Archive for December, 2009

My bargain 2010 HTPC build – Shuttle XPC Glamour

I’m always scouring eBay for bargains, often with the help of tools such as Local Bargain Finder. This is my best find yet though! After buying a trendy 32″ LCD TV around 2 years ago I’ve made do with having my old PC hooked up to it. This was great for downloading films and watching [...]

Broken appliance? There is a cheap way get them working again…

The hinge on our Dyson washing machine broke last night. It’s the first problem we’ve had though, which is pretty good going for a machine we’ve owned for almost 7 years It looks like an easy fix so I’m going to attempt a bit of DIY. It’s only the exterior hinge on the washing machine, [...]

Don’t buy us any Christmas presents!

That’s the message we’re sending out to our friends and family. We don’t need anything, and we certainly don’t want to buy presents for other people as we’re trying to save money! With the exception of the £10 secret santa I got roped into in work, I’m not buying anyone anything this year. I guess [...]