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How can I tell my Apache server that MSIE prefers JPEG files over PNG? More…

Portsmouth is blessed with interesting skies, in an aircraft sense, and we keep being overflown by three aircraft today (and yesterday too, but it was cloudy). More…

Has anyone else used Koralcrete? Korakcrete is a two-layer spray-on swimming-pool coating.

When Boakes senior (aka Dad) dug himself a pool in the back yard last year, he selected Koralcrete for the lining because it’s visually stunning (and everyone who’s visited has been thoroughly impressed by its inviting lustrous qualities). More…

Earlier this week we mentioned that it was Brett’s birthday, and that Brett was getting married. We’ve not heard from Brett since then (obviously, because he’s on honeymoon) but knowing that he’s a resourceful chap we’re sure that regardless of the fact that they’ve just been in a hurricane they’ll be fine. More…

I’ve been intermittently toying with the idea of fitting an Anti-Limescale device to the water supply in our home. More…

Many years ago, in the bar where I worked in Mumbles (Wales), there entered a bloke who sported a bandana. It wasn’t common for locals to don such headgear, and coupled with the tour dates on his tee shirt that were all for gigs in US cities, I figured he may not be a local. More…

Does anybody have a digital copy of the (ahem) arthouse classic “Intrepid Michael: Traveller of Time and Space”? More…

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