Sociolatte

A Japanese aeronautical engineer  aboard the International space station has found a new way of filling time. After the treadmill and going to the loo in zero-gravity what is an astronaut supposed to do. Well, maybe entertain your followers on Twitter, hey thats noble. For us lowly ones still stuck on planet earth wondering how to get into orbit Astro_Sochi is sending us the pics. We all love to see. Does our earth really look like a blue marble from far out there? If you would like to read his official NASA bio here is the link  SOICHI NOGUCHI But no matter how far you are out there this is what his last latest Tweet to eart read. How is Super Bowl? I mean, all the commercials... Here are some of the newest pics sent via Twitpic by Soichi Noguchi Pico De Orizaba,the highest mountain in Mexico. London, England - first time that I saw the whole city without any cloud. An original post by Sociolatte

The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending transactions in India for more than a week.  Anuj posted this on the PayPal blog Hi blog readers, it’s Anuj from the communications team here. I’m writing to let you know that personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in India have been suspended while we work with our business partners and other stakeholders to address questions they have about the service. During this time, customers can still make commercial payments to India but merchants cannot withdraw funds in Rupees to local Indian banks. We’re trying to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and we’re really sorry for the inconvenience that this may cause our customers in India and around the world. I’ll update the blog as soon as we have more information to share. Anuj There is no eloborations as to why this steps been taken. We expect some clarity in the coming weeks. Paypal is owned by online auctions giant eBay. An ori...

YouTube has launched an Adblitz challe that will air all those Ads that companies spend millions on to air during the Super Bowl. YouTube Ad Blitz 2010   It's that time of year. Watch the game. See the commercials. Find the commercials online. Or maybe you skipped the first 2 and are just going straight online to watch the ads. Well view freely, because we have the 2010 commercials in our annual YouTube Ad Blitz contest. Watch the commercials here the minute they air on Feb 7th. When the game ends, we'll let you vote for your favorite 2010 commercial until Feb 14th. The winning ad will receive ultimate video glory with YouTube homepage recognition.  The best ad will be aired on the 14th on the YouTube homepage. People are already excited about this new channel as one member put it.  Awesome. I think this is brilliant. I love the commercials. They are so cool. Usually I don't like commercials, but on the day when they spend millions on them, I know they will be funny. I can...

It is really easy to navigate through homes and stores in Petville To Navigate through homes. 1. In your home you see little arrows near the right and left hand corners of your screen. 

Apple's choice of name for their new device iPad had started a lot of parodies. The day of it's announcement saw it trending on Twitter as iPad and iTampon. Which has also allowed people on YouTube to take shots at it because they say the name makes women cringe. Here's a video... An original post by Sociolatte

How to decorate your floors, walls, furniture and windows. Each player starts with several floors, walls and furniture items. You Pet will be most amused if you keep things looking new and clean. To redecorate or rearrange your room you would need to. 1. Click on the 'Storage' icon on the lower left hand corner of your screen. 2. This will open your storage and how you the items in your possession. 3. Drag the item you want to place in your room from storage and place it wherever you want. Some items however will go only on the floor (Tables and Chairs) and some others are only for the wall ( Windows shelves and artwork) 4. Once you have dragged your item to where you want to place it release your mouse button to place it down. 5. To place an item back into storage, drag the item back into storage 6. To sell an item from storage drag it to the Cash Register Icon on the left side of your storage area 7. To change the walls or floor simply drag one of the color patters from stora...

How to go shopping in Petville. If you would like to go shopping in Petville for new furniture, clothes, hardware and costumes and buy, something this is what you would need to do. 1. On the lower left hand corner of your Petville screen click on the world icon. 2. Dialog box opens showing you various places you can go to in Petville 3. On top of the dialog you will see icons for the Clothing store, Furniture store and Hardware store.Simply click on the store you would like to visit. 4. Choose an item you would like to buy and click on it. 5. A dialog opens confirming your intent to purchase the item. 6. Click 'Buy' to purchase the item of click 'Cancel' to return to the store 7. If you take your pet along to the store click on an item to see how it fits your pet. Some item are full pieces of clothing which other simply cover one half of your pet. 8. Once your satisfied and buy a piece of clothing it will immediately go into your wardrobe. 9. Hardware and Furniture item...