Richardsons delivered a large load of very dry logs, mostly hardwood, on the agreed date, and I carted away 33 wheel-barrow loads; 1 of those was scraps. The cost was £155, so pretty good value. (more)
Apparently the justification for installation of a speed camera will not have to be dependent on death/serious injury having taken place. Councils will be allowed to position them based on safety concerns. A spokesperson from BRAKE spoke ... (more)
General Road racing on closed circuits only (tarmac circuits isolated from ordinary road traffic, not real roads) Helmets and two working brakes (front and back) required BC membership or day license required (insurance) Gearing ... (more)
I'd been scratching my head for a decent challenge this year, thinking about one-day distances and climbing targets. Since I have an eye on my Eddington Number, I finally decided to go for a multi-day endurance challenge: the week of centuries ... (more)
The choice of road bikes customised for children is quite limited. We were looking no bigger than a 48-50cm frame, and the smallest adult bikes come in at 50cm. We are comparing these to the IslaBikes Luath 700 Large (the largest option ... (more)
I found it compulsive & funny reading but don't rely on any of the "facts" in it. It raised many interesting questions to consider more closely. Author switched from one extreme to another (decades of veganism to full on meat-lover). ... (more)
We usually lug our power supplies around with our laptop, don't we? I have a table here of some laptops and their weights, plus total weight including PSU. If you'd like to add one to the list, please let me know!. Laptop Laptop ... (more)
This camera epitomises the "just work" requirement for digital cameras. It has quite a modest feature list - no wireless interface, no GPS, only 5x optical zoom, for example - but it makes up for these omissions by doing everything else really ... (more)
All tablets are Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). HP Slate 7: http://h20386.www2.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=E0H92AA&opt=ABB&sel=PCNB ARM Cortexâ„¢-A9 Dual-Core (1.6 GHz) 17.8 cm (7") display, 1024 x 600 1 GB Memory 8 GB SSD Front ... (more)
MySQL Programming MySQL is a fantastic platform to learn database programming, and is also used by lots of very large and fast websites. If you want to get stuck into dynamic web sites, then you could do far worse than the highly popular ... (more)
My Stuff This is the starting point for your measurements. When you enter data for various systems, you contribute to a global pool of measurements that help to reveal how unusual your own situation is. Edit ... (more)