Travian is a new game that allows you to build a village and go attacking other clans, thus expanding your empire. Its browser based and is an online version of age of empires or settlers or warbook etc

If you want to take a look and join in the fun, take a look at Travian Online

With sparrow numbers declining by 68% in the UK, its time for urban gardeners to make their gardens more friendly to our native species. This extract is from the BBC


One of the co-authors of the study, Dr Kate Vincent, describes it as "one of the most mysterious and complex declines of a species in recent years".

This new research studied house sparrows in Leicester and surrounding villages. The birds declined by 28% during the three-year study - but...

A couple of members have requested the opportunity to be able to post equipment reviews. Well, I am delighted to announce that our new equipment review section is available as a sub directory of Techie World.

You can find it directly, by followinfg this link http://www.midlandsweather.org.uk/equipment-reviews/

I really do worry that people get worried about this, so let me try to explain.

We have two levels: A red card and a yellow card.

If you receive a yellow card, firstly, its not a telling off PM and secondly its nothing personal. Its a merely a courtesy note to tell you we've changed the content of your post, usually because it does not meet one or more of the forum rules.

We usually do this using the "yellow card" infraction as this enables all...

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By some sheer fluke I've managed to win hosting on a semi-dedicated server

Here is the spec - it hosts a max of 12 customers!

Processor Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon E5420
2.5 GHz, 2x2x6 MB cache
RAM 12GB DDR2
Hard Disk Space 50GB
Monthly Bandwidth 700GB
Operating System Linux CentOS 5.0
Guaranteed RAM 1GB
Connection 100 Mbps

The dilemma is that its only for a year and at £50...