We had a bizarre situation recently where our internet access went highly unstable. It was very patchy, with some website access being fine and other access being impossible. Interestingly, video streaming would work - but only after many ... (more)
The Kill-a-Watt is available from the REUK.co.uk shop, for £19.99 plus £1.95 UK mainland postage. You plug it into a mains socket, then plug an appliance into it, turn it on and it tells you the voltage, current and power consumption ... (more)
Do It Yourself! Doing it yourself is a great way to save money, re-use things and have fun at the same time! There is a huge array of skills that you can acquire as a DIYer, but your learning curve can be as steep or shallow as you like ... (more)
If you've ever wondered how Microsoft Windows knows whether you have a solid Internet connection or not, it isn't magic: Windows networking is programmed to attempt connection to a TCP service. It uses the success or failure of this to report ... (more)
We found companies: There is one company match: Sorry! There are no results for . Believe it or not, all these years after the explosive growth of WWW commerce, there's still no definitive way to tell if a website is legit ... (more)
1000L is a lot of heating oil, right? So how long do you make it last? Let everyone know by completing the "Buying Oil" survey on the right. Here's what other people have already said: (more)
The video below is of a phone conversation between a heating oil customer and a national supplier. The supplier is quoting 97 pence per litre for an order of under 1000L, or 85p/L for 1000L or more. This stuff really is becoming liquid gold ... (more)
Microsoft has released its new search engine into the wild, and is pumping some serious TV advertising dollars into the brand. Most of the traffic at present is probably just from web publishers seeing what they rank for, compared to Google ... (more)
An exceptional vulnerability has been detected in the Linux kernel, which allows any non-root user to gain super-user privileges. One would normally assume that the user needs SSH access, making the attack limited in scope - but in this case ... (more)
Share Your Seeds The BBC's Gardeners Question Time raised a dual issue common to virtually all small-scale gardeners: how to economise on seed-buying, and what to do with your leftover seeds. Some gardening websites feature 'seed swap ... (more)
If you'd like to publish your Facebook status updates on your own website, it takes a bit of figuring out. Fortunately, the instructions at techlifeweb.com explain how to do it. Here is my status feed: (more)