‘Life skills’

Over the years, I’ve heard people talk about a need for schools to teach people knowledge for life, or ‘life skills’, such as: How to fill in a form The most cost-effective ways to buy a car How banks make a profit How to cook a healthy meal, rather than biscuits or...

Rubbish at Pictionary?

It’s not that I’m rubbish at playing Pictionary, more absolutely terrible, which is why my daughters enjoy watching me play it. I know in my head what my picture should look like but what emerges on the paper when it’s my turn rarely matches the image I’m seeing in my...

Site searches

A quick tip for when you’re looking for information from a particular website, and you know it’s there somewhere but you just can’t find it: Go to Google and type site:[thewebsiteyouwanttosearch.co.uk] and add the search term here What you’ll...

Domain flipping

Here’s another business that people earn from: they buy a domain name (eg yourname.co.uk) then sell it later for a profit. Most domains in my experience are relatively cheap to buy and, as I learned a few years ago, they’re like land: once they’re...