Archive for December, 2008
by: Gromett
December 31, 2008
I wanted to know what paying a £1000 cash lump sum of my mortgage would do to either the Term or the Monthly repayments. I was very suprised to find that £1000 would knock a whole year of the term of my Mortgage. The calculator I used is http://www.jeacle.ie/mortgage/uk/ It’s very nicely done.
by: Gromett
December 31, 2008
I have found this to be the most effective and inoffensive way to block ads. Kudos To Mike. http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html
by: Gromett
December 31, 2008
I am back in VilleFranche de Lonchat now which is half way between Bordeaux and Bergerac. I am afraid to say that Toulouse is not my favorite City. I had a really good night out at an Irish Bar and met some natives of Toulouse who were great guys. I had a wander round the [...]
by: Gromett
December 28, 2008
I bought one of these for the sole purpose of taking a number of books on holiday with me. I had no plans to use it as my main reading medium as I love books too much. However, the more I used it the more in love I have become with the technology. Here are [...]
by: Gromett
December 28, 2008
Whilst read “A Short History of Everything ” by Bill Bryson I got to wondering how each of the elements were discovered. WikiPedia to the rescue. It provides a wonderful periodic table with each element linked to a wiki page containing details. Cost me almost a full days work reading through. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table What suprised me [...]