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The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Vodka For £2.50 A Litre Bottle

13th November 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

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…]

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The Inhabitants Arrive

12th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

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…]

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For Dog’s Sake

10th November 2018 Martin Mezger 0

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…]

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For Dog’s Sake

10th November 2018 Martin Mezger 0

  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…]

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The Geek’s Guide To Making A Decent Wine For £1.50 A Bottle

6th November 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

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…]

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Aquarium building 4

5th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

With the sump and the closed loop all in place and tested the aquarium was ready to go. Placing it was ok – the floor had been strengthened, the helpers careful not to drop anything, [more…]

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Postcard From Fan Frynych

30th October 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

I started this walk from the Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre, or Mountain Centre as it is known locally, which I have covered in a previous postcard. The advantages of this are dedicated parking, toilet facilities [more…]

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Aquarium Building Continued

29th October 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

In previous episodes I’ve talked about starting a project to keep Marine tropical fish and corals. Such an endeavour is not to be taken lightly or if you are short of cash! With the tank [more…]

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The Möbius Function

29th October 2018 OldTrout 0

The Möbius function is denoted by , where is the Greek letter mu. Depending on the factorisation of , the function takes the values . The last says that if is even, then and if [more…]

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