20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1961
Featured song: The Shadows – FBI – as performed on Crackerjack (It’s Friday what do we all say?) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper [more…]
Arts
Animals
Aquarium – Corals
With all the fish in place, the next step up is coral. There are two types generally stocked, soft Corals and Hard Corals – the soft ones are easier to look after, needing less light, [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1960
Featured song: Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]
Arts
The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Vodka For £2.50 A Litre Bottle
First, for those people in the UK, here’s the legal bit: “It is illegal to manufacture spirits in the UK without a distiller’s licence which is required under the provisions of section 12 of the [more…]
19th Century
The Fallacy of the Labour Theory of Value in 5 mins
The Labour Theory of Value (LTV) has always been of interest to me. It is the theory on which nearly all Marxian school of thought rests – debunk the LTV, and you’ve essentially debunked the [more…]
Animals
The Inhabitants Arrive
The tank is in place, the systems all built, the water and rock conditioned – the impurities are down to 2 or 3 parts per MILLION (nitrates, nitrites, ammonia and phosphate). Things were starting to [more…]
Animals
For Dog’s Sake
Early shift Postaliers may have noticed that lately I have joined their ranks in contributing to the comments that no-one reads. Following the death of my beloved Schnauzer, Hattie, I have, quite unexpectedly, been granted [more…]
Animals
For Dog’s Sake
Before she was mine, she belonged to my dearest friend, my sister. Just before she died, she asked if I would take her in, and I told her that I would (I’d already decided [more…]
Arts
The Geek’s Guide To Making A Decent Wine For £1.50 A Bottle
Who likes a wine? Not me. No. I don’t like a glass of wine. I like loads of wine. Loads. Before I started to make beer from scratch as I mentioned in my previous article [more…]