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Life

Ikea assembly service

Ikea assembly service

My flat is full of Ikea furniture. And until now I’ve assembled it all myself. I’ve either had it delivered by Ikea [...]

Computing

Monthly Excel planner Monthly Excel planner »

I’ve previously produced a weekly planner Excel spreadsheet, but recently I’ve needed to use a [...]


2013 Staff holiday planner spreadsheet 2013 Staff holiday planner »

At the time of writing it nearing the end of 2011 so some of you may be searching for my previous staff [...]


How to edit PDF files for free How to edit PDF files for free »

I had a PDF form which I needed to fill in. The form was not editable, but I still wanted some way to [...]


Programming

McGaijin Software interview – »

McGaijin Software interview – Learn Hiragana Now!

McGaijin Software have just released their first iOS app “Learn Hiragana Now!” to help you learn the Japanese hiragana alphabet. Here is my interview [Read More]


Money

Extending a leasehold, Section 42 and the LVT Extending a »

I recently completed a leasehold extension which involved issuing a Section 42 notice and [...]


Thomas Exchange Global Victoria Street Thomas Exchange »

I needed another load of Yen so I decided to go to the bestforeignexchange.com currency [...]


Estimate the value of your house or flat with a graph Estimate the value »

If you want to know what the current value of your house, flat or property is (useful if [...]


Japan

Shibamata summer fireworks in Tokyo »

Shibamata summer fireworks in Tokyo

On Tuesday 26th July 2011 I went to see the summer fireworks display at Shibamata, north east of central Tokyo. From the station I had to walk through a traditional street before getting to the park where the fireworks were to take place. I made it to the park by the [Read More]

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