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who-called.co.uk
Who called me, check with others to see if you have a scam caller.
parkingforbikes.com
Parking for motorcycles in and around London.
numbeo.com
Cost of living, Quality of life and travel for around the world.
Quality of Life Index 2015 Mid Year
22 July 2015 @ 6:20 am
Cost of Living Index 2014 Mid Year
1 July 2014 @ 8:04 am
Cost of Living Index 2014 Mid Year
(July 1st, 2014)
Numbeo, the world's largest database of user contributed data about living conditions in cities and countries worldwide, released mid year 2014 rankings. The most expensive cities in the world, in mid 2014 are Zurich (CPI index 159.51), Stavanger (156.71) and Geneva (150.43). Indian cities Thiruvananthapuram (22.25), Coimbatore (24.57) and
Indore (25.90) are the least expensive cities in the world.
In Europe, cities in Switzerland and Norway dominate the list of most expensive cities, while the least expensive cities in Europe are Bitola (index 37.88), followed by Chisinau (38.40) and Dnipropetrovsk (40.53). Cities in Europe, out of allThe Most Expensive Cities in 2014 by Numbeo's Cost of Living International Rankings
28 January 2014 @ 11:33 am
New Numbeo release brings support for mobile phones!
7 October 2013 @ 11:56 am
BudgetDirect Provides Interesting User Experience over Numbeo Data
2 October 2013 @ 7:11 am
Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, has chosen Iceland as the least polluted country in 2013
27 February 2013 @ 12:28 pm
Top 10 Safest Countries in the World in 2013
27 February 2013 @ 12:28 pm
Numbeo: Quality of Life Index by City 2013
27 February 2013 @ 12:27 pm
Property Prices Indexes 2013
4 February 2013 @ 11:19 am
Cost of Living Index for 2013 - Norway, Switzerland and Australia are most expensive
4 February 2013 @ 11:16 am
brainyquote.com
Quotes from famous and not so famous people.
tetw.org
Essays and articles with a eclectic edge.
15 Great Articles about Progress
17 January 2026 @ 8:50 pm
GDP by Oliver Kim - We really don’t know how good we have itHow Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life by Steven Johnson - Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled. How did we do it? Science mattered — but so did activism.The Real Reason Humans are the Dominant Species by Justin Ro8 Great Articles about Rich People
14 January 2026 @ 12:37 pm
People With Parents With Money by Various Authors - 14 adults come clean about the down payments, allowances, and tuition payments that make their New York lives feasibleWhy it Pays to be Privileged by Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison - Within Britain’s elite occupations, the advantages of class are still mistaken for talentThe Best of the Best Ofs
1 January 2026 @ 1:19 pm
Links by Albert Chu’s Best of 2025The Sunday Long Read’s Best of 2025David Brooks’ Best Nonfiction Essays of the YearBusinessweek’s Jealousy List150 Great Articles and Essays from 2025
30 December 2025 @ 3:35 pm
Click through for a huge collection of the net’s best journalism and nonfiction from 2025We’re on Substack
13 May 2025 @ 8:11 am
Subscribe to our Substack for hand-picked reading lists of the best nonfiction from around the net, delivered straight to your inbox.5 Great Essays about Death
11 May 2025 @ 8:25 pm
How to Practice by Ann Patchett - I wanted to get rid of my possessions, because possessions stood between me and deathIf My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us? by Sarah Wildman - She turned to me and asked, “What if this is the best I ever feel again?” Three hundred and seventy-six days later, she was dead.40 Classic Articles that Became Films
8 May 2025 @ 8:29 am
Click through for a huge collection of cinematic nonfiction5 Great Articles about Climate Change
15 April 2025 @ 2:37 pm
The Science of Climate Change Explained by Julia Rosen - Definitive answers to the big QuestionsHow Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? by Sandra Upson - A gigantic, weather-defining current system could be headed to collapseHas the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’? by Alex CuaFrank Bures’ Favourite Articles
10 April 2025 @ 9:27 am
Head to our Substack for a list of all-time great articles chosen by Frank Bures, author of outstanding travel and adventure writing, plus classic articles about everything from stolen bikes that and penis theft (?!), to squat toilets and an epic canoe race on the Mississippi. Read all his best work here, and check out his new boo5 Great Essays about AI
2 April 2025 @ 10:55 am
The Future Is Too Easy by David Roth - There is something unstable at the most basic level about any space with too much capitalism happening in itWikipedia’s Moment of Truth by Jon Gertner - Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?sosmath.com
Great resource for the maths, beginner to advanced.
wolframalpha.com
Access to the world’s facts and data and calculates answers across a range of topics, including science, nutrition, history, geography, engineering, mathematics, linguistics, sports, finance, music…
quirksmode.org
Prime source for browser compatibility information on the Internet.
New business wanted
30 September 2021 @ 10:22 am
position: sticky, draft 1
8 September 2021 @ 5:44 pm
Breaking the web forward
12 August 2021 @ 3:19 pm
Custom properties and @property
21 July 2021 @ 1:18 pm
Let’s talk about money
29 June 2021 @ 11:23 am
Inherit, initial, unset, revert
2 June 2021 @ 10:55 am
aspect-ratio
19 May 2021 @ 10:35 am
aspect-ratio and grid
11 May 2021 @ 12:42 pm
Two options for using custom properties
4 May 2021 @ 2:16 pm
fit-content and fit-content()
29 April 2021 @ 12:28 pm
blenderdiplom.com
3D blender tutorials