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They told me to expect it in six days and it arrived the following day, or it would have done, if the wife hadn't taken the dog for a walk when UPS called...

Thinking about this from a technical angle, surely what the insurance companies do is collect a load of data on drivers, their location, their job, their car, their mileage, and tons of other variables and feed it into a machine learning algorithm. By telling the insurance company you've had...

Untreated concrete and rocks that contain alkaline minerals can cause the pH of ponds to rise and should be treated with a sealant, such as Bondaglass G4, before being used in or around the pond. If you've dropped bits of untreated concrete into the pond, it's possible for the pH to rise very...

The groups on LinkedIn are quite useful for speaking to other professionals within your industry around the world, and they're a good way of attracting potential clients/employers. In many markets you can become a bit siloed, so the groups are genuinely quite handy. Some of them are only open to...

Just to add to that, retailers are not allowed to make further charges, such as restocking or administration fees to claw back money lost when customers cancel an order. However, if the retailer wants you to send goods back and pay for their return, they need to make this clear in their...

When I bought the wife's car I was told to ask the dealer for his best price, then if the price was lower, show them a copy of the Parker's price guide. In here is a target price for each car. Basically, if the dealer won't match the Parker's target price, you can show them the guide and say...

For the past 18 months I've been driving a very similar car (albeit the pre-facelift version) and have covered about 40,000 miles in it. It's been very reliable and economical to run and I've had no problems with it (apart from an incident with a rock in the road, but that wasn't the car's...

Here's our office chameleon.

Yes, open it in iBooks and it will be saved to your bookshelf. If you've got PDFs you want to add to iBooks, email them to yourself or put them in your Dropbox and do the same.

If you're thinking of using Wordpress as your ecommerce platform I'd suggest taking a look at Jigoshop. It's relatively young but has developed a community very quickly and looks great. It may not meet all of your requirements, though. However, if you're thinking about doing things on a more...

Surprised nobody has asked if girlfriend likes pork in cider...

I went there for a couple of weeks on a work trip and had a great time. While I wouldn't want to live there (too urban and too humid) the people were some of the nicest I've met anywhere and it feels a really safe, clean and pleasant country. The night safari is a bit touristy, but good...

I've also been pondering getting one of these when I eventually upgrade mine (either that or the Brera, which I prefer and which might be a better choice, given that I rarely carry passengers). The black Ti 159 looks stunning. Not normally a fan of dark alloys, but they look mean! The only...

The back of the island is beautiful. If you get a chance to do some walking try the stretch of coast around Whale Chine - it's outstanding.

You can do this with Google Analytics, which is free. However, you will need to attach a tiny piece of code to an onclick on your banner's href link which calls the _trackEvent() method. There's a guide to doing this here: http://techpad.co.uk/content.php?sid=189

"You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court." Did you never watch The Bill?

Given that the Labrador x Poodle is called a Labradoodle, surely Cockadoodle would be more apt. Wonder what they called the Bulldog x Shihzu? Bullsh...? They are nice little dogs though. A friend has a cockerpoo and a cavapoo and they are very cute.

Looks like a Red Kite to me. They have a distinctively pointed tail.

In my experience, the problem with places like CWJobs (for the developer vacancies I have advertised) is that the bulk of the candidates are foreign nationals based abroad who are trying to gain a job in the UK, or they're UK residents but aren't a very good skills match. Sometimes you get...

That used to scare the pants of my younger sister. These days the "child catcher" would essentially be considered a paedophile.