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Material Cats

I had a friend who after some self-reflection decided his primary hobby wasn't wood work but was collecting wood working tools. This left him feeling much less guilty about the numbe...

The almost invisible kite

Polythene sheeting, the type you buy at a garden shop that's about 125 μm thick, is great for kite making. It comes in black and clear, the black is boring but the clear can be a bi...

Software for managing (e)books

Adding the links to the last post, I realised I'd dropped a lot of names of bits of software I use into the post. Here's a list with an explanation of what I do with each: Readerwar...

Reading Lists

I love to read and reading lists fascinate me. I bought a Kindle ereader in 2011 and its resulted in some large changes in my reading habits. I own a lot of paper books, there's 130...