March 29, 2012
by Neil T
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Many of you, especially in the UK, will be familiar with the Keep Calm and Carry On poster – if not, you can read about it on Wikipedia or watch a short video of its history. There have been many, … Continue reading
September 16, 2011
by Neil T
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ifttt, a site that has been in private beta testing since December last year, finally went public this week. To put it simply, it allows you to take data from one web service and post it to another. So, for … Continue reading
June 9, 2011
by Neil T
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So as well as doing surveys to get a bit of extra cash, I’m also trying to get money back for purchases online, or Nectar points. Sites like Top CashBack (referral link) get commission through referral links to online retailers, … Continue reading
June 7, 2011
by Neil T
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if you’re a Londoner, or visit London from time to time, then Chromaroma may interest you. It’s a location-based game, sort-of similar to Foursquare, but much more focussed on the game aspect. To play, you need an Oyster card (having … Continue reading
April 29, 2011
by Neil T
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Back in June, I wrote about how it’s possible to get paid to do surveys online.
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September 9, 2010
by Neil T
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If you use the rather wonderful Spotify, then Spotibot may just be useful to you. It uses Spotify’s API to generate playlists of music by artists or bands similar to those that you already like.
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June 12, 2010
by Neil T
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Most normal people like getting free money. This includes me. One of the ways of getting free money (or free stuff) is by completing surveys, and, if you’re based in the UK, there are at least 3 web sites that let you do this. I’m posting about my experiences with each here.
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March 7, 2010
by Neil T
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It’s been a couple of years since Hulu launched in the US and thus far us Brits haven’t had anything quite the same. Until SeeSaw came along.
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October 28, 2009
by Neil T
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As part of the diet (which I seem to have plateaued at) I’m try to cut out unhealthy snacks and replace them with things that have more nutritional value. So, with the promise of a free box, I signed up to Graze, a UK-based company which will send you regular boxes of wholefoods through the post.
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July 19, 2009
by Neil T
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Over the summer in Britain Coca-Cola is running a promotion whereby you can enter the codes from specially-branded bottles of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero which can be used to buy free songs from the iTunes music store.
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