Sunday, June 23, 2013

When your garden goes wild...

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For the last few weeks I haven't been able to do anything in my garden due to an injured wrist. We've had rain and periods of sunshi...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

How to get round the 'bedroom tax'

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Lots of people are very upset in the UK over what has come to be known as the 'bedroom tax' or 'Under occupancy rules'. I...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Reading between Tesco's lines

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Here's a quote from Tesco's website : " When we became aware that two of our products had been contaminated with more than 1%...
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Sunday, February 03, 2013

15 screen wallpapers

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Over the years I've collected a number of images which I have set as screen wallpapers. Most of these I collected from the Internet. I d...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sick of Flash crashing in Chrome?

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Try this fix: Open a new tab in Chrome, type into the address bar chrome://plugins and press Enter. At the right hand side click 'De...

Getting the first line right in Word 2007+

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Take a look at some professionally printed books. Examine the first line after a chapter heading or after a text break. Notice how it’s not...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

'Snow need to worry. 1963 was worse.

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As usual a few flakes of snow and everyone panics. It seems drivers today have no idea of how to drive in snow. They feel themselves slidi...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Ten predictions for 2013

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Predictions for 2013 OK I've decided to play the oracle and look forward into the future. What will 2013 hold for us? 1. Sooner...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Exactly when does the new year start? (Reductio ad absurdum 3)

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OK I promised in an earlier blog to tell you how September, October, November and December got their names so this is from my genealogy sit...

Samsung Galaxy S3 Alarm - No sound Solution

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My wife just upgraded her phone to a Samsung Galaxy S3 and ran into a problem. The alarm suddenly stopped playing an alarm sound. After go...
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Sunday, December 09, 2012

A very merry 'Seasonal Greeting' or 'Reductio ad absurdum 2'

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Surely you mean Merry Christmas? There are loads of people on Internet who are upset that some people use the phrases 'Happy Holiday...

Reductio ad absurdum 1

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I once heard the comedian Dave Allen tell this story as he took a drink from his whiskey glass: "You know I read that 40% of acciden...
Friday, November 30, 2012

How can a small bookshop make money from ebooks?

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Bookshops everywhere are worried. There's a revolution going on and they are losing sales because of it. The revolution is that of ebook...
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