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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An introduction to my rolling restoration of a 1979 Mg Midget 1500 I have owned this car for over 20 years, it was my first purchase after starting work post graduation, and took me on adventures from Cornwall to North Wales, the Suffolk coast to the Goodwood Festival of speed. It also served as my
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A pick of my favourite slab routes from VD to E3. Some could certainly argue to be amongst the UKs best slab climbs. I originally wrote this post many years ago on an old blog but still stand by these choices. All routes that have given me great experiences. As a climber of 15+ years,
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Some adventures are big and some small, some are intellectual, some are physical, all can teach us something and enrich our lives “I think therefore I am” is perhaps the most widely used philosophical quote out there. This Descartes quote, whilst rooted in what it it means to exist, is based on our own experiences
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Inspired by an excellent recent BBC podcast on allergies as part of “The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry” a quick run through of things that I have learnt and found super interesting. Not a normal blogging topic for me but I thought worth sharing. We are pretty much all affected by allergies one way
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Is this 25 piece mini socket set a worthy sibling to its 1/2″ big brother I previously reviewed the Bahco 1/2 ” socket set which has given me many years of sterling service. This is fine and dandy for hefty hub nuts, and rusted suspension ironmongery. However for things with a little more finesse, or
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Note: This is republishing a post I originally wrote in 2009 in a long dead blog Disclaimer: this account of sauna building is what worked for us. It is entirely at your own risk to pursue such a project and a fire extinguisher to hand (stored outside of the sauna itself), never bathing alone and
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Country of Manufacture: Japan Purchase Price: £120 (Typical range £110 – £200) Current price: To check out the latest prices on the Orient Mako please see: https://amzn.to/3wN19Rp Spend any time researching automatic Diver style watches in the watch forums and you’ll struggle not to come across the Orient Mako mentioned at the budget end of
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Long term review of this mid priced socket set. Is it any good? Price: £50-£80 Typical on Amazon (other retailers similar)Length of ownership: 6 Yrs I’ve long learnt that the adage of buy cheap buy twice runs true, especially when it comes to tools. However not buying cheap doesn’t have to mean expensive. For very
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Common issues and fixes for Renault K4M Engine as fitted to the Modus/ Clio/ Megane and more We have been running a 2005 Renault modus 1.6l Automatic for the last 8 yrs and this is an overview of some of the common issues encountered and fixes. All are very achievable to address for the home
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