Weatherzone
May 31, 2007
If you are a bit of a weather junkie like me, you will have already heard of Weatherzone, a great Australia site for all your weather information in format that is easy to use and understand.
Yesterday, Weatherzone unveiled their all new website with a fresh new look and a bundle of new features. The new site looks great. With all the old useful weather information, together with some nifty new features and weather details, they will have everything you need to know about your local weather.
Check out the new and improved Weatherzone
World no Tobaccoo day 2007
May 31, 2007
Today is World No Tobacco day. This years WHO campaign is focusing on smoke free inside, and creative smoke free environments.
Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is well known that half the people who smoke regularly today – about 650 million people – will eventually be killed by tobacco. Equally alarming is the fact that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing second-hand tobacco smoke.
Victorian has already taken this initiative and Victoria’s pubs, clubs and other licensed premises will be smokefree by 1 July 2007.
Some more information
WHO World No Tobacco Day 2007
Quit
Smoke Free Australia
www.smokefreezone.org
Jumping Monkeys
May 30, 2007
Jumping Monkeys is a new podcast from TWiT.tv . The podcast is all about Parenting in the Digital Age.
Join Megan Morrone, mother of three toddlers, and Leo Laporte, father of two teens, as they talk about parenting in the digital age, featuring lots of helpful links and advice, plus interviews with other geek parents, web site designers, and bloggers.
This is just their first intro episode, but it looks to be very interesting, covering a wide range of topics for all parents.
Jumping Monkeys [via Scott Yang]
Site of the Week
May 30, 2007
It’s Wednesday again, and time for Wednesday’s Women’s site of the week.
dlook.com.au claims to be Australia’s smartest online business directory, and that it is!
Search over 1 million business listings from all over Australia. You can also search for businesses a specific distance from your postcode, so you can be sure to get relevant listings.
Their Quote Me! feature is very nifty, it allows you to ask up to 10 businesses at a time for their price on an identical service or product with just one short email.
You can sign up for dLook Discount Coupons to be notified of special offers and discounts.
H.O.W. feature - All For Women
May 29, 2007
Recently, Doris from Home Office Women invited me to do a feature on her site. Along side some great WAH Women that I look up to like Ponn Sabra,Wendy Piersall and many other inspirational women.
So go on over and check out the H.O.W. feature - All For Women
(Gina, there is another picture in there too LOL)
Seeking justice for victims of rape
May 28, 2007
Today, The Daily Telegraph has launched a major campaign and is calling on everyone to show their support in pressuring the NSW State Government to make desperately needed changes to the way victims of rape are treated.
Between 70 and 90 per cent of rapes are never reported. That’s 35,000 rapes of women – and the victims are usually women – in NSW every year that are never even investigated.
Those numbers are frightening, and with the way those that do come forward are treated, is it any wonder why. With police, prosecutors and health workers condemning the shocking treatment of rape victims by the justice system how can this problem be ignored?
The Daily Telegraph campaign seeks four key reforms:
#1 No delays
#2 Lawyers for victims
#3 No means no
#4 One-stop shop
Visit The Daily Telegraph story and add your name to their petition
Curried Sausages
May 28, 2007
Ingredients
* 1 kg thick beef sausages
* 1 tbs peanut oil
* 1 medium brown onion, sliced
* 2 tbs curry powder
* 1 cup (250ml) beef stock
* 400g can diced tomatoes
* 1 cup (150g) frozen peas
* I carrot sliced
*1/2 capsicum sliced
* Serve with rice
Method
1. Place sausages in large pan, cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat, boil 2 minutes. Drain sausages.
2. Heat oil in large saucepan, cook onion, stirring about 3 minutes or until soft. Add curry powder, cook, stirring about 1 minute or until fragrant.
3. Add sausages, stir to coat in curry mixture. Add stock and tomatoes, simmer, uncovered about 5 minutes or until thickened slightly. Stir in peas, carrots and capsicum . Cook a further 5 minutes until thickened and peas are heated through. Serve with rice.
(if too thin for your liking mix a little cornflour with water and add…stirring)
Oh and if you want a sweet curry then I add 2 teaspoons of plum jam
serves 4
What’s Cooking Grandma?
May 28, 2007
There’s nothing like learning to cook from your grandma. They have all the best recipes stored in their head. My Grandmother passed away before I could learn how she cooked all her wonderful yummies. What’s cooking grandma has the solution!
What’s cooking grandma asks people to film their grandma cooking their favourite tried and true recipes and send them in. You can learn to cook from every one else’s Grandma from all over the world.
Some of the yummy recipes include Nannie Webb’s Apple Crumble, Sonia’s Lancashire Hotpot, Nana Ruth’s Jam and Scones and many more.
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