Archive for January 9th, 2009

I was doing my daily rounds of reading, searching for writing ideas when I finally find myself reading about how webcams came about.

The first webcam, called the CoffeeCam, was switched on for the first time in 1991. When I read the the name - CofeeCam - I asked myself, “Why CoffeeCam?”. Well, I found out that was what it was created for! A coffee pot in a room called the Trojan Room located in a computer laboratory in Cambridge University. The camera was focused on a coffee pot, showing its present state (with coffee or empty) to help people from other parts of the building avoid making needless trips to the coffee room just to find it empty. (That’s just so geeky) So was it really to avoid pointless trips to the coffee room or just plain laziness?

Picture credit:wikipedia.

Anyhow, webcam technology  was further developed through the dream of the Porn industry to transmit “LIVE” images through the internet. So they hired a developer to create a software. Thus the “Live streaming video” came about.

The technology is still going through an ongoing development. Now, not only individuals but Businesses also benefit  from it by using online meeting software to assist them with online conference, conduct online training classes and much more.

Sure glad that the Geeks were too lazy to walk to coffee room. If not we would not be enjoying our webcams today. Or maybe the technology would have been found a little bit later.

I am with NewGenerationHosting for nearly half a year now. I did a lengthy review about them the first month of using. The post can be found here.

I have a couple of blogs hosted with them. Another blog hosted on another hosting provider. Yesterday I asked them whether they would transfer that particular blog for me. A few minutes after I sent them the support ticket they answered my question, saying that they would gladly do it.

You see, some hosting providers will not transfer individual blogs. They would only transfer the entire cpanel only. I have two domains on the other hosting and only want to transfer one over. Other hosting providers wouldn’t do it for me.

So they did everything yesterday. By this morning I checked everything is tranferred and my blog running smoothly, nobody even noticed the transfer. They did everything.

After 6 months of using their service, paying less than $2 a month to host with prompt support, my verdict? NewGenerationHosting.com rocks.

We are usually talking about loosing weight and looking good slimmer but we often forget about the importance of vitamins and minerals for our bodies. Most of us were taught at school, read all the health articles, watched documentaries, etc; about the importance of eating healthy, well balanced diet in order to get all the vitamins and minerals needed by the body. If you think you are not eating healthy, you may need vitamin and mineral supplements.

Vitamins and minerals determine how your skin, hair, nails and muscles would grow, how quickly your body can heal itself, how healthy your heart and nervous system would be, and how your digestive system would work. Lack of vitamins and minerals will lead to poor conditions to all of these organs.

I am in my late 20’s and I have started eating vitamin supplements a few months back. I try to eat healthily but I still doubt whether I am eating healthy enough. Eating vitamin supplements save you the time from having to check out what everything you eat contains.

However, you still need to know how to take or not to take your supplements. For, if not taken in a proper way, the vitamins will not be absorbed by the body but flushed out instead. It is said that vitamins are best taken during meals. Yes, while you are still taking your meal, just pop the supplements in.

Below is a list of how some vitamins should be taken [source] :

Vitamins A, D, E – Should be taken with meals which include a little oil or Fat

Vitamin B-Complex – This should be taken first thing in the morning to give maximum energy, but can of course be taken anytime especially if taken with whole grains.

Vitamin C – Taken with meal if possible, can be taken on an empty stomach if you don’t feel like eaten because of a cold. Take two or three times a day.

Time-Release – Take with your main meal of the day.

Iron – Best absorbed with food.

Calcium – About 30 minutes before bedtime.

Magnesium - About 30 minutes before bedtime.

Multiformulas – These can be taken anytime but best with small amounts of food.

For those who are vegans or vegetarians, they may be lacking vitamins that are most commonly found in meat products. They may need to learn more about vegetarian food that can provide them with those vitamins. If not, supplements are the best solution.

There are even enzymes supplements which are totally vegetarian supplements (which makes it ideal for both vegans and non-vegans) that will help promote quicker healing for health disorders like burns, injuries, dental surgery, diabetes, Multiple sclerosis and more.

So do your body a favour, and start feeding it with vitamins and minerals and other supplements it so deserves.