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Nero, Claudius and a rather dead mouse

There's nothing nicer than a dead mouse to crunch on... if you're a cat with a big appetite, that is. Fortunately, Claudius (with the appetite) has his brother Nero to do all the running around and catching. Warning: the video contains ... (more)

A Professional Home for Life

Mike Short, IET President for 2011/12, describes the IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology) as a professional home for life. It provides an unrivalled range of services and support, invaluable for the next generation of engineers and ... (more)

Boilerjuice to regain its Independence?

After a colossal volume of criticism about its impartiality and opaqueness, Boilerjuice may become independent once again. In 2005 Paul and Sarah Ward formed Boilerjuice as an independent group buyer for heating oil consumers, and sold ... (more)

Where Your Money Will Go

Education is very highly regarded in Uganda, and your money will support the six-classroom school in the Mukono district of the country. The people of Uganda have been through hard times and civil unrest, so it is a pleasure to help them ... (more)

Giving his New Trek 1.1 a Work-out

The Trek 1.1 is a great lightweight entry-level bike with 700c wheels, and we managed to pick up an end-of-line 2011 version from Pedal Revolution in Norwich for a great price. Dan gave the bike a try in-store, on a turbo trainer, and seemed ... (more)

Maplin Blood Pressure Monitor

The word 'monitor' doesn't really apply to this cheap - yet effective - gadget from Maplin. It measures your blood pressure using a standard pressure gauge wrapped around your wrist, but doesn't give a continuous readout of your blood pressure ... (more)

Child Killer Cars

The car buying public has been gradually getting conned into a size war on the roads. At the same time as advertising how green things are getting in the automobile world, car makers are 'pumping up' standard size car designs as a twisted ... (more)

How to copy (clone) a hard disk drive

If you have your computer nicely configured but you are running out of disk space, the last thing you want to do is re-install everything on the new hard drive. Fortunately there are disk copying utilities available (some free, some to buy ... (more)

Use a Router for Simple, Strong Shelves

Using a router, you can build a free-standing set of shelves using only eight bits of wood: four legs and four shelves. You need 18mm-thick sheets of wood for the shelving itself, whatever width and length you want. You also need four 70x40mm ... (more)

Biography for Edith (Sherwood) Swindells

In 1910 Edith was 31 years old and living with her widowed father (WG Sherwood). About the time that he suddenly died, Edith's cousin Gilbert Manttan was visiting England from New Zealand; Gilbert had fallen ill unexpectedly and was convalescing ... (more)

Most home wi-fi networks are insecure!

A survey has found that over half of all home wi-fi networks in the UK are insecure and can be hacked into in under 5 seconds. A lot don't even have any kind of password protection! By operating your home wireless router in an 'open' mode ... (more)

Pushing Social: How to Write Spectacular Posts

This is a series of articles published by Stanford on PushingSocial.com, giving you tips on how to improve what and how you publish in your blog. Part 1: 3 Ingredients of Spectacular Posts Passion, mastery and a trained pen. Apparently. ... (more)

CTC Review of the Chariot Cougar 2

CTC members Ali and Darrell High sent in a review of the Chariot Cougar 2 to the CTC's Cycle magazine, and were very positive about it: Our Chariot has done 2,000 miles over the last three years, in conditions from -2 degrees to over 30. ... (more)