Had an interesting email come into my main junk mail email address for once, this one was all about the year of the Dragon and how it is going to affect all the different signs. I tend to follow Chinese Astrology more that the Western counterpart as it is just seems more interesting. There was…
Category: General
11.11.11
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put crepe bows round the white necks of…
UK Stamp Duty Rates
This took me a while to find even with Google’s help so I will put this up on my blog as it is something that is quite useful to know especially if your in the process of buying a new home. If your a first time buyer then you get a nice break the rates are lower,…
Blog Fixed
I have finally managed to fix my blog, stupid old php setting that limited the Memory to 32MB, now with the plugins etc I have loaded it required 34MB.
WordPress Upgraded
Well it has only taken a couple of days, what with fatal errors and old trusted plugins now no longer working , but I have finally done it, and I only lost around 30% of my old posts thanks to my old wf VPS timing out (time to move to slightly better hosting I think)….
HFW’s Top BBQ tips
Golden rule #1: Don’t cook over flame; cook over embers. Resist the impulse to start cooking while your fire is still producing flames. Wait until you have a nice pile of glowing coals. Golden rule #2: This relates to meat’s fat problem – basically, remove the fat and you remove the problem. I’m a big…
4 Ways To Lock-Down Your Product’s Pricing
I found this on “http://www.theaccidentalpm.com” one of my favourite blogs. You would think that simply by setting the price of your product and then telling the world about it would wrap up that part of being a Product Manager, right? Well guess what, in this era of the Internet everything having to do with product pricing has become more…
Why Are Some QR Codes More Scanworthy Than Others?
Those quick-response (QR) codes you see spreading far and wide give smartphone users a painless way to go to a company’s website, get discounts or gather contact information. But some QR codes are scanned more than others. Why? Is it because those winning QR codes are so creatively designed? Researchers at Lab42 wanted to know…
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Bum warmers set to maximum
If your in the UK or have been over the past week or so, you may have noticed that our usual damp and murky winter has been a little different. The worst snow in December for years, freezing temperatures. This morning for tipped the bucket with a bad nights sleep and then it still being -7.4 when I…