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Quiz night scoresheet in Excel with an html twist

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Stuff

My version was based on this Table Quiz Helper.  This spreadsheet uses conditional formatting to change the colour of the Total Cells but I was frustrated by few things. There was no provision for jokers. Even when I ran Excel full screen there was still some clutter on the screen. Here is what I did for […]

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How long does it take cycle somewhere in New Alresford?

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Cycling, Local

I live down by the Cricketers off Tichborne Down. It’s almost the furthest point from the town centre (junction of Broad Street, West and East Street). Here are three rides that give some scale to cycling in New Alresford with the risks for each route. It’s not a big place, you can get from one […]

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Printer problems: Synology DiskStation, Windows 8.1 and Canon iX5000

July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Stuff

For some time my Synology DiskStation NAS  DS210j, Windows 8.1 and Canon Pixma iX5000 have been living in harmony. Today this ended. The printer connects to a USB port on the NAS and the PC prints via the local network to the printer. No matter what I reinstalled and updated I could not get the […]

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SPUD Youth – The Handlebar Cafe

June 9, 2015June 19, 2015 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Cycling, Local
SPUD Youth – The Handlebar Cafe - Presentation

Yesterday I attended a presentation by a group from SPUD Youth who have researched and designed a new cyclist/walkers cafe. It will be located adjacent to St Catherine’s Hill car park. Sitting on a railway bridge over the Hockley Viaduct shared path and cycleway which opened in 2013.  Guided by their various sponsors they have created what looks like […]

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Beer Festivals near New Alresford in 2015

May 14, 2015July 31, 2015 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Cycling, Local
Beer Festivals local to New Alresford 2015

I have been doing my research for the summer and mapped it out for you.  Here are 9 beer festivals taking place over the next four months. The first is at the Northbrook Arms next weekend. Followed by the most distant one from New Alresford at the Hawkley Arms – 13 miles by bike. The Longest Day […]

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Rotary Business Breakfast

January 15, 2015 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Business

A great place to meet business people in Alresford is at the Rotary Business Breakfast on the last Friday of the month at the Swan Hotel. It’s from 07:30 to 08:30ish and costs £10. Each breakfast has a business topic as a focus for the discussions. No presentations just sharing of people’s experience. Next topic: […]

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Low gradient cycle routes from New Alresford

January 5, 2015 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Cycling
Low gradient cycle route south of New Alresford

Whilst recovering from a cold before Christmas, I went out on some low gradient cycle rides, so as not to overstress myself.  Here are three: 20 miles around Kilmeston, on to Brockwood, then up to the Milburys and back down through Beauworth. Important to do it that way round, the climb up to the Milburys from Beauworth […]

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Central and Water Heating – Thoughts of a control engineer

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 Andrew Wilcox 6 Comments Stuff
Room Thermostat

Yes I was a control engineer once upon a time. I looked after control systems in chemical factories. There were hundreds of controllers regulating temperature, pressure, flow, level and chemistry. A few weeks a go I delivered my daughter and her stuff, to a shared house in London. I adjusted nearly all the settings of […]

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Observations from Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Day One

August 8, 2014September 24, 2014 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Stuff
Queuing for T-Shirts beats the queue for the bar!

It’s full. A £1.99 solid fuel cooker is an okay substitute for the Camping Gas one I left at home. Doh! Bar lack of heat control, black pan bottoms and it takes 3 tablets to boil a cuppa and make some pasta. You can see when it’s going to run out though. Why would you […]

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Hunt’s Foodservice – park illegally and/or irresponsibly

June 4, 2014June 4, 2014 Andrew Wilcox Leave a comment Local

Hunt’s Foodservices, I can see its a problem delivering to small shops on the high street but I think these instances are either illegal, dangerous and/or irresponsible: Yesterday morning one of your vans parked across the pavement and the zig-zag road marking for the pelican crossing on West Street in Alresford, thus endangering those using […]

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