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Repair the Logitech Force Feedback Steering Wheel G25
An extensive guide and comment thread to help repair the Logitech G25 Force Feedback steering wheel. Essential reading if your wheel doesn’t calibrate.
Read MoreGlossy Runny Vegemite …wtf!?
Got myself into a bit of a state the other morning when I realised something was wrong with a new jar of Vegemite – what has Bega Cheese done to the old Kraft branded favourite spread? Can you spot the difference in the...
Read MoreFixing my SEAT Ibiza 2012 power Steering
The power steering (PAS) on my 2012 SEAT Ibiza 1.4 FR suddenly became intermittent. After a 30 mile trip and fortunately only a few miles from home I stopped to refuel but on restarting the car there was no PAS whatsoever....
Read MoreApple Mail on El Capitan like treacle?
Apple Mail was becoming a total pain in the arse but downloading and re-installing Xcode with the most recent version for El Capitan has completely solved the issue!
Read MoreSugru – some ideas for making use of this cool stuff.
Made a 90° bend jack plug for a guitar lead. I just removed the barrel from a normal jack plug, re-soldered the lead and moulded Sugru around the whole thing with the cable coming out of the side. The brown coloured Sugru gives...
Read MoreStop the foam pads falling off your Grado headphones
The original foam pads on my Grados disintegrated and I was never comfortable with them anyway so I bought some cheap replacements off Amazon. The trouble with these is that they don’t stay on very well. The rim around the...
Read MoreHotpoint Induction Hob Controls
Our Hotpoint CID740B Induction Hob got a good review from me last year but it’s now becoming impossible to work with. The touch controls have slowly become less and less responsive to the point where we now have to use a...
Read MoreSalter Megastone non-stick?
We recently sent back these non-stick pans made by Salter – as you can see it’s easy to scrape off the white flecks that are part of the ‘megastone’ coating. “Covered in a megastone coating, these...
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Whirlpool Maytag Admiral fridge flashing panel
This is a problem that we had been living with for a while now: when using the ice dispenser a...
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High Sierra search on ExFAT or NTFS is useless
searching in the Finder on ExFAT formatted SD cards – it finds files but they cannot be manipulated at all from the search results.
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