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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.
Mother Teresa
5 December 2025 @ 6:00 am
tetw.org
Essays and articles with a eclectic edge.
50 Great Articles from 2025
2 July 2025 @ 3:01 pm
Click through for the best articles we’ve read in 2025 so far, plus a few we missed in 2024.We’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?5 Great Essays about Art
28 February 2025 @ 10:22 am
The Power of Exposure by Derek Thompson - Fame and familiarity — in art, music, politicsThe Art of Rules by Sherri Irvin - Conceptual art often confounds. The key is to understand the rules of the artwork and the aesthetic experiences they yield5 Great Essays about Love
16 February 2025 @ 7:45 pm
What Romance Really Means by Heather Havrilesky - Long-married romance is not the romance of watching someone’s every move like a stalker, and wanting to lick his face but trying to restrain yourselfAgainst Chill by Alana Massey - In recent years, “chill” has become one of the most desirable qualities in a romantic prospect. But it is a garbage virtue that will destroy the species5 Great Articles about Gametes
4 February 2025 @ 4:41 pm
The Egg by Bloomberg Staff - A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunityUnscrambling the Egg by Natalie Angier - Put a few adults in a room with a sweet-tempered infant, and you may as well leave a tub of butter sitting out in the midday sun…The Doctor Is a Wososmath.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