In a battle between Categories and Tags, who would win? In other words, what’s the difference between them?
Imagine all blog posts lived in a supermarket. The Categories are like the main areas of the supermarket like ‘fresh produce’ or ‘dairy’ or ‘frozen goods’. Tags are like the signs you see hanging at the end of an aisle: ‘canned fish, rice, eggs’.
So – if your blog post was about the wonders of baking banana bread with choc chips, you’d put that in your ‘baking’ or ‘cooking’ or ‘recipe’ category. And you’d give it tags like ‘chocolate’ and ‘banana’ and ‘bread’ and maybe even ‘walnuts’. But I wouldn’t because I don’t put walnuts in my banana bread. Yuk. (hungry for banana bread? I cook this one.)
And the battle? I think the Categories and Tags would make up and live happily ever after. Categories helping people to group all of your relevant blog posts together quickly – just like creating their own little ebook and Tags helping people to drill those posts down to even finer groups.
Your thoughts?
So we all thought it was pretty cool when they opened up the smaller and more luxurious cinemas with the comfy recliner seats and the little table for your soft drink and popcorn, (or wine and dinner) but now they’ve added some technology to make it an even more relaxing experience for us all!
Hoyts La Premiere have recently added a world’s first service using the QkR (pronounced quicker) app for iPhone and Android, which enables you to order and pay for your food and drink from your seat and have them delivered. Once you’ve downloaded the app you can scan or type the QR code which is on your table or arm rest, select the items you want to order from their menu, confirm payment, then your order comes to you! All you need to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the film. And the munchies!
For full details go to – http://www.hoyts.com.au/Movies/Offers/Future_Offers/Quicker.aspx
Information and images from hoyts.com.au
Another great idea to utilise those old coloured t-shirts you’ve got lying around, well the ones that you haven’t turned into grocery bags of course! Get yourself ready for winter and turn your old tees into scarves and add a little bit of you with some spare beads or bits of broken jewellery you haven’t been able to part with.
All you’ll need is a t-shirt, scissors, things to decorate your scarf (leather, ribbon, buttons, beads, broken jewellery etc) and a hot glue gun. It’s really very easy.
Check out the details on how to make your new scarf here, including a video tutorial: http://hellogiggles.com/diy-t-shirt-scarf Get creative!
Image from hellogiggles.com
This is such a fantastic idea and much easier than you would think. We’ve all got photos that we would love to see up on the wall and I think this idea would work really well on those old family shots that already have so much character to them.
For transferring the images to either wood or canvas all you need is a paintbrush, a gel medium (try brands like Liquitex or Omni-Gel), Mod Podge (for the wood transfer), a spray bottle filled with water and a laser copy of the image you want to transfer. It’s important that you use a laser print and not one done on an inkjet printer and keep in mind that the image will be reversed once transferred. It won’t transfer perfectly so it’s best not to pick an image that is too detailed but the process will give any image character. Small stretched canvas, gel medium and Mod Podge can generally be sourced from your local art supply store.
Check out the full details for transferring into canvas here – http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/10/make-your-own-canvas-portrait.html
…and and for transferring onto wood here – http://www.petapixel.com/2011/10/06/how-to-transfer-a-photograph-onto-a-block-of-wood/
HAVE FUN!
Image from abeautifulmess.typepad.com
Image from PetaPixel.com
For all those foodies out there who love to wander through markets looking at all of those wonderful locally produced jams and chutneys and goodies, you’re going to love this. Good old Dick Smith has started an online General Store where they’ve basically done all of the hard work for you! They’ve travelled around Australia searching through towns and markets to gather “the best of the best in gourmet Australian food” with products from places like Tasmania, Kangaroo Island and Margaret River.
With everything from Brewed Ginger Cordial, Macadamia Brittle and Chilli Jam to Thai Chilli Lime Dukkah and Oriental Spiced Mustard, there’s something here to make every foodie drool.
All of the companies they have sourced products from are all Australian owned and each product even has a little map attached to show you exactly where it is from.
The products aren’t cheap, but they “are of the highest quality and made with love from delicious Australian ingredients”. You can’t ask for more than that.
If you’re in Sydney, Dick has also opened an actual General Store in Belrose which looks to be quite the nostalgic journey with all of those warm touches that you just don’t see any more.
Check it out here – http://www.dicksmithfoods.com.au/store
Information and images from dicksmithfoods.com.au
These are brilliant, hilarious and just darn cute! It’s a series by photographer Seth Casteel which beautifully captures dogs underwater catching balls and basically just having a great time. Check out the full gallery at his website littlefriendsphoto.com.
Oh, they make me smile!
FlightFox is a service via the web that can help you save money when booking flights. All they need is your ‘From’ and ‘To’ details, departure and return date then just answer a few questions on your flexibility and anything else you think they need to know, pop in your name and email address and voila? A team of ‘hackers’ who know all the tricks of the trade then compete against each other, trying to find the best deal for you!
Information below and images from http://flightfox.com/
How it Works?
- You start a new contest and commit a finder’s fee
- Flight experts compete to find you the best and cheapest flights
- You book a flight, award the winner and fly for less. Simple!
Why it Works?
- Our flight experts compete against each other to find the best deals
- They know strategies to cut fees, taxes and surcharges
- They know frequent flyer points, complex routes and much more
The Finder’s Fee?
- The finder’s fee starts at $29 for a standard contest
- The fee motivates our flight experts to find you the best flights
- Flyers who paid the fee save much more time and money
Not only is this recipe for finger paint edible but I’m guessing it will also wash out of the kids clothes more easily too! It’s really simple all you need is a saucepan, some plastic or paper cups (preferably something recyclable), flour, sugar, salt and some food colouring. Simple, quick and non toxic!
Check out the full recipe here: http://www.momtastic.com/parenting/activities/171489-kids-activity-edible-homemade-fingerpaint
Images from momtastic.com
Ever wanted to know a brilliant way to “get your product out there”? Well here’s an example of one of the best startup videos ever! Not only does it clearly cover exactly what the product is (and it’s a very simple product at that) but the video is so funny, that it’s already going viral. They wouldn’t have needed a big budget either. It’s so well done, it’s hard to be sure whether it’s for real or not. If they’ve got the quality of product and service to back up this hilarious video, it’s in the bag baby.
We all love Etsy and I’m always on the lookout for interesting jewellery and even better if it’s handmade and eco-friendly. This idea ticks every box. They’re the cutest, sweetest little plants that you can wear as a necklace or as a brooch! There’s air plant versions (I think they’re my favourite!), and there’s even larger versions that you can attach to your bike.
There are different styles and they’re all made to design using a 3D printer. The brooches use magnets to protect your clothes, but I’m pretty sure you can request a pin version too.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/wearableplanter
All photos from Wearable Planter.
