Author: Oliver Jobson
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Review | Lenovo G27q-30 monitor: the best at this price?
Monitor review Brand: Lenovo Model: G27q-30 RRP: £312 Purchase price: £189.99 (Black Friday at Amazon) Great for: Video, media and office work thanks to its great colour, contrast and high refresh rate. Lenovo G27q-30 key specs: Full specifications: Lenovo G27q-30 product page Note: A version of this monitor is also available with an IPS panel…
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Buying a new printer? Here’s a quick tool to work out printer running costs!
“Buy cheap, and buy twice” – as the saying goes. So here’s a tool to work out just how much that new printer might cost you over its lifetime. Ink Jet or Laser. Mono Laser or Colour Laser? The running costs of printers over their life time can vary significantly. And it can be really,…
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Lawnmower runs, but blade not spinning? Fix the Aldi Ferrex GLM44 Electric Mower
If your Aldi Ferrex electric lawn mower (model GLM44 or GLM44A) makes all the noise of a lawn mower, but doesn’t cut the grass, then it is likely that the drive gear between the motor and the output shaft to the blade has been damaged. This could just be a broken or worn drive belt,…
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Discover insights to find & fix site errors, design successful campaigns and improve marketing ops
This is an easy win. The actionable insights will help you prioritise improvement efforts on your website and design successful campaigns – for free! Insights like: I recommend anyone managing a website creates an ahrefs account (at no charge) and configures a weekly scan on their site. The free tools produce a whole bunch of…
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R-Pi Imager fails to start / complete on MacOS
Raspberry Pi Imager was unable to start the write to SD cards OR would fail to complete the process successfully – a change in System Preferences will get this running properly.
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Best car charger? CTEK MXS 5.0 and Noco Genius5 tested.
Both of these chargers output 5 amps, charge all the common battery types & tick the box for restoring batteries – although the CTEK may be easier in this regard, and is usually cheaper. So is the CTEK the one to buy? Find out in this comparison…
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Review & guide: Noco Genius5 battery charger
Review & guide: The Noco Genius5 battery charger is a good bit of kit, seems too be solidly built and has enough features to meet the needs of the vast majority of drivers and car enthusiasts.
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A playground for learning technologies and skills
Running this site, and a few other projects (including a brief side-hustle as a digital marketing manager & web developer for e-commerce start-ups), have provided a deep level of knowledge and valuable, transferable skills. Some of these are listed below: Techniques and Skills The technology This website: For other projects:
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May elections: Moreton-in-Marsh Town Council
I am standing as an independent candidate for election to the Town Council in the May elections. Having spent a lot of time walking around Moreton and enjoying the beauty of this part of the Cotswolds, I’ve become distinctly aware of some of the challenges it now faces as we come out of this latest…