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Digitising Old Audio Tapes

23rd June 2025 NeverUpToTheJob 0

There were three tasks involved in modernising and preserving the family archive, the second of which was to digitise the audio recordings. Digitising the old photographs was covered in a previous article, while digitising the [more…]

Health

Why are we living longer

16th June 2025 well_chuffed 0

The statistics don’t lie. For some reason we are living much longer than previous generations, but why. Surely it cannot be down to rNHS, they seem to want us all dead as does this rubbish [more…]

Economics

The Case For SMR Hesitancy

14th June 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

As Energy Secretary Ed Milliband’s Net Zero cultural revolution gathers pace, this week he announced a nuclear renaissance. A new £14bn reactor is planned for Sizewell. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are being championed through a [more…]

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Playing With Electricity – Part 2

11th June 2025 Doc Mike Finnley 0

T.I.B Or Not To T.I.B? PersonX: “Doc, can you just have a look at the vacuum cleaner it’s making a funny noise?” Doc: “Err…well..err…you see I’ve got…err…an appointment with the dentist…” PersonX: “There’s no mention [more…]

Computing

Digitising Old Photographs

9th June 2025 NeverUpToTheJob 0

The first in a short series of articles, which are partly technical (going into a little bit of detail about how the family archive of photos, 8mm home movies, and audio tapes was digitised), and [more…]

Engineering

Home Backup Systems, Part Three

3rd June 2025 Swiss Bob 0

Four months on So far I am very pleased with it. No alarms, no problems and good customer service from both sales and technical support. I’m not saying other vendors aren’t as good but Pecron [more…]

Hobbies

Playing With Electricity – Part 1

28th May 2025 Doc Mike Finnley 0

Sponsored Introduction – SPAD Report Sir Montague Snoddgrass KC the special advisor to the Prime Minister’s Secretary’s budgie, Fred, has replaced his cleaner with a newer model. The old one, Elsie Dustall sucked-up one of [more…]

Engineering

Home Backup Systems, Part Two

27th May 2025 Swiss Bob 0

What You’ll Need A Home Backup System, in my case (AC300 + B300K) Solar panels 405w £50 each Solar cable, from Bluetti with connectors and 50m cable only from Electrical World Solar cable crimper Staubli [more…]

20th Century

Is there life on (somewhere other than) Mars?

26th May 2025 Northern Man 0

Once upon a time we knew our place in the universe.  The science was settled and the experts agreed.  The Earth was at the centre of the universe and everything we could see in the [more…]

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