http://www.timbaxter.co.uk Tim Baxter - It's My Life Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:46:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've recently fallen in love with Last.fm, the internet radio site. So much so that my own music collection is gathering dust (digitally) as I continuously listen to streamed radio. But I've got a problem. I have one computer that I use as my main listening device, which works great. I also listen using my smart phone over my LAN without issues. The problem arises when I try to listen on any of my other computers. When I try the player I simply get this message after a period when it seems to be kicking off the stream: Ooops, there was a connection problem!]]> http://www.timbaxter.co.uk/last-fm-problems/ Here's a list of my top 10 reasons to quit the booze, in no particular order. It's not an exhaustive list, just one that I came up with in a brainstorming session this afternoon. Reading over them again, one thing's clear - you'll only believe me if you quit first. 1. You don't need this crutch to help you through life Seriously, you don't need it to help you get through the bad times, social situations and any other excuse for a drink that you find. In fact I'd go further and say that drinking alcohol is self-perpetuating in that way - the more you use it to cover up 'problems', the more problems it causes and the more you need to rely on it. The more you use the crutch, the more you need it. If you feel strong enough to throw the crutch away, just do it and watch the possibilities in your life reveal themselves to you.]]> http://www.timbaxter.co.uk/10-reasons-to-quit-drinking-alcohol/ 12 Ways To Get More Facebook Friends So you want more Facebook friends? You’ve added all your friends, looked up old school buddies, work mates and ex-lovers? But you still want more friends - and why not? Here’s my list of ways that you can increase your Facebook friend count and enrich your life with the help of new people. At the time of writing I have over 1000 Facebook friends partly using the methods below. Oh and there’s quite a lot to look at here, so if you’re serious about making new Facebook friends, why not add this page to your favourites so you can come back some other time? 1. Use Facebook’s built-in Find Friends feature Go to Facebook’s Find Friends section and enter your email address and password. This will then pull in all the contacts in your email account and tell you if they’re on Facebook. Do this for all the email accounts you have. The “People You May Know” section at the bottom of the page could also throw up some contacts. ]]> http://www.timbaxter.co.uk/how-to-get-more-friends-on-facebook/