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Car key fob.

One of my remote (Jaguar) key fobs was intermittent and then stopped altogether. I tried bending the battery contacts,...
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posted by tnp
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

An interesting article

https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/12/how-an-obscure-british-pc-maker-invented-arm-and-changed-the-world/
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jon
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by jon

Home Automation / Home Assistant automation?

With some good pointers from the Home Automaters here I've been experimenting with a starter HA system (from Lidl). The...
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posted by news
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Santa has been early

But the elves have been very naughty http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Naughty.jpg found under the tyre this morn...
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posted by adamwadsworth
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Windows is weird.

Any suggestions as to why my Windows 7 (Home Premium) desktop PC insists on telling me that it's updating the operating...
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posted by mail
174 comments posted 5yrs posted by mail

OT:One good reason for a landline ...

Expecting a call from Dr. on my mobile. All charged, ringer on. Full service. Thing has just beeped with a voicemail le...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jethro_uk
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by jethro_uk

how to stain wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tgGTH1i3wc "So I watched this video yet I still don't know how to stain wood"
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by email
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by email

dashcam problems

New Nextbase 322gw with rear window cam module. https://www.nextbase.com/en-ie/dash-cams/322gw-dash-cam/ https://www.ne...
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posted by tpmccann
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by tpmccann

Shortages and rationing

Shortages and rationing coming our way.....panic buy now ! ..... this time we need to ...... I've done mine freezers are...
80 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
80 comments posted 5yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Hidden ceiling insulation

I have a loft conversion with a sloping ceiling up against the rafters. Going over it with a thermal camera it can see...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by theom+news
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by theom+news

Jupiter, Saturn, Appulse, Conjunction, Occultation

Having been corrected by A.N.Other better informed than I, I googled and found this ... https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?...
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posted by headstone255
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Year planner.

People used to give me a desk top diary so I never acquired one for the PC. Anyone care to recommend something that will...
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posted by tim
35 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

OT: Talking of pandemics ...

I would be interested to hear what some here (so not the trolls etc) think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExO...
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posted by news
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

DIY Astronomy for Jupiter and Saturn?

Just been out (17:00 PM on Sun 2th Dec) to spot the impending occlusion of Saturn by Jupiter. At about 11 o'clock from...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255