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OT Halfords rant
Goes to buy brake cable for bike flung it on counter boy scans it I stick my card on the machine....he asks do you have an email address ...I say no ...he asks something else...I say no anyway .....I...
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Alexa - Skill 'Smart Life'
I have just taken delivery of 4x Smart Plugs, got them working perfectly with a separate Iphone app called 'Smart Life', but I am struggling to get control of them via Alexa. The tiny manual suggests...
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Solar ?
Been bright sunshine and hitting 27C here (Midlands) today. Solar providing c. 13% as much as nuclear ? Well, well, well.
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Quick and easy to fit, seal will provide protection from backflow caused by rising water levels and flooding. Contents will be unaffected and untouched. - Simple and easy to fit in 1 minute.
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30V, 5-10A bench PSU recommendations?
I have a couple of linear PSU's (Weir, both 30V-2A, 15V-4A) but they are both old and are now non-functional / iffy and I was considering something newer, lighter, smaller and with twin digital...
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Stain blocking paint
Friend says you should not use stain blocking paint on wallpaper as it makes the wallpaper very difficult to remove in future. I have followed this and it is taking several coats of emulsion to...
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Milligram scales
I am considering buying a cheap (that is essential!) scale capable of measuring tiny weights - up to 10 grams would be sufficient. I probably don't really need true milligram accuracy or sensitivity...
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OT: Sky Arts on Freeview 11 from Thurs Sep 17th
Another retune :-(. I wonder what they show ?. Andrew
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Google Earth.
Bother. I tried loading Earth pro which wiped my working Earth set up and doesn't function! Anyone care to recommend a source for G. Earth that works on W7 32bit? Processor, memory, speed look OK
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Builders - happy stories?
So occasionally you get the builders in.... As post why I despair with builders I thought i'd go the other way and ask, has anyone ever had builders in, had the job done promptly, at the estimated...
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Do I need planning permission to put an external staircase & railing to an existing flat roof
I have a flat roof ( old conservatory ) attached to two sides of my house, do I need planning permission to add an external staircase & some railings to make it an additional outside area ?
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subscribe to radio man...
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PIR sensor
Outside light with integral PIR sensor, sensor has failed. Part No is EJ-A003. Seems to only be available in large quantities from China. Does anyone know of somewhere I could buy just 1? I know I...
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OT: Car Battery State Metering
Gentlemen, Modern cars don't tell you much about their general state of health. I think it was the 1600E that had all those gauges on top of the dash, was it not? So you could monitor oil pressure,...
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HDD Linux
I have just put some hard drives back into service, I never throw them out but when my Linux unit failed I dragged out one I had in storage for about four years. It failed too along with about five...
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