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All sorts of really Useful Links
Ian:
Useful and important links
Click on the underlined links to visit the sites
Web cams in the area
Superb panorama of the Bay and N Shore
Click here
West Shore Webcam
Hi Def motorised camera
North Shore Web Cam
Static images every few minutes
A55 Traffic Cams
Every traffic cam on A55
Consumer and money saving sites
Claim under section 75
Chargeback claim
Faulty equipment claim
How to avoid tedious waiting when you call a call centre in the UK
Visit the site
Check the MOT history of any vehicle
Visit the site
How to avoid having to dial 0870 numbers
Say NO to 0870
SPAM and scams
Government anti-scammer group
Report Scam emails
Send them here
Money Matters
Martin Lewis
Your rights regarding warranties and time
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
More details here.
Seeking costs if a company has behaved unreasonably.
Civil procedure rules
More details here.
Are you buying a fake or the real thing?
The Brand-i site - https://www.brand-i.org/
The best site for train travel
Seat 61 - don't travel without it!
Tracking flights
Flight tracking in real time:
Weather and climate change - local and national
Where is it raining?
The UK's radar rainfall images - http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
What's the weather for today?
UK Met Office Site
Local Weather
Local Llandudno Weather, facts and figures from Llandudno's own weather station
The World's weather
Weather for the globe presented in animated graphics
Flood risk for your area
Covering the entire UK
Llandudno Coastguard Blog
Blog site for the coastguard
What's the Truth about what you hear and read?
The Press Gazette - watching the press for you
The Press Gazette site
Heard this one - but is it true?
Check to see if the latest scam is true:
True of false or just an old wives' tale?
Check out the pseudoscience and crank ideas
Don't be taken in
All things Council related
Track Freedom Of Information (FOI) Requests made to Conwy Council:
FOI requets made to Conwy
Track Freedom Of Information (FOI) Requests made to Llandudno Town Council:
Visit the site
Contact numbers for Conwy County Borough Council
A full list of every email address anbd contact number for Conwy CBC departments
Eating out
Check out any local cafe or restaurant for its hygiene ratings
Your area in crime figures and maps
The new Police crime site
Colwyn Bay's new waterfront work
Detailed plans
Winning design
Security
The DNS over HTTPS guide for Firefox
Enable the most secure browsing on FF
Check to see if your email address has been compromised:
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Broadband speeds and routers
Check your local exchange for Broadband
Check your local exchange for faster Broadband
Test your real broadband speed
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
Network problems
Check to see if a site is down for everyone - or just you:
Router information
Get the lowdown on how good your router is
WAN Servers
A list of all the UK DNS servers used by each of the UK ISPs
Open DNS servers
Technical stuff for router use
Satellite TV
Satellite TV
Everything you need to know about satellite TV
Find sunrise and sunset for your area
Find out what dates the mornings get lighter
Miscellaneous
For those keen to explore their own Welsh family history just like Ruth, Ancestry.co.uk has launched Welsh Parish Registers, 1538-1994.
Welsh Parish Registers
The World's Statistics at your fingertips
The Worldometer
Learn how every type of engine operates
The animated engine site
Track ships anywhere
Visit the site
The news at sea
All the news around the world's waterways as it happens
Look at the world rationally...
Visit the site
Download any radio shows you may remember from the past
The BBC Radio Archives
Pathe News clips of Llandudno in the Past
Some great sequences dating back to the 1920s.
Report dodgy web sites to Google
Google dodgy website link reporting
Current status of all nuclear generating plants in the UK
Live feed from all UK plants
If you want to know who you are dealing these are some of the sites you can use to check them out:
Search for companies and people
Companies House Information
Check VAT numbers
VAT Registry
Look up addresses
Address Locator
Search phone numbers
Put number in double quotes to move spaces around e.g. “01234 567 890”
Search product images
Product image Search
Search products on foreign eBay/Amazon sites
Put part of the description in double quotes “like this” with e.g. amazon.de or ebay.ca
Google translator (Chinese names & addresses can have interesting results)
Google Translator
Search 15 million Welsh newspaper articles
Article search
Find the real truth about almost anything
Fullfact.org
Researching companies. Check who you're dealing with.
Search companies and people
https://www.google.co.uk] Google [/url]
Trustpilot
Companies House
Check VAT numbers
EU Tax
EU VAT
Look up addresses
Google Maps
Get Mapping
Search phone numbers
Put number in double quotes to move spaces around e.g.
“01234 567 890”
“+44 1234 567890”
Search product images
Google image lookup
Translate foreign web site names
Google translator (Chinese names & addresses can have interesting results)
Website Checkers
Check a site
Check the reliability of a website or email
Scamdoc
Check a site out
Britain from above
A four year project to document Britain from the air
Ian:
Find out how your MP votes:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/
Ian:
Technical points:
When connecting to the internet via routers, many users - especially those posting on "technical" forums - use OpenDNS rather than the ones provided by their ISP.
they are:
208.67.222.222 (resolver1.opendns.com)
208.67.220.220 (resolver2.opendns.com)
they map to the nearest operational server.
Ian:
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logicalfallacies.aspx
Invaluable guide for debating
Ian:
Check the MOT history of any vehicle:
https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history
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