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Solar Balls game for iOS

reviewmylife — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:36:29 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/05/08/solar-balls-game-for-ios/. Today I released my first game for iOS. It is called Solar Balls, and is a simple arcade game where you have to flick coloured balls into the correctly coloured target. The game has: * 16 mission levels * 3 bonus levels which become unlocked [...]

Send a single fax online

reviewmylife — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:24:04 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/04/19/send-a-single-fax-online/.If you don’t have a fax machine and need to send a single fax you might be looking at online fax services. I was in this position and found that most online fax services are subscription based, aimed at businesses that regularly need to send and [...]

2012 – 2013 UK tax graphs for income tax and NI

reviewmylife — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:23:23 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/04/18/2012-2013-uk-tax-graphs-for-income-tax-and-ni/.I’ve been publishing UK tax graphs since the 2008-2009 tax year. It is easy to find tax information in the official government tables, but it is very hard to find simple graphs that show that the numbers mean in simple terms which is why I make [...]

Salary vs Dividend graphs for a one man limited company

reviewmylife — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:48:17 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/04/17/salary-vs-dividend-graphs-one-man-limited-company/.Just for fun (and because I couldn’t find these anywhere) I’ve made some graphs showing the effects of different salary and dividend combinations on the amount of money you can move from your limited company into your personal account. There are some assumptions I’ve had to [...]

2013 one page Excel calendar

reviewmylife — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:39:38 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/04/12/2013-one-page-excel-calendar/.I’ve started getting requests for a 2013 version of my one page Excel calendar, so here it is! If you want the previous 2012 one page Excel calendar click on the link. As always you get the whole year in a very simple one page Excel [...]

Thomas Exchange UK Maddox Street

reviewmylife — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:13:51 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/03/19/thomas-exchange-uk-maddox-street/.I’ve previously reviewed Thomas Exchange Global on The Strand, and Thomas Exchange Global on Victoria Street which are both part of the same company. This time I’m reviewing Thomas Exchange UK on Maddox Street, which despite the very similar name is (as far as I can [...]

Rainbow Carpets on Westbourne Grove

reviewmylife — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:29:53 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/03/16/rainbow-carpets-westbourne-grove/.When I needed two new carpets I decided to try a local carpet shop rather than using one of the big chains. I visited Rainbow Carpets (which also trades as AA Flooring) on Westbourne Grove in Bayswater. On my first visit I asked some questions about [...]

Installing QuietFloor Plus from Sound Service

reviewmylife — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:55:17 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/03/12/installing-quietfloor-plus/.As part of my flat redecoration I wanted to add some floor sound proofing to reduce noise coming from below. I decided to use the ‘Gold Carpet System’ from Sound Service in Oxford. This uses one layer of their SBM5 sound proofing mat (2mm) with a [...]

Fixing squeaking floorboards

reviewmylife — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:52:00 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/03/06/fixing-squeaking-floorboards/.Floorboard squeaks and creaks can be very annoying but there are a few ways you can try to fix them. Screwing floorboards down If individual floorboards are squeaking one potential solution is to screw them down to the joists. You’ll need to locate where the joists [...]

Argos shoe rack

reviewmylife — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:21:15 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/03/05/argos-shoe-rack/.I bought a 4 tier flat pack shoe rack from Argos. Here’s a link to it on their site, and below is a photo of what it looked like after I assembled it. As with much of this cheap Argos / Ikea flat pack furniture assembling [...]