Archive for April, 2008
This blog is now powered by renewable energy!
This blog is no longer powered by coal, oil, gas or nuclear. It is now fully powered by wind, water and solar power. This is because 1&1 webhosting (who provide the hosting for this blog) have now switched to a renewable energy supplier. According to their news posting they have 40,000 servers consuming 50 and 60 Gigawatts per hour (GWh). [...]
Weekly planner in Excel
If you find that you never manage to get everything done, or if your life is a bit disorganised you may find it helpful to make a weekly plan. Here is a very simple weekly planner in an Excel spreadsheet. The best way to use it is to print out a set of them (the whole week fits on one A4 page) and then at the end of each week plan what you will [...]
Certified copies of documents for £7
I was recently sent a letter from a company I have an account with telling me that I needed to provide them with certified copies of two documents in order to verify my identity. A certified copy is a photocopy of a document (such as passport, utility bill, birth certificate) that has been verified as being true by a person who holds a certain [...]
Spanish Lottery Scam Letter
I got my first Spanish Lottery scam letter on Friday. It is from the 'Spanish Sweepstake Lottery S.A'. I knew it was a Spanish Lottery scam even before I opened the envelope. I'm including images of both letters and the envelopes. There are largable images for both the letters that you can see by clicking on the thumbnails. It [...]
