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Radio 4 – Home Truths – The Cattleman’s Story
I miss Home Truths, this was my favourite: Jim Thompson got in touch with Home Truths with a tale of friendship which totally altered his perception of himself. Around forty years ago, in the 60s, Jim worked as a cattleman … Continue reading
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WWW BRAINTREECHARGE COM
I saw WWW BRAINTREECHARGE COM on my credit card statement, so put the URL in – it seems to be a legitimate PayPal credit card processor. What’s not great about them is the URL redirects to https://origin-www.braintreecharge.com/gb which doesn’t have … Continue reading
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Waitrose Quick Check Mobile App “Error 15”
This means your account is locked and you’ll need to contact Waitrose Customer Services by email to fix it.
Convert retropie WHDLoad zip archives to lha for retropie
Getting that strange AROS screen from Retropie / Amiberry? That’s because you’re trying to run a zip file and Retropie interprets it incorrectly. Convert it to lha: https://gist.github.com/jamespo/8507608997fd3cd13ba0d86dd8c054d2
Age of Empires 2 “have you played”
The story at the end of this review made me laugh. It was around new year, and I was in Edinburgh, staying with some friends in their student house. We were playing a big ‘ol LAN game of AoE2, and … Continue reading
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Trouble with bluetooth headset & android phone
Able to hear but can’t be heard? Try disabling the google assistant: Open the Google app on your phone. Tap on More at the bottom right. Tap on Settings. Tap on Google Assistant. Scroll down to Assistant devices and tap … Continue reading
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Tagged android, bluetooth, calls, headset, mpow, oneplus, silent
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USB power cable for Philips Hue Hub v1
You want a 3.5×1.35mm USB cable as these can be powered from a router.
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Using Center Parcs wifi with Amazon Fire Stick / TV
Trying to use the Center Parcs wifi with an Amazon Fire Stick doesn’t work out of the box, it prompts you for a login page that disappears. I got this to work but it is not easy. The way these … Continue reading
Turing Tumble
I like the look of this educational programming game: Turing Tumble.
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