Twitter Links for the last 48 hours - 10 December 2009

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Amazon are having a sale - Movie fans check it out.

Following a recent trend of starting the Christmas sales before Christmas rather than after, Amazon.co.uk  has just released details of their sale items for the festive season.

As I am a bit of a movie fan I wanted to make sure you were aware of these.

For general films - including Twilight, Angels and Demons and some great box sets - check out these great Amazon Offers

However if you're into Blu-Ray discs then this is the page for you, including such items as the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition) , Ghostbusters and Casino Royale . If you're a music fan too you might want to check out the Almost Famous [Extended Edition]

All of these are being sold at 30% to 60% off so do yourself a favour and have a look at the offers.

Note: These links are affiliate links.

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Twitter links for the last 48 hours - 6 December 2009

Here are the links I have tweeted or Re-Tweeted (RT) over the last 48 hours or so
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How I did my Christmas shopping in 30 minutes

I picked this tip up last year from a site which I cannot recall at the moment (if you know which site it was let me know and I'll credit them)

Earlier today is sent out a tweet saying 'Well just done ALL my Christmas shopping on-line. Wrapped, gift noted and delivered. Sweet! Let's hope it arrives in time.' What I didn't say was that it took me about 30 minutes to do it all. I want to tell you now how I did it. 

There's still time for you to do it too.

The secret can be boiled down to three words 'Amazon Wish List'

Using the Amazon wish list function you can create a list of presents you wish to purchase for everybody. I've been accumulating entries on the wish list for about 8 months now. Each time I find something I think will be useful (either via television advertising, or through something I've read about on the internet, or even if a friend or relative mentions it) I head over to Amazon and add it to the wish list. Naturally if this is for friends and family I make the wish list private so that only I can see it.

Each entry on your wish list can be prioritised so you can see what is most important for certain people (Your mother may want the 'Nerf Vortex Mega Howler' more than the bath salts, so you can prioritise this). You can also add some text to indicate who this is for.

Then, when you're ready to make your purchase you head over to Amazon and pull up your wish list. Each entry on the wish list can then be clicked on to send it to your shopping basket. You can choose to either send all the gifts to your own address and then distribute them yourself, or you can make multiple orders and send them out directly to the people themselves. Amazon offers gift wrapping for each present as well as a free gift tag that you can add a little message to.

The Upside of this method
This is a great method because it speeds up the actual purchasing process by keeping everything in one place and avoiding the hassle of having to physically get out amongst the crowds and shop.

The Downside of this method
Obviously this will only work for things that can be purchased from Amazon (or on-line generally).
There is also an additional  charge for gift wrapping and - if you're not careful about what you purchase and where you send it - you can get hit by some large delivery charges. Luckily this year through the use of Saver Shipping and delivery to a single address I was able to get everything delivered with almost no charge.

It is still early enough to get your Amazon orders in before any delivery deadlines for Christmas have passed so what are you waiting for?
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Twitter links for the last 48 hours - 2nd December 2009

Here are the links I have tweeted or Re-Tweeted (RT) over the last 48 hours or so
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Don't Stop Your Screaming - Video

via metacafe.com

Very clever - and well made - parody. If you love the original (or even if you don't) you'll like this one.

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Twitter links for the last 48 hours - 25th November 2009

Here are the links I have tweeted or Re-Tweeted (RT) over the last 48 hours or so
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Thought for the day - 'Reach' and 'Influence'

Had an interesting experience yesterday.

I'm trying to get some idea of the commuting habits of people I interact with on social media etc. I've put out a one question poll which basically asks how far you travel to work on your daily commute.

Now consider that I have over 700 followers on Twitter, 250 followers on Friendfeed, 26 subscribers on Posterous and 182 RSS subscribers for 'The Musings Cafe' which is the blog the poll was originally posted to, I would have expected a reasonable number of answers. After all the poll is one question, one answer and would take about 25 seconds to complete.

So far I've had 4 replies. Which is a little disappointing. Obviously my on-line influence isn't anywhere near as large as the figures would suggest. C'est la vie...

However, if you have 25 seconds and feel like you want to answer my one question poll, please head over to this link and let me know how far you commute to work. I would really appreciate it.

And if you are one of the 4 who has already done this, then "Thanks!"
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A favour please - Take my one question poll on commuting habits...

For those of you who don't read 'The Musings Cafe ' - my general thoughts and articles blog - I have a poll up there at the moment which is trying to find out how far people commute to work.

If you feel like answering the single question - which would help get some meaningful results the more people answer - please register your answer below

How far do you commute?

A quick retweet using the appropriate retweet button at the bottom of the article might help spread the word too.

Thanks

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My guilty food pleasure

Take 2 Chocolate Hob Nobs

Top with Tesco Creamy Custard

Eat.

Mmmmmm....

(Sounds wierd, but you'll have to go with me on this one).

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