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Today’s idea. Why don’t washing machines have big resevoirs for washing liquid or powder, fabric softner and whitner/bleach? You would fill it up and then the washing machine would automatically dispense the various washing liquids or powders into the wash.…
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Doctor’s Surgery appointment app link to google calendar
Wouldn’t it be cool if, when you sign up at your doctor’s surgery, they would ask you for your google calendar info. That way, when you make an appointment with the doc, their appointment software would automatically add the appointment…
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Fairtrade Chocolate – A Deliciously Rewarding Experience! | Soul Economy
Soul Economy have tried Cocolo and like it.
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Dark Chocolate: Are You Eating Child Slavery?
Nourished magazine have a nice piece entitled “Are You Eating Child Slavery” which mentions Cocolo.
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HSBC annoyances
A while ago I moved my banking to HSBC. This move has been pretty ok except there are a few annoyances with their online banking. the biggest of which is that you cannot get an electronic copy of a statement…
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DC Make Trade Fair!: Consuming with Conscience
Fair!: DC Make Trade Consuming with Conscience has a little post about Fair Trade chocolate and mentions Cocolo and where you can buy it.
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ping with timestamp
I couldn’t work out a way to get ping to print a timestamp of when the ping took place. For some reason it seems as though this isn’t a sought after feature. Luckily you can achieve the same thing using…
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World Vision Australia – Evoke Faith in Action newsletter
World Vision recommend you buy Cocolo
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EAN13 Barcode checkdigit calculation in Excel
Once upon a time, I wrote a formula to calculate the EAN13 barcode check digit in excel. I happened to mention it on a mailing list and it seems some people are looking for just such a thing and they…
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James5 – Organic Expo: Overview (with pictures!)
James5 saw us at the Organic Expo.
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