28th June 2026
- added new web mail and cPanel links

4th May 2026
- updated LSEG link as was missing a headline type
- added FT News Briefing and Apple Music links

11th January 2026
- updated photos

9th November 2025
- add Shawbrook link

21st August 2025
- added LSE RNS link

5th May 2025
- removed YieldGimp, added Reading Uni SportsPark links

8th March 2025
- removed Vox Markets RNS

13th October 2024
- added gilt yields, Lebara, Grain connect, Bsky links; updated photos

21st July 2024
- corrected a couple of links, updated photos, changed BlueSKy to X in the header links
- removed Atom Bank, moved some links to hidden sections as rarely used

25th May 2024
- added links for Substack, Better, LNER, Barket Shoes outlet. Tidied up links, ensured https links

29th March 2024
- swapped link for Shell Energy to Octopus Energy
- added link to investingstuff - Phil Oakley's blog

3rd March 2024
- added two photos
7th January 2024
- add two photos
- added Traksy, Dividend Data, Proactive investor, Apple certified refurbished links
5th November 2023
- add a photo from the helicopter trip
23rd October 2023
- updated the photos
13th August 2023
- added links to eBay, BlueSky, Vox Markets
- moved google maps/Youtube to the right hand side (from the top bar)
- updated the photos

25th June 2023
- added links - Atom bank, F1 Tempo, Network Rail advance ticket dates
- re-grouped some links from useful to entertainment
- updated a photo

26th February 2023
- added a new photo taken at Reading University, Whiteknights lake

17th January 2023
- added a new photo

15th January 2023
- added London Theatre Direct link
- updated ITV Hub to itvX

30th December 2022
- updated the photos, the latest can now be found on Amazon Photos, I just use Flickr for linking from here

6th November 2022
- updated the photos, added Amazon Photos/Video links
- removed Apple Music link

27th September 2022
- updated the photos

30th July 2022
- add Spa Medical Practice link in the Utilities section (right)

7th June 2022
- updated photos

27th March 2022
- updated photos
30th December 2021

- added link to Shell Energy

22nd December 2021
- added link to Cartometro (detailed London train map)
- removed Santander
17th October 2021
- removed Tosca Training, Pure Planet
- added Which?, Thames Water, Google shopping, CamelCamelCamel (price comparison)
- moved some of the useful links to the hidden section
20th June 2021
- removed Tesco Bank
- promoted moneyfacts.co.uk
- added GB News
- hard coded some pictures as the Flickr badge isn't great
- increased font size and line height
- corrected some of the more/hide buttons which didn't work
- tidied up some of the layout
14th February 2021
- added Pure Planet, increased the size of the weather links
26th December 2020
- replaced the Flickr badge with the Flickr embed pictures logic
- added YouTube to the top banner, demoted a number of heading links to the Utilities section
- removed the twitter section
- updated the styles to increase the font size for the header and other links
14th July 2020 Updated the link to Joe Saward's blog
14th June 2020 Added flight tracking sites Flight Radar 24 and ADB Exchange. Removed Xero, updated rail tour links to 2020 pages.
15th February 2020 Added Scottish Widows link
12th February 2020 Switched over the Flickr pictures to my free Flickr account
5th October 2019 Added Tesco Bank link
24th July 2019 Removed a couple of energy provider links
- added link to current weather at Reading University
- removed some banking links and re-ordered
- added two sites for steam railtour info and removed one that wasn't working
- added >MEDIA section
- added GiffGaff, VirginMedia and Uber links
24th March 2019 Updated the link to UK Steam Tours to be for 2019 tours
and added TV portals under >USEFUL
16th February 2019 Added link to Saal Digital
9th February 2019 Corrected the URL to Simplenote
5th February 2019 ..
- added Investors Chronicle and So Energy
- changed the link to Pocket (unused) to Feedly (RSS)
- removed links no longer required
- changed to https where it wasn't
- increased the Flickr photo count to 4 from 3
8th December 2018 Corrected II URL
1st December 2018 Added new >UTILITIES section
3rd November 2018 Added NetWeather link to >WEATHER
20th October 2018 Added Marcus.co.uk to >FINANCIAL
22nd September 2018 Added Windy.com widget
7th September 2018 Added IanVisits and HeadForPoints links to >TRAVEL
27th August 2018 Added link to Gov.uk site under >USEFUL
20th May 2018 Updated link for Trading View to be the UK site, added 4 new links under >TRAVEL
15th April 2018 Removed Google Finance, added iWeb share dealing, added Trading View, moved FD visa offers to sub group.
26th November 2017 Updated the favicon for the site to support all devices when used to bookmark the site.
25th November 2017 Tidied up the links on the right hand side, removed the Google search in the bottom left.
7th October 2017 Added link to Ford Money, changed the name of TD Direct Investing to Interactive Investor, added Windy.com to the weather section
8th September 2017 Added link to First Direct Visa Offers web site.
11th June 2017 Re-organised the links on the right, corrected the name of Lloyd's and the link it refers to.
3rd Jun 2017 Added Amex and Avios links on the right.
21st May 2017 Changed the header to remove icons and use uppercase. Added MorningStar and Economist on the right hand side.
1st May 2017 Removed Brompton Bike Hire from the links in the header.
7th Jan 2017 Updated the revisit meta tag to be 7 days instead of 1 month to try and ensure people see changes to this page within a week.
2nd Jan 2017 Added links to Savings Champion and Tesco Bank, tidied up some old links from the right hand side.
25th May 2016 Added Brompton Bike Hire link at the top
17th Oct 2015 Added Xero link on the right
19th Sep 2015 Added TRAVIC link on the right, updated icons at the top, fixed the show/hide buttons on this page
9th Sep 2015 Removed link to Amex, added Aldermore
21st Mar 2015 Updated icons at the top, added the Telegraph, re-order the bank links
11th Oct Added Twitter follow button
30th Mar Added Amex and Lifehacker.com links
29th Aug Updated the links and removed the old BBC ticker
20th July Added link to Bank of Scotland
9th May Replaced Facebook badge with Twitter badge and updated links.
25th Mar Re-worked space for the BBC ticker above as the BBC had changed the size of it.
23rd Nov 08 - updated the links at the top and on the right with some of those I now use frequently.

Weather from Reading Uni seems to be broken (confirmed on their web site). I've removed the graph for now.

29th Mar 08 - removed the market ticker as it was breaking

22nd Mar 08
- Added a couple of financial links
- Added Hot UK Deals link
- Updated the travel links
- Removed Microsoft Maps from top bar
- Added Amazon to the top bar
- Added market ticker

Note: The camera is currently being repaired hence no photos recently.
Should be back in Action in April 08.

24th Jun - Added GE Money Link. Keep an eye on the dynamic links in the bottom right.. usefull stuff appears there first!
18th Dec - Updated some links

25th Oct - Updated the Financial links

16th Aug - Updated the links on this page and changed the structure a little.

8th Apr - Added the 'My Web 2.0' badge to this page (bottom right). My Web 2.0 is similar to FlickR but for web bookmarks - very kool. You can sign up to My Web 2.0 here.

9th Dec - Microsoft's new mapping and directions tool - pretty cool! local.live.com. Try putting in some directions from somewhere to somewhere.

7th Dec - If you want to see my photos you need to email me so that I can invite you to join FlickR (the place where I store my photos)

7th Dec - Kool web site for current UK bargains www.hotukdeals.com

7th Dec - Great web site/service I use for printing digital photos www.photobox.co.uk

10th Aug - Amusing tube maps
17th Jul - Kitchen completion now on schedule for Aug 12th
24th Apr
- Slightly restructured the home page, added in references to Google, removed the other sites pane and removed Tim's photos as he has a Flickr a/c now.

28th Mar
- A top marketing blog. Chap has some interesting ideas and does a good job of picking up on the latest news.
- Best advert I've seen for a while..

25th Mar
- Nice word puzzle game. Other games on the same site if you look around.

19th Mar - The first cut of the kitchen design can be found on my Flickr.
- Amusing drumming Muppet's video.
13th Feb
- A useful article on whether it's safe to use your laptop on a public WiFi connection.
- If you use Flickr, Flickrgraph is just amazing.

8th Feb
- The people behind the Simpsons. 20Mb and very funny.
- Live pictures from the South Pole!

29th Jan
- A kool MP3 song about the London Underground. Go listen..

23rd Jan
- The latest version of SniffPetrol is out. Very funny. - Some impressive video footage of the Tsunamis. There are 4 videos if you look at the bottom of the page. - A very amusing VW advert that will (for sure) never make it to air..

15th Jan
- Very kool flash game here. Give it a go.. - Try www.flickr.com for storing your photos online. - Latest photos of the lounge are here. - I'm continuing to upload all of my photos from the last 3 years to flickr.


20th April Renamed the 'Read It Later' item in the top bar to 'Pocket'
31st Mar Updated financial links
10th May Updated the header bar and associated icons
3rd Mar 2013 Updated broken icons in the banner, updated the JavaScript for the browser detection, corrected the Twitter badge