In March I damaged my lower spine when working on our allotment resulting in a herniated disk at the base of my spine pressing into the nerves causing bad pain with sciatica during covid lockdown
See how I restored a pair of old Record Vise No 1 and No 2 models from rusty to shiny
Some code which may be useful to someone else, a Social Meta Tag Generator for your website to generate all the different social meta tags for social media sharing
Find out how you can import your Apple Watch workouts into Garmin Connect using the HealthFit app on your iPhone to iCloud
Trying to make our Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K quieter with a new heatsink modification
Making a custom mobile phone cradle with Garmin Quarter turn mount to use with the bike on the smart trainer at home
Modifying a new eBay USB data cable for a Yaesu VX-6 radio which was sending wrong voltages to the radio and other missing parts from the circuit
After spending far too long looking for components and parts, I wrote a component inventory manager called PartFinder and released it as open source for anyone to download and use
Teardown of an Amazon Echo Flex smart plug which listens to your commands via the Alexa service and replies using a very tiny speaker
Antennas vaporising, telephone sockets launching across the room. What happens when lightning strikes a house?
Modifying a Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver to add a remote control 12-volt output
Fixing a blue flashing LED problem on our Synology DiskStation DS411+II NAS drive due to a bug with the Intel Atom C2538 processor
Check your data backups regularly. Don't wait until you need them and find out your backup system has failed
An unfortunate VR accident involving my 55-inch Sony Bravia TV created a perfect opportunity for a tear-down.
Keeping history alive by collecting old photos of my hometown of Swanage
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