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When you order stuff on Ebay from China for a 1/10th of the price in Europe or Northern America, and that shipping included, you can assume that shipping costs are very low. It wouldn't be surprising if the Chinese Post or the Chinese Government put a lot of efforts to bring international shipping costs to a minimum so as to encourage exports. China has had a long history of a ...

There is gold, an insane yet simple time saver if you are a French or Spanish man on a Qwerty Macbook or so.

C'est simple, soit on passe par les 36 numéros de services clients pour les faire de fond en comble et n'avoir ni la bonne option ni une personne humaine au bout du fil, soit on est efficace et on se résoud comme moi à téléphoner au numéro d'appel depuis l'étranger et on parle à un nana très sympa qui vous dit tout (temps d'attente constaté : 4 minutes) : + 33 6 ...

If you're around South-East Asia, you like nature, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, challenge, and you're in good physical condition, then I do recommend that you go for climbing the 4000+ meters of Mt Kinabalu. Here is some very valuable advice from someone who's done it in the worst possible conditions and learned from it for next time. The ascent is done in 2 steps. You register the first morning ...

Search no more : http://www.moviesmac.com/tutorial/dvd-imovie-mac.html Note that importing an image file into Imovie automatically desinterlaces the frames. You can also check out Handbrake and MPEG Streamclip, it involves more work but gets the job done too.

The main worry of most athletes and trainers, whether they perform resistance training or aerobics, is how fast they can progress. A question that should be addressed with a lot more attention is: If I stop training, how much of what I gained am I going to lose? The numbers are quite striking and much likely to make you think twice before you keep off the track or ...

What happenned in 1947 in Roswell is probably so far the biggest lye organised by the US government. Find out why in this really enjoyable lecture in 3 parts made by Prof. Muller from the University of Berkeley. It raises interesting political questions. In the case of Roswell, it was easy for the US citizens (especially 50 years later) to forgive their government for this lye, based ...

While browsing a commercial website today, I came across a skype-looking logo on the side saying "I'm offline". A few keywords in a popular search engine ( I am tryin to not say its name for a whole week) yield what I had been looking for : A way to include your skype status on a blog ! My brains are fusing with ideas of cool stuff we can do with ...

Having been awarded no less than 9 Clumsiness Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, I stand proudly and admit freely that my clothes do not last long without experiencing stains of all sorts. Feeling tired of web-searching and re-re-reading the same cleaning solutions over and over again, I have compiled here the not-so-magic granny old recipes to get rid of them quickly and at no cost. Special products ...

Unbelievable but true, this is indeed a post about...yep: Toilets :) The city of Paris faces a huge lack in the number of those public facilities. Anyone who has been to Paris knows that and it's one of the very few reasons why I hate Paris at times. Not only there is not enough but they are often barely clean, they charge, and they are closed at night. So ...