Information about Dating Dating New Years Eve

One year to 5 years : The Child Trailer

This is towed behind the bike, usually by a clamp on the left dropout. It is normally fine for two children with a combined age of 5 or 6, depending on their size of course. They can end up fighting for elbow room before too long! For some ... (more)

S-Works shoes: wearing well after four years

I'm not very fussy when it comes to foot-wear, but did fall in love with the Specialized S-Works road shoes when I first tried them on in 2013. Very light, stiff, hugging my feet without any feeling of pressure. Bliss! So, how have ... (more)

News

News Items That Might Be Of Interest! Here are news items sourced from various handpicked high-quality websites. I choose to select the best of these for commentary elsewhere on Swinny.net. (more)

Newsbeat

Newsbeat Here are the headlines from the BBC Radio1 news team! (more)

4 to 6 years : The Pole

You can buy a special pivoting pole that joins a regular child's bike to an adult bike. The important question here is whether the child is cabable, trustworthy or reliable enough to hang on. The front wheel is off the ground, but child ... (more)

The Developer's Apple Mac

The Developer's Apple Mac Everybody knows that Mac OS/X is essentially Linux under the hood, but how does it stack up as a development platform? Does it make up for the scripting and package limitations of Microsoft Windows, or are all the ... (more)

6 months - 4 years : The Child Seat

The child seat is the usual starting point, priced from £20 - £40, and drops in to a special bracket fixed to the seat tube. Use it as soon as the child can reliably support their own head.  (more)

Professional Development

Continuing Professional Development It is important for anyone who takes their work seriously to maintain competence in their profession; this is the foundation of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). If you are in the process of ... (more)

Google Search is now Ten: Never Look Back!

Google was founded ten years ago by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford computer students. They had developed the Backrub search engine whilst at Stanford, and on 15 September 1997 the Google name (a mistaken play on words on the word ... (more)

Apple

Apple Apple Computing has been through the wars over the years, but finally found its feet at the start of the 21st century when Steve Jobs diversified the company's portfolio by hitting the home market hard - ultimately making computers and ... (more)

A couple of new kittens

New arrivals Say hello to our two new female kittens! They are 13 weeks old, and are utterly adorable. We expect our old boy Nero (now nine years old) to have his work cut out being boss. Day two to day four Here they are - still ... (more)

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