News Items That Might Be Of Interest! Here are news items sourced from various handpicked high-quality websites. I choose to select the best of these for commentary elsewhere on Swinny.net. (more)
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What do you do when you acquire your first smart-phone and get confused about apps? How do you know which ones are any good and which ones are just a waste of money? Here is a summary of apps that people have found useful: TomTom ... (more)
Eg, nationwide, Barclaycard, Barclays, h-l Barclaycard We're always looking for ways to make your life easier. So we've introduced a new way to access your account with our handy mybarclaycard app. Now you can manage ... (more)
New arrivals Say hello to our two new female kittens! They are 13 weeks old, and are utterly adorable. We expect our old boy Nero (now nine years old) to have his work cut out being boss. Day two to day four Here they are - still ... (more)
We bought the Topeak Moonshine commuter light back in January 2007, and in these 3.5 years (four winter seasons) it has performed well. We had a problem with the battery mount, but the quality of the light and the lithium-ion battery has been ... (more)
Apple has launched its new flagship phone, the iPhone 5, and at the same time has released its latest mobile operating system (iOS-6) to anybody who can't afford the upgrade. Any iPhone from the 3GS upwards can be upgraded, and here are the ... (more)
Here are the latest top 10 best sellers from BBC Shop: Radio 2 Janet & John Stories: Reloaded (Audiobookcd) In The Night Garden...Who's Here? (DVD) How We Built Britain (Book) In The Night Garden: Igglepiggle Mini Plush (Toy) In The ... (more)
Here is the 'secret' Bedfordshire track that Top Gear used for performing their truck-driving antics in early November, 2008. It is conveniently placed close to Lidlington railway station, so you don't even have to drive there! You can see ... (more)
Kubrick is a cat who was looking for a new home, after his current provider started plotting a pan-European adventure in a motor home. We've taken him in, as long as he can settle in with Nero and Claudius. (more)