you need to do so. It is really good for stress and you should take it if you always have this issue. Not only that, it can also helps to cool down your nerves. To me, this product is a safe herbal supplement that not only helps in reducing stress but also improves a person’s overall sense of well-being. Kava kava is extracted from kava root to make this herbal supplement.

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