Archive for March, 2010
Cleaning kettle limescale with vinegar
If you have a kettle that looks like the photo below you might be dreading having to clean it. Trying to scrub limescale like this off the inside of a kettle is hard work if you don’t use the right cleaning product. Vinegar is a traditional solution used to get rid of limescale. I bought a 13p bottle of vinegar from Tesco to give it a [...]
What I’ve learnt after 100 blog posts
Today marks a significant milestone for this blog. After two and a half years I have reached my 100th post! I thought this would be a good moment to look back at what I’ve learnt from writing a hobby blog. Why I created this blog I’ve been a hobbyist website builder for about 13 years now. I’ve created a mixture of technical and [...]
Present and gift logging spreadsheet
Sometime it can be hard to think of what presents to give for birthday, Christmas, Valentines or anniversaries. Having a record of what presents you have given before can help to provide inspiration, and can help you avoid giving the same present twice. I’ve made a simple spreadsheet for logging gifts and presents. I’ve put some example [...]
How many photos will fit on my memory card?
When taking photos with a digital camera it is useful to know how many photos will fit on your memory card (SD, Memory Stick Duo, USB, etc), and know how large the JPEG images are. There are a lot of tables out there showing this kind of information. I don’t trust other people’s numbers so I decided to calculate them myself and produce some [...]
Virgin Trains standard vs 1st class
When booking a recent two hour return train journey I spotted that I could take 1st class on the return leg for only £5 extra. I thought I’d give it a go to see if it is any better than standard class. The standard class outward journey If you are taking a Virgin Train from a London mainline station like Euston and are in standard class, [...]
Is it possible to get removed from this junk post list?
I’ve used Interflora in the past when I’ve needed to get flowers for various people. As a result of this I ended up on Interflora’s postal mailing list. Every so often I would get mailing in the post advertising their services. Especially around the times of flower giving events such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. I’m not [...]
Managing holiday money with an Excel burn down chart
If you go on a short holiday then it should be pretty easy to manage your holiday money. It isn’t too hard to track how quickly your foreign currency is running out when you are only abroad for a week or two. If you are going on holiday for a number of months then it becomes a bit harder. When I recently went on holiday for three months I [...]
