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Become an Organ Donor

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Solar PV set to become Less Affordable?

Clouds are appearing on the horizon in the solar photo-voltaic marketplace. Just as the UK resident has become used to the sight of solar panels on roofs, and has even become aware that they provide a decent return on investment, things are ... (more)

How to Repair a Mamas and Papas Stroller

The Mamas and Papas Sport-03 three-wheeler stroller might look the part, and its chunky tyres are handy for negotiating rough ground. However, it also suffers from a fundamental weakness which means that the front wheel can just snap off. ... (more)

How to make checkboxes and selects read-only in jQuery

To programmatically make a checkbox read-only, set up a click event-handler for checkboxes with the readonly attribute set: (function($){ // Block checkbox operation if it's read-only: $('body').delegate("input[type=checkbox][readonly ... (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)

Churches and Historical Buildings

Churches and Historical Buildings (more)

Solid Fuel Stoves and Central Heating

Solid Fuel Stoves and Central Heating We used to have a regular (small) open fire in our house, and started investigating the options for making more of the wood we burn. We looked at solid fuel stoves, the suppliers and installers, and ... (more)

Articles and Advice on Home Efficiency, Technology, Family History and 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)

Combined Heating and Power (Co-generation)

Combined Heating and Power (Co-generation) This is actually a pretty old concept. It's immensely logical to be efficient in how one uses energy. Why use Energy source A) to heat your house and Energy Source B) to put electricity into ... (more)

House and Home

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)

Internet Access: UK Broadband

Broadband in the UK What do we need to get access to the Internet nowadays? The hardest part is choosing an access provider (otherwise known as an ISP), but it certainly isn't hard to get cheap internet access any more. Once upon a time ... (more)

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