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Audax: long-distance cycling

Audax: the home of long-distance cycling If you love recreational cycling, and enjoy the prospect of an all-day ride, then the audax may be just what you need. Audax technically means "daring" or "courage", but you usually won't need either ... (more)

What if your iPhone is stolen?

Your iPhone (and iPad, for that matter) is vulnerable to a six-minute attack in the event that someone gets hold of your phone. The phone has built-in encryption, but the 'key chain' that Apple employs to keep passwords and data safe is breakable ... (more)

About Us: Julii & John Swindells

Some Background Information Swinny.net is a family-run web site. It is engineered, written and edited by Julii and John Swindells. We run advertising on certain sections of the site. To find out more about what this means to you, please ... (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)

How to copy (clone) a hard disk drive

If you have your computer nicely configured but you are running out of disk space, the last thing you want to do is re-install everything on the new hard drive. Fortunately there are disk copying utilities available (some free, some to buy ... (more)

What do Good Energy Customers Care About?

Good Energy has published results of a questionnaire, in which customers were asked what sort of environmental decisions they make. Here are the broad conclusions: Most of you stated that you choose Good Energy is because it is the 'greenest ... (more)

Showcase ๐Ÿ˜€

My Showcase ๐Ÿ‘ This is a place where I try out new things and see just what's possible on a web page. (more)

Sticking his tongue out

Nero sat like this, on our kitchen window-sill, for several minutes! It's like he just hadn't realised that his tongue was sticking out... (more)

Don't let someone else use your broadband DSL login!

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)

Book Publishing

Book Publishing Ask pretty much any writer how easy it is to get their works published, and they will sigh despairingly. Indeed, most successful authors will have gone through the agonising period of doubt, wondering if anybody will deign ... (more)

Photography

Photography: Getting reasonable results on a budget Find out what we think of the Minolta Dimage digital cameras, and the analogue cameras we still use. (more)

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