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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)

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)

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)

Time Trialling

Time Trialling Cycling Time Trials (CTT) is the authoritative body for time trialling in the UK. It has a highly active and forward-looking membership, and this is reflected in its informative and up-to-date website. A handful of events ... (more)

Terms

Terms of Use These terms of use govern your use of our site. Please read these terms in full before you use this Website. If you do not accept these terms of use, please do not use this Website. Your continued use of this site confirms your ... (more)

Facebook Commenting for Websites

Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and moderate their own comments platform, and they will also be able to benefit from the comments being ... (more)

Twitter Does 'Tweet This'

The adorable Twitter company is making it super easy to include 'Tweet this' on any website. This is most likely in response to Facebook's simple 'Like' button, and because of Tweetmeme appearing all over thousands of websites. On Twitter ... (more)

Sitemaps in robots.txt File

Give your carefully created sitemap a mention in your robots.txt file. You simply use this format: Sitemap: http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml You can repeat this line many times, if you have many sitemaps (eg, a video sitemap as well ... (more)

Switching a website to SSL

It was once accepted that only websites handling financial data (such as customer credit card details) would need to implement security and get the padlock in the visitor's address bar - but not any longer. The padlock indicates that the ... (more)

Geo-targetting your website

Does your company have a local presence in many different countries, or do you run a site where it makes sense to keep visitors from different countries away from each other? There are a number of follow-on questions here. Does it matter ... (more)

Is this a locust or a cricket?

We found this large insect on the upper esplanade at Holland Haven in Essex. It seemed to have been trodden on at its rear, but was mostly in good condition. It is around 40mm long, and looks like either a cone-head cricket or a speckled ... (more)

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