COFFEE: Shake your coffee into an instant cappuccino!

HANGING around the designated coffee area at work today (as one does) and chatting up the cute girl from accounts, a little birdie flew through the window and landed on my shoulder. “Do you want to know how to make your coffee more like a cappuccino?” he twittered pleasantly. “Sure! I love doughnuts!” my Monday morning brain managed to articulate. “Pick a milk carton that’s nearly empty and give it a really good shake!” he advised in a cheerful manner.

I eagerly grabbed the nearest milk carton and proceeded to shake it vigorously with my squash arm - not realising that the lid wasn’t screwed on properly and ended up spashing a bit of it on the cute girl from accounts. But I must say that I was more than satisfied with the results, even if Angela was a little peeved getting soon-to-be sour milk droplets on her possibly new top.

But try it! Shake the shyte out of that milk before pouring it into your cup of Nescafe to enjoy a foamy cappuccino. (I find it works best to shake full cream milk and I’m sure one could take it a step further by adding some chocolate sprinkles or something fancy on top. Whatever floats your boat. I don’t judge).

Your cappuccino should look something like the above, unless of course you have a Barney the dinosaur mug or something.

So that’s just a little something to take with you and make your Monday that little extra bit special. Shake your coffee into an instant cappuccino today! I’m all about sharing. I’m off to continue spreading the joy

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MOBILE TIPS: Backing up cellphone contacts

IN the highly likely event that your cellphone is either stolen or 'misplaced' (or, in my case, drowned) you should be thinking of backup options for your cellphone contacts. Here are some useful ways to help you do that (besides using a memory card or two SIM cards):

• Most of the latest model WAP-enabled cellphones with Bluetooth come equipped with a CD-Rom with preloaded software that allows you to enter, edit and sync contacts between a phone and a PC via a USB cable. All you have to do is download the software onto your PC and follow the instructions provided to back up your phone to PC. In the event of your phone been stolen or lost, you will have an electronic version of all your contacts which you can then restore from your PC to your phone.
• There are a few hardware products available on the market that store phone numbers on them in the same way that a thumb drive saves data onto your computer. These devices plug into most cellphone models and PCs. With a simple push of a button it saves all of your contacts in one foul swoop, and using an associated software program, you can add or edit your contacts and sync the changes with your phone from your PC.
• You can also make use of an online phonebook which allows you to store your cellphone contacts online and transfer them to your particular cellphone model when the need arises. This works pretty much the same as delicious saving your bookmarks on the web.

I unintentionally took my cellphone for a swim the other day and am currently going through the painful process of building up my contact list once again. I hope the above saves some you from a similar fate.

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