Steve Platt collects articles and notes on online dating services, professional matchmaking, speed dating events, and relationship advice for a range of locations and demographics.
"If you want a more personal approach to finding matches than online dating provides, consider enlisting the help of a professional matchmaker."
The site covers speed dating events in Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwickshire, New Jersey singles and professional matchmaking with over 25 years of dating experience, the costs of online dating services including eharmony and Badoo, a guide to legitimate cougar dating sites and avoiding scams, an article on Olympic ice skating pairs and figure skating romances, and a guide for expat dating in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Speed Dating in Stratford-upon-Avon
Information on speed dating events in Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwickshire, aimed at single men and women across Herefordshire and the wider region. The page also serves as an introduction agency listing and points to free join options, photos, chat rooms, interest groups, and private webmail.
Locations covered include Stratford-upon-Avon itself as well as nearby towns such as Coventry, with references extending across Warwickshire.
New Jersey Singles & Professional Matchmaking
An overview of professional matchmaking services in New Jersey, highlighting personalized coaching and over 25 years of dating experience. The article describes how a matchmaker works to understand a client's relationship goals, gathers preferences on age range, height range, smoking status, financial security, and personality traits, then brings two people together with continued feedback.
Guides
| Title | Date | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Updating Projector Firmware Through a USB Drive | Keeping a projector running smoothly in a home cinema or meeting room often means refreshing the internal software that controls its image processing, input… | |
| How to Install a Satellite Dish on a Pole or Mount | Satellite television has long been a lifeline for Australian households, especially on remote cattle stations, in coastal caravan parks, and across outer… | |
| Connecting a turntable to a receiver's phono input and ground | Vinyl has made a serious comeback across Australia, with record fairs popping up in Melbourne's CBD and Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, and turntables flying off… | |
| How to set up a home theater for a backyard drive-in | Picture the family gathered on a picnic rug in the backyard on a warm Saturday night in Adelaide. The cricket is on tomorrow, the kids are wearing thongs, and… | |
| How to Connect an iPad to a Projector with Adapters | An iPad can become a portable display for films, presentations, photographs and streamed television. The connection may use one cable, an adapter chain or… | |
| How to Fix Distorted Audio at High Volume Without Replacing Your Speakers | Few things sour a Friday night in Melbourne faster than turning the volume up during the footy and hearing your speakers crackle instead of producing clean… | |
| How to calibrate your tv and projector using a blu-ray disc | A new projector or a freshly unboxed telly rarely looks its best out of the carton. Manufacturers pump up brightness, oversaturate colour and crank sharpness… | |
| Picking speaker wire length and gauge for long home theatre runs | When the gear cabinet sits at one end of the living room and the rear surrounds hang behind the couch ten metres away, the speaker cable quietly becomes the… | |
| A Practical Surge Protection Plan for Home Theatre Gear | Australia delivers some of the most spectacular electrical weather on the planet, and anyone who has watched a summer thunderhead climb the Brisbane skyline or… | |
| Running one satellite feed across a TV and a projector at home | Aussie living rooms are doing more work than they used to. The same space might host a quiet Sunday morning news read, a State of Origin game on a wall-mounted… |
Legitimate Cougar Dating Sites
A guide to finding legitimate cougar dating sites, avoiding scams, and getting good results on platforms such as CougarDate.com, Cougar Life, and Adult FriendFinder. The article lists seven cougar dating sites, examines whether CougarDate.com is a scam, and includes a separate list of free dating and hookup sites.
Olympic Ice Skating Pairs and Romances
An article discussing prominent figure skating romances, marriages, and couples among Olympic ice skating pairs. It profiles eight Olympic ice skating pairs who are couples in real life and explains the required elements of pair skating, including lifts, twist lifts, throw jumps, jumps, and spins.
Expat Dating in Baku
A guide for expatriates looking to date in Baku, Azerbaijan. Topics include social life for expats, safety and comfort in areas like Downtown Baku, the visa process, getting around by mass transit, and monthly events for expatriates. The piece also references Baku hotels and places to stay.
Reformed Matchmaking and Jewish Dating
Content related to Reformed matchmaking, JRetroMatch, and Jewish matchmaking services within the context of religious observance. The article discusses Reform Judaism, the spectrum of positions on halakhic observance, and looks at how matchmaking functions within observant communities.
Age Gap Dating Advice
A discussion on age preferences in dating, referencing research guidelines and personal experiences with age-gap relationships. The piece references Psychology Today and examines whether one well-known age guideline may not work for everyone, along with personal anecdotes from readers.