I did try VLC for a while but the simple lack of not being able to keep the playlist contents from session to session makes it a no from me.

I know you can save the playlists but I tend to add items from multiple folders into a playlist to play through the day as I'm working.

Ended up with Potplayer (installed an older version before they included ads!)

Good for some I'm sure, just not for me.

No internet via my Pihole today - solved thanks to a poster on Reddit who mentioned this was going on.

Swapping upstream DNS server to Google sorted it for now, I think it was Quad9 I was using before (forgotten already)...

Similar to the "5-2" diet that has been around for quite a while now - proven to work.

With the 5-2 you eat "normally" for 5 days a week then for 2 eat restricted calories.
Originally this was 600 calories (which I still keep at or near to) but apparently 800 will do.

So far I've lost and kept off ~ 35lbs and my wife ~ 84lbs so works well for us but may not suit others (just realised - that is a whole small person lost between us!)

Thing is - it's a change to lifestyle. not something you do for 3 months then go back to what you were doing.
It's also pretty easy to follow - key is not overcompensating on one of the "5" days

Ultimately though as others have said, it's down to energy expenditure > energy consumption end of.

PotPlayer supports bookmarks and plays pretty much everything I throw at it.

As does the Merlin fork if you're using that http://forums.smallnetbuilder....

I'm in a similar situation, max 8mb estimated with BT line, get a pretty consistent 100mb with Virgin.

I'm considering a VPN - AirVPN and VPNUK are a couple I've been recommended - AirVPN looks to have a control panel to setup port forwarding, which is nice for torrents. How do you find yours in terms of speed and ease of use?

Cheers

Exactly!
From http://www.opera.com/mobile/specs/

"Opera Mini always uses Opera’s advanced server compression technology to compress web content before it gets to a device. The rendering engine is on Opera’s server."

On the Nokia website it states outright that "Compressed pages mean lower data charges" http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/products/phone/302/

Curses.
The second URL should of course be http://promobay.org/

There are two different websites.

http://thepromobay.co.uk/ looks to be a proxy for TPB as others have said and isn't blocked.
http://thepromobay.org/ is blocked

>>Therefore, we're proposing to end the voting component of the process in favor of a system that leads to more meaningful feedback and engagement.'

Therefore, we're proposing to end the voting component of the process in favour of a system that leads to us being able to get more cash

You mean Windows 8 SP1....?

Small correction - BT hasn't been owned by the UK government since 1984 and the government sold their last shares in the company nearly 20 years ago.

Apart from that I agree with you.

You probably mean Arthur C Clarke who many think 'invented' the geosynchronous satellite...or brought it into the public arena.

No idea if he smoked pot though.

From http://openddr.org/takedown.html, the original file had terms of use as below
Seems clear to me - as long as OpenDDR are making public any changes.

"All the information listed here has been collected by many different people from many different
          countries. You are allowed to use WURFL in any of your applications, free or commercial. The only thing required is to make public any
          modification to this file, following the original spirit and idea of the creators of this project."

Wrong.
The licence limits the number of processors in the licensed machine (Home and Home Premium) but there are no restrictions on memory.

Useful link in case you're interested : http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx