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Not sure who to vote for in the general election? This might help you decide…
Not long to go until the general election… I don’t know about you, but I found the leader’s debates about as clear as mud. Watching the party heads following their repetitive tightly edited scripts over and over again doesn’t do it for me. (It also didn’t help that it looked a bit like an episode…
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14 ways to stop your bike getting stolen
A bike is stolen every minute in the UK. It’s a shocking statistic and the chances are if you own a bike you’ve been a victim of theft. The good news is there are a number of things you can do to deter thieves… The key thing is to make their job more difficult. Thieves…
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How to find the best ‘quirky’ accommodation at home or abroad
Fancy staying on a desert island, a tree house, a fairytale palace… or how about a cell in a disused prison? (You know, to impress someone special). In this article I’ve uncovered the top 5 resources to help you find THE quirkiest, most unusual and memorable places to stay at home or abroad A big…
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How to use this ‘magic’ putty to stick, glue, fix and create virtually anything
If you’ve got two items that need sticking together… a cable that needs fixing… a device that needs waterproofing… a handle that needs extra grip… a super strong wall hook or a protective cover… then take a look at this. This really is magic stuff. It’s called sugru and it does all of the above…
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How to get insider knowledge about what’s happening in your local area online (from people who actually live there)
Here’s a great way to get to know your neighbours online, discuss local issues and even offer trades and services. It’s a social network for your local area. Whether you want to find out if anyone nearby wants your old chest of drawers… discuss the local farmers’ market, or organise an all-night rave – Streetlife…
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How to effectively critique other people’s work (without upsetting them)
We all have to give feedback on other people’s else work from time to time. Work colleagues, friends, relatives – it might be an article, a presentation, a novel, a passive aggressive note to the next door neighbour… How can you nail it every time and leave great feedback that’s genuinely useful, doesn’t leave the…
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How to find out the crime rate in your area
How ‘bad’ is your neighbourhood? There’s now handy and free tool that gives you a bird’s eye view of the amount of crimes committed in your area (or any area) for any given month over the past 2 years. All you have to do is tap in a postcode and it brings up a map…
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Have you read the T&Cs? Why you needn’t bother… (thanks to this clever tool)
Let’s face it, Terms and Conditions are spine chillingly boring. For me they sit somewhere between doing the accounts and I don’t know, maybe listening to David Beckham reading the dictionary out loud. The problem is they are important and unless you can read at a rate of 7,253 words a minute this will be…
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How to stop cold callers pestering you… for good
This one is a pet peeve of many and even though there’s a simple 1 minute fix so many of us haven’t actioned it yet. I’m talking about the curse of the cold caller… “Hello?” Long pause. Clicking sound “Hello, are you the main bill payer in this household?” “Who is this?” “I’m calling to…
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Here’s a lazy way to find the best takeaway in your area
I don’t know about you but I can’t stand ordering takeaways over the telephone. Often it involves shouting at someone very slowly for whom English isn’t their first language… then they get it wrong and you have to go through it again and so on. You try several different ways of speaking until eventually you…