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)
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)
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)
Guide to Home Heating Oil Oil is the primary source of warmth for a significant proportion of the US and UK. It tends to be restricted to rural areas where pipelined heating (ie, natural gas) is uneconomical. Despite tending to be more ... (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)
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)
Life at Blurtit Blurtit Ltd is all about getting real answers to real questions. You pronounce it Blurt It because you are blurting something out - a niggly question you have, or a helpful answer. Got to Blurtit.com now and give it a go ... (more)
Rackspace Cloud Hosting Using Rackspace Cloud Servers for your web hosting is the perfect solution for the budget-conscious startup with good growth capabilities - but as long as you know how to run a server. Windows server images are available ... (more)
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)
Driving To The Gym This section is dedicated to oxymorons such as Driving to the Gym. Do you ever wonder why people drive to the gym? I do. I know there are some folks who aren't very mobile and need finely tuned exercise that a gym or ... (more)
Ask Yourself, "How do I choose a supplier of domestic heating oil?" We've been asking visitors to our website for years for their suggestions, and here is a summary. Price Not surprisingly, most people choose on the basis of cheapest price ... (more)