May 20, 2012

How to deal with Windows annoyances

This is a site that tells you how to do things like “Get Rid of Irritating Splash Screens”, “Stop Windows from asking if you want to send a report to Microsoft whenever a program crashes”, “Turn Off the Bouncing ‘Click Here to Begin’ Arrow” and many more annoyances. This site has been around a long time and worth looking at – Annoyances.org

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Advertising Standards complaints and adjudications

Do you ever get annoyed at adverts or see one you think should be challenged? Would you like to get an advert banned? It’s easier than you might think. I often think some are misleading or even make outrageous claims. The advertising standards web site publishes all the complaints it receives from the public as well as from rival companies.

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Product recalls list

You’d be surprised how many products and foods get recalled because of safety issues which most people never hear about. Only the very serious get national coverage or reported in the news but there are many recalls that could affect something you’ve got in your home and you should know about.

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Bad breath bible

OK I’m not implying anything about you – or admitting anything about myself. But bad breath is surely something we all worry about from time to time isn’t it? I don’t think I have bad breath, but I don’t know for sure, I only know that no one’s ever said I have. However, I’ve never had the courage to tell anyone they have bad breath either and I’ve encountered people who’s breath is so bad it makes the whole room smell or I have to turn away when they talk to me face to face.

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