Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Ten
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…]
Science
Hobbies
The End of the Road for Electric Cars
Imagine the following scenario….. In the beginning, all cars were powered by electricity, which was stored onboard in huge, heavy batteries. The cars were acceptable for use on short journeys, but on long journeys they [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Nine
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…]
Computing
The Slide Rule – Part 2
photo: featured_image.jpg Introduction Note: This article uses Mathjax script. Some script blocking web-browser plugins can prevent the mathematics from been rendered correctly. DM In the first part we looked at how to make a simple [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Eight
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…]
Computing
The Slide Rule – Part 1
Introduction “Time is a wayward traveller, who sometimes rides posthaste through thick and thin…” From On The Making Of Gardens by Sir George Sitwell For some strange reason that opening sentence, by Sir George, has [more…]
America
Notes from an American Road Trip
My wife and I recently drove just shy of three thousand miles to see friends and family in the American Midwest. We started just outside Philadelphia, located in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania on America’s [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Seven
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 This [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Six
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 This Time: Rats, Christmas decorations [more…]