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8 free iPhone apps that pinpoint nearby cashpoints, bars and restaurants
You’ve just arrived in an unfamiliar place and you’ve only got £2.73 in your pocket. You need to get some money out but where do you go? You can’t see any cashpoints nearby… Or maybe you’re out with friends and you fancy grabbing a bite to eat but don’t know where the nearest decent curry…
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How to deal with a troll attack in 3 simple steps
Trolls. Traditionally found under bridges, in fairy tales and parts of Scandinavia. These days ‘troll’ is a name more commonly given to Internet pests who go onto forums and comment threads looking for fights. What is the difference between a ‘hater’ or cyber-bully and a troll? I’d better make this distinction upfront because trolls get…
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11 weird and wonderful uses for vodka
Most of us know how to drink vodka but you might not have been aware of some of its more unusual household uses… Put away your expensive branded vodka for the cheapo own brand stuff for these tips. It doesn’t matter if it tastes of rocket fuel because none of these uses involves mixing it…
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How to get pesky ‘pick up only’ items on eBay delivered to your door
One of the most frustrating things on eBay is finding an item you really want… but then seeing that its marked down as ‘pick up only’. ‘Pick up only’ means you can bid on or buy the product but should you win you’re responsible for collecting it and taking it home. Now this is a…
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How to control household appliances… from your iPhone
For years tech heads have been telling us that one day we’ll be able to control gizmos and gadgets around the house from our mobile phones. They also told us that we’d be clapping our hands to switch on the bathroom lights… but until now it’s only really been multi millionaire couples you see on…
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7 of nature’s most powerful anti depressants
Mixed anxiety and depression are the most common mental disorders in the UK. According to the MHF at least 1 in 4 of us will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year. Most of us will have either experienced it first hand or know someone who’s experiencing it. Now…
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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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7 simple ways to protect your WordPress website (from hackers and bots)
Simple, proven techniques you can use to instantly ‘beef up’ security on your blog or website I’ve had websites hacked before and it’s really not a very pleasant experience. The first time it happened it was devastating. I hadn’t taken any precautions and lost a huge amount of data. Luckily it was only a hobby…
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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 track down songs from TV, adverts, films… even pubs!
I love discovering new music and often go to great lengths in my geekery to get it. However, one thing that used to drive me crazy was hearing a catchy piece of music playing on a TV advert or in a pub – and not knowing what it was. I have a couple friends with…