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Work

Work Our work is heavily computer-oriented, either for academic number crunching or for web development. Web Development John is having a wonderfully creative time at Blurtit based in Norfolk. He is lead developer on the Blurtit project ... (more)

iPhone and other Smartphones

The iPhone and other Smartphones Do you own a phone that doesn't do much (except make calls), but would find sat-nav (GPS), social networking and email capabilities useful? If so then you should seriously consider getting an iPhone. Not necessarily ... (more)

Bike Maintenance

Keeping Those Two Wheels Spinning It's a slippery slope, keeping a bike in good working order. Whenever I've taken charge of a brand new bike, I've generally found it to be maintenance-free for a good year or more, except for tyres and tubes ... (more)

John Swindells

John Swindells I am a career professional in software development, becoming proficient in various systems and languages since 1992. In recent years I have been especially active in web and mobile app projects. I stepped down in April ... (more)

Giving Blood

Giving Blood Blood donation is a vital service in every country. In the UK this is all managed by the National Blood Service, and it does a very good job indeed. Perhaps it could improve though? I'm sure all donors would feel better if ... (more)

Options for escaping Google Workspace

Google initially offered free accounts with custom domains many, many years ago, and kept these "legacy" accounts free when they started charging for new accounts. They have now announced that everyone must pay; accounts without payment info ... (more)

Free tool to check your Wi-Fi performance

The UK's communications regulator Ofcom has released a free app to test the quality of your wireless network. It is possible for you to have a poor signal from your phone, tablet or laptop computer just because the wireless router is positioned ... (more)

Most home wi-fi networks are insecure!

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)

Shoes that go Squeak

We bought these shoes on eBay, as a cheap pair of kids' trainers. They were branded Ben Sherman, but on first use they made the most enormous squeaking noise! It was so loud that we made a video of it, shortly before whisking them back to ... (more)

Carphone Warehouse: Free Broadband??

The news is that Carphone Warehouse is set to announce a free broadband service for its Talk Talk (landline) subscribers. This announcement is due on Tuesday, but the company is only saying that the announcement is about its broadband package ... (more)

Craphone Warehouse: Free Broadband

The Carphone Warehouse isn't just a mobile phone retailer; it also offers a landline service, called TalkTalk, through the BT network. It has a service called Talk3 International with which it is now bundling free broadband at the full rate ... (more)

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