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Buying a 2nd-Hand Car? STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!

Don't even think of buying a used car until you've read this! We bought a car from a dealer who we thought we could trust, and learnt the following lessons the hard way. Not all dealers are the same! Some may be hard-working and honest. ... (more)

How to prevent the chain coming off a single chainring

I run a single chainring on my time trial bike, and until recently haven't bothered with a front mech or any sort of chain guide. However, since a recent upgrade to SRAM Rival cranks (with a Stages power meter) my chain dropped off the chainring ... (more)

How to Produce Electricity?

How Do You Think We Should Produce Electricity? Here are some good (or debatable) suggestions. If you want to add your own, complete the survey on the right! (more)

How To Select Your Oil Supplier

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)

How to Use the Twitter API

Here is a PHP class to push Twitter updates from your own web app: (more)

How to choose high-income stocks

There are two key measures when calculating how suitable a company stock may be for income: Dividend yield: the % return a company pays out as a dividend to stockholders Projected Earnings Growth (PEG) which measures how much a company's ... (more)

How to Fall Off a Bike

It was pretty icy this morning. Here's footage from my handlebar-mounted camera, showing how I managed to slip over whilst going pretty slowly. (more)

How to choose a new Family Shower?

If you are faced with the prospect of choosing a new shower unit for your family bathroon, then this may be for you! Our main shower room traditionally featured a Triton power shower, which gave a great flow of hot water. It was quite noisy ... (more)

How to Flatten a PHP POST Array

The situation is this: You have a PHP script that takes POST data, and you need to pass that data on to a remote server. How do you do it? Well, there are three options: Use $_SERVER['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA'] but only if php.ini has that enabled ... (more)

How to get a fast, informative Health Check

I turned 45 recently, so was looking forward to getting a comprehensive health-check done via my NHS GP surgery. COVID-19 restrictions put paid to that, however, and as of July 2020 there is no idea about when these tests will be up and running ... (more)

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

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