Monthly archive: November 2009

1. M&S and Argos have audio versions of their catalogues. (Via James Cridland's blog)
2. Newborn babies cry with mother's accent.
3. Avatar is the first movie James Cameron's has directed since 1997's Titanic.
4. Greenland used to be part of the European Union but it is now one of its overseas territories.
5. Nigella Lawson's mother wanted to call her Gondola.
6. Tajik (spoken in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia) is a modern variety of Persian. It is written with the Cyrillic alphabet but authorities are considering switching to Persian script.
7. A cat and a Volkswagen Golf have the same eco-footprint.

I knew you could sync your Gmail contacts' birthdays and events with Google Calendar, but I could not find the 'Browse public calendars' link mentioned in the post Contacts' birthday and events calendar supported in Google Calendar.

I found it instead under Settings > Calendars > Browse interesting calendars > More > Contacts' birthdays and events > Subscribe

Found while getting lost. Sometimes I cherish my lack of sense of
directions.