Christmas Post

Right it's thst time off the year again when there's an air of magic and nostalgia. Many memories are made and gifts exchanged-its actually my favorite time of the year.
In the next few weeks I'll be posting some christmas gift ideas, chlassic christmas songs and also some great recipies to try for your christmas day meal.

Events: PNG Computer Society 2011 Annual Conference

Peep the deets below:

PNG Computer Society 2011 Annual Conference Invitation

"We've kind of got the second coming of the internet. The combination of Facebook, the iPhone, all the apps, mobile technology, the dominance of Google and what it's capable of, and all the bolt-on possibilities that come with all that new infrastructure,"
Richard Horton.

Guest Speaker: Nikki Durkin
Date:Wednesday 30th November 2011
Time:1:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue:Holiday Inn, Kumul Rooms
Invitation to:Corporate entities to sponsor and send ICT Professionals to attend.
RSVP: Martin Numan Phone: 325 2176 Email: png.computer.society@gmail.com
Visit PNG Computer Society Website

DIY: tumeric facial masks

I don't usually post beauty tips on the blog but there is a first for everything. On a quest to find more "natural" ingredients that I can use in my home I've stumbled upon this refreshing face mask. Ive grown weary of the Nivea and Clearsil treatments and thought I'd give this a go.

There are a few variations of this facial treatment that use the spice tumeric as a base. One uses tumeric and cucumber, another uses Tumeric, Sandlewood and Curd but the one I've tried combines Tumeric with honey, milk and basic plain flour.

Beginning with about a teaspoon of tumeric powder, I add two to three times the amount of plain flour and stir in some honey (a tablespoon) and milk. I usually stir this in until I get a smooth paste. I then apply it on to my face leaving out my eyes of course and wait forabout 10 minutes before washing it off.

The course texture of the flour and tumeric works as a gentle exfoliate to cleanse the skin. Once the paste is rinsed off, the result is a cool, refreshing and glowing face.

News Bits: PNG-SABL leases flawed, Google to end support for BlackBerry Gmail...

PNG news via Post Courier Online

POMIO women expressed shock before the SABL inquiry in Kokopo yesterday when told they were signatories to the lease-lease back agreement.
They were in even more shock to learn that some of the signatories were their own children who were so young they would not even hold up an ink pen.
SABL Commission of Inquiry commissioner Alois Jerewai expressed concern at the findings which is hearing into four SABL leases in Pomio which involve Gilford Limited, a subsidiary of Rimbunan Hijau, the owners of The National newspaper.
Mr Jerewai said it appeared the documents involved in securing the SABLs were flawed.
He questioned the Land Investigation Report used to supplement the SABL leases.
Mr Jerewai heard from Pomio women leaders Claudia Koisilele and Ludwina Kora that they had never signed any agreement giving their land away. (read on here)

Google to end support for BlackBerry Gmail app this month (SOURCE 1) (SOURCE 2)

Google has already made quite a few significant cuts to services it's deemed outside of its focus in the past few months, and it's now made another that surely won't please a particular subset of its users. It's announced that it will end support of the Gmail app for BlackBerry phones on November 22nd. Those that have the app installed will be able to continue using it indefinitely, but it will no longer be supported by Google or available for download after the cut-off date (so you might want to grab it now if you don't already have it). In its place, Google is directing BlackBerry users to the mobile web app accessible through the browser, and it notes that it will "continue investing in this area."

Several thousand' more apps set to hit Kindle Fire next week (SOURCE)


Poised to give the Ipad 2 a run for its money the Kindle Fire will arrive with several thousand android apps when released later this month-including Twitter, Facebook and Netflix.

Read on for their Press Release

World's Largest Diamond Ring to go to auction

A stunning110.03-carat yellow gem known as the Sun-Drop Diamond will go on sale next week in Geneva at Sothebys. The diamond was discovered in South Africa last year and is being sold by Cora International

The diamond is said to go for anywhere between $11m-$15. If it sells within its estimated price bracket, its worth-per-carat ($100,000-136,000) will actually be a bargain compared to the $201,000-per-carat sum paid for the smaller but more colorful vivid yellow diamond at Christie's in October (the price totaled $6.6 million for 32.77 carats).  (source)

Google improving youtube integration and more...

via GSMarena

Google is continuing to add new features to its Google+ social network as it tries to upset the Facebook dominance in the online social service realm. The search giant just announced that it’s improving the Google+ integration of two of its other popular products – the YouTube video sharing service and the Chrome browser.

*image via GSMarena.com*

You’ll notice a new YouTube button at the top right of your Google+ page. Once you move your mouse over it a search field will pop up and you can look for a video to play. The video itself plays in a pop-up window, but you get the controls for it right on the Google+ page so you don’t need to switch tabs all the time.

As for the Chrome part, there are now two new extensions to the Chrome browser. You get the +1 button extension, which lets you +1 any page you are browsing and easily share it with your circles. There’s also the Notifications extension, which lets you check your Google+ notifications from anywhere on the web.

*image via GSMarena.com*

For those of you that are on Internet Explorer, Google will be updating the Google toolbar so it gets the same functionality. Strangely enough, the second most popular browser Firefox has seen no love from the Google dev team this time.

Music: recently added SUnday girl and Nervo ft Afrojack and Steve Aoki

Sunday Girl - Love U More


NERVO "We're All No One" feat. Afrojack + Steve Aoki (Andre Jetson Remix)