A quick opinion piece on what I like and don’t like about this classic knife. For a video review see below the text review. The classic Opinel knife, for the uninitiated, is a simple folding blade pocket knife in, most commonly, a beech wood handle. They are available in locking and non locking variants and […]
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First impressions on this heavyweight wool pullover from Arthur Beale, one of the UKs oldest yacht chandlers, outfitting explorers and seafarers for 500 years I’ve been keen to get my hands on one of these jumpers/pullovers for a while. Made of 100% British Wool in a Submariner Rollneck style, it’s not cheap (currently £145 full
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As an AI/data specialist by profession I’m lucky enough to spend time thinking about how to apply AI today to solve business problems. However it’s fun to think beyond to what the future might hold. AI will fundamentally change our life experience from entertainment to healthcare. In 20 years the world (barring monumental disaster, thanks
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Introducing a fun MYOG project to see if I can bring plastic free wild camping in mountain environments to reality An idea I have been playing about with in my head for some time is getting into making my own equipment using natural materials as opposed to synthetic. MYOG or “make your own gear”, is
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A personal account of how I achieved a personal goal of sailing across an ocean at modest cost. A brilliant experience I will always remember. For anyone who relishes the idea of an adventure, a big sailing voyage is one of the classics. However, it can also seem a bit, well, inaccessible. Boats are expensive,
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Have I found a magic bullet for restoring yellowing headlights? There are two things which make an older car look really tatty in my opinion (outside of actual damage and bits hanging off). Dirty wheels and yellowed cloudy headlights. For the trusty (ish) old Renault runaround yellowy headlights are an issue. Not to mention counterproductive
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In this post I am outlining whether using my excess solar generated energy to drive air to air heat pump heating = cheap/sustainable heating? One of the ways I plan to address spiralling heating costs is by experimenting with using an Air to Air heatpump run off my excess solar PV generation (i.e. that above
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