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April 27, 2017

Strong and Stable Drinking Games

With the upcoming GE2017, I thought it’d be interesting to have a drinking bingo game that could be used at any TV event/conference/speech/debate etc. So I created this bingo card: Whenever you hear one of these phrases = have a drink and cross it off. First to call any line = have a drink and top up. First to call Full House =...

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April 24, 2017

UK Flooring Direct and the Perpetual Sale Event

I was recently looking for some engineered wood flooring as part of a home renovation project. I needed a reasonable quantity and the associated accessories (DPM underlay, scotia etc). So I set about researching and signed up to some e-newsletters for deals and stuff from the main online stores. One that seemed pretty good value across the board was UK...

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August 2, 2016

Writing Embedded Image Resource to Disk (C# .NET)

I was writing an application using the .NET 2.0 platform in C# with some embedded resources to perform a simple automated update. The resource files included some plain text files, some binary files and some image files which were to be copied to a given location on disk. After adding all the files as resources to the Visual Studio project and using System.IO: Writing...

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June 9, 2016

Middle Lane Drivers

Back in 2011 (yes, it really was that long ago), I posted about the commonly misunderstood term ‘Merge In Turn’ and the frustration it causes many drivers every day because people don’t know how to follow the rules. I thought I’d write about another bad habit I see far too often on the roads that has relatively recently, been subject to...

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December 9, 2015

Lionel! Get Out of My House!

So, I bought a life size Lionel Richie cardboard cut out. Why? Because reasons.     Now he stands in the corner. Watching me. Get your very own Lionel Richie Life Size Cutout and we can create an army.

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November 23, 2014

Apple: Great Customer Service

A lot of companies get flak for poor customer service and people take to the internet to vent their bad experiences more often than not so I thought I’d share my experience of the opposite. Backstory I had a customized Mid-2012 MacBook Air 13″ with Apple Care that decided it needed a new battery (service battery notification had popped up)....

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December 11, 2013

Samsung Monitor Power PCB Capacitor Repair

If you have a Samsung LCD monitor that has started taking ages to turn on, flickers, has a flashing blue power button with a black screen (i.e. not the “no input” message), makes a high pitched whining noise or even fails to turn on at all, the problem is likely to lie with the power circuit board (IP-45130A, pictured below)...

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January 5, 2012

A DIY Temporary Browser

Here’s something I stumbled across that could be useful if you find yourself without a browser for whatever reason… 1. Open notepad and paste in the following line of code <iframe src=”http://www.bing.co.uk/” width=”100%” height=”100%” /> Change the web address to whatever site you’d like, I tried a few search engines –  at the time of writing, Google doesn’t seem to...

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May 12, 2011

Android ScreenCast

View and interact with your Android Phone on your PC! I stumbled across this nifty utility: Android ScreenCast It allows you to view and record your screen and explore your Android device on your computer. Rooted devices can also accept input controls (keyboard and mouse). The tool is java based so is cross platform.   Installation The instructions on the...

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April 13, 2011

An Eye Test

I was having trouble seeing this morning so I searched for an eye test online but I’m still not sure I’m seeing it right. I’m having difficulty reading ROW 9 so if anyone could just post up what it is, just so I can check, that’d be great!     Thanks!

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February 17, 2011

Merge In Turn

This seems to be some sort of mysterious rule that only some people know about, and those that do not (or do not understand it) continue on with their driving oblivious to the annoyance they cause to other road users. The Highway Code has a few things to say about Merge In Turn. DVSA Official 2015 Highway Code Lane discipline:...

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August 23, 2010

The Truth About HDMI Cables

History It used to be the case that when buying decent home theatre equipment and high end hi-fi gear, you needed to think very carefully about the cables connecting it all together. There were all sorts of things to consider and choose between to make sure you got the best out of your brand new TV or Speakers. Companies spent...

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