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  1. Do comparison sites cost us more?

    They’re often heralded as consumer champions, giving individuals access to the whole (or a much larger proportion) of the market than they would have been…

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  2. List of online courses, free training and MOOCs

    I’ve been impressed with the pace of development of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and have even signed up for and studied some subjects through…

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  3. PDF splitter free online tool

    Occasionally I have to work with some huge documents, typically as PDFs, but I don’t always have my laptop with the full Acrobat package on…

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  4. Video download tool

    Continuing the theme of highlighting free online tools that I’m finding useful, there’s a tube downloader that’s got a great range of download options and…

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  5. Free, online file converter tool

    Although I’m a big fan of Calibre and use it to manage the bulk of my e-book collection, occasionally, I just want to quickly convert…

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  6. Why ISAs are still important

    Given the recent announcements from George Osborne in his latest, pre-election budget about the planned changes to ISAs and the tax on savings we all…

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  7. The difference between imply and infer

    I have to confess this is one of the set of words I’d used interchangeably previously, without appreciating the difference between them. But having been…

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  8. Why I like Flipboard

    Flipboard has been around for a while now and was arguably one of the ‘killer apps’ of the first iPads. It has certainly stood the…

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  9. Chester races fixtures 2015

    Although I’ve not added anything to this site for over a year, it’s about time I started again! So, continuing an age old tradition –…

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  10. The 8th wonder of the world

    I read with interest the other day that according to Albert Einstein, the 8th wonder of the world isn’t any natural or man-made structure, but…

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