Life
Removing carpet grippers from floor boards
If you are completely re-doing the flooring of a room (to go from carpet to wood flooring, or to lay sound proofing for [...]
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 »I’ve previously produced a weekly planner Excel spreadsheet, but recently I’ve needed to use a [...]
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 »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 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 »I recently completed a leasehold extension which involved issuing a Section 42 notice and [...]
Thomas Exchange »I needed another load of Yen so I decided to go to the bestforeignexchange.com currency [...]
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 »
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]