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)
As heard on This week the government announced it will start paying grants again for home owners who want to fit them. The DTI Low Carbon Buildings Programme householder stream will re-launch on 29th May 2007. You have to apply for a DTI accredited ... (more)
It's not unusual for web hosts to make changes to their platform, for security reasons or whatever, but this one on Media Temple's (gs) platform can break web scripts that access API applications: curl's FOLLOW_LOCATION options has been disabled ... (more)
The cold can play havoc with instrumentation, and not least with home heating systems. One unexpected side-effect of declining outside temperatures is that the oil in the measuring tube can get way out of sync with the tank. We are used ... (more)
After four years being mounted on the end of our house, the Windsave 1kW wind turbine has finally been taken down. It was dismantled by crew that installed our solar PV system, and we took that opportunity to have it removed because of its ... (more)
My Shimano 105 STI levers have packed up - at least, the rear shifter refuses to hold gear when changing down. More stuff to order... STI Levers Sora 3300 STI 8 Speed Gear Levers - Triple from allterraincycles.co.uk, £81.50 Shimano ... (more)
From Marketing Pilgrim, Facebook is borrowing $100 million for more servers which should see it clear to getting another 50000 servers. By way of comparison, Google has over 1 million servers, adding 500000 per year. Microsoft adds 200000 ... (more)
Cromer: A Great Seaside Resort! The North Norfolk coast can be shrouded in mist or blasted with freezing winds when the rest of the county is sweltering. Catch it on a nice day, however, and you should have a great time. Cromer is the ... (more)
More big guns indoors! (more)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7133979.stm Store card shoppers pay an average of 62% more interest than those using credit cards, a study suggests. People are frequently encouraged to apply for a store card in-store, in exchange ... (more)
Up to 10 million homes will get fibre-optic based broadband in the next few years, if recently announced plans to replace much of the UK's existing copper wire network are completed on time. Fibre rollout will be a mix of FTTH (fibre to the ... (more)