Guide to Home Heating Oil Oil is the primary source of warmth for a significant proportion of the US and UK. It tends to be restricted to rural areas where pipelined heating (ie, natural gas) is uneconomical. Despite tending to be more ... (more)
Articles and advice on cycling, technology, home efficiency and more Looking for family photos? Our family pages have moved These pages are written and managed by John & Julii Swindells, and we take every effort to ensure their accuracy ... (more)
Information and Advice on Housing and Living With the essentials costing more and more each year, it is no longer good enough just to buy fuel and home furnishings without any thought. Here is some information and advice we have collected ... (more)
Mumsnet Mumsnet is an extremely popular website for UK mums and carers. There are some dads on there, but it's mostly mums. You need an extremely thick skin to avoid getting upset, so be warned! You may be interested to know that there ... (more)
A decent home design software package can save you a lot of time, money and effort when you are considering making changes to your home interior. You could also be given ideas that you may not have even considered; maybe a simple color scheme ... (more)
A survey has found that over half of all home wi-fi networks in the UK are insecure and can be hacked into in under 5 seconds. A lot don't even have any kind of password protection! By operating your home wireless router in an 'open' mode ... (more)
It was a long, hot, boring journey home, broken up by a visit to a cemetery in Munich and a fish & chip supper in Thetford. (more)
For the first time ever, Google has incorporated a video into its homepage logo. The video is an animation, with John Lennon's 'Imagine' playing along. This is to celebrate John Lennon's birthday: 8 October. (more)
Here are a few pictures of Nero and Claudius as they check out their new home and figure out their new housemates! (more)
If you want to get your house insulated, or just want someone to check what you need, go to the Energy Saving Trust Grants Page. Here are the companies I found: British Gas estimated £270. A site survey would be in around 2 weeks ... (more)
Mike Short, IET President for 2011/12, describes the IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology) as a professional home for life. It provides an unrivalled range of services and support, invaluable for the next generation of engineers and ... (more)