Computing
How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 2
In part 2 (Part 1) we are going to take a 2d design and make it 3d. Once you do this then you will see that anything can be made 3d-ish. First we load up [more…]
Blog
Economics
The Chancellor’s “Autumn Mis-Statement” – An Exercise in Fiscal Subterfuge
The deeply embedded disconnect between hype and reality looms larger than ever in government thinking. A little over a year ago Liz Truss attempted a dose of supply-side reforms to address the country’s desperate need [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fourteen
Monday Well, it’s Monday again and surprise, surprise it’s wet. It was nice not to have the pro-Hamas lot ‘marching for peace’ in central London on Saturday. I really wish I could understand what they [more…]
Going Postal
GP Update December 2023
Another year and we still haven’t left the EU! plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Also another year of divide and conquer. It is surprisingly effective. TPTB shout squirrel and many of us [more…]
20th Century
Next Stop Jungle Junction
Following some confusion regarding a caption mentioning both Southsea and Southampton, your humble reviewer of old photographs realised that the 1949 picture in my grandparents’ family album was of a flying boat called Southsea coming [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Thirteen
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: The Clavinet
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our occasional Campari and soda drenched probe into the rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous darling. This [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 30th November 2023 The Panel: Esther McVey (Conservative) Steve Reed (Labour) Layla Moran (LibDem) Andrew Neil (Journalist) Zoe Lyons (Comedian) Venue: Doncaster As a first appearance on QT in 1985 suggests, Andrew Neil [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Eight
Brian had done as he had said and had visited the beach bar at lunch and had eaten a cheeseburger and had a Banks beer while sitting at the bar on a stool. He had [more…]