Rex on August 27th, 2010

There’s something very John Majorish about the National Trust. Good to see they keep to the traditional (and proper) naming for their conveniences.

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Rex on June 25th, 2010

At a recent conference in Brussels I came across some unusual objects, the purpose of which I wasn’t too clear on.  Can you work out what these are for? Please use the comments, and I’ll update the captions when we discover what these things are. You can click on each photo for a closer look.

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Rex on June 12th, 2010

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Rex on April 19th, 2010

Didn’t someone tell Acer that most of Europe has banned smoking in the workplace? This new desktop PC has a handy container at the top, with lid that would do the job just right.

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Rex on April 7th, 2010

Alan gave me a nifty little submarine engine and it turned my thoughts to a summer project. I’m looking again at the home 3D printer.
There are now a few competing/complimentary home 3D printers around, these include Fab@Home, The RepRap, and hobby CNC
If anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Reprap was [...]

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Rex on March 20th, 2010

My sister is becoming a farmer – a goat farmer to be precise. she and Ian now have approx 50 female and 1 billy goats on rented land near their place in Bradford upon Avon. The plan is to increase the herd (billy has been busy) and buy some farmland to establish themselves. After that [...]

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Rex on February 22nd, 2010

I do like to see the shopping ordered nicely at the checkout. Here are my top tips

Nothing should overlap, unless its a multiple item (eg egg boxes)
Group by food category and then size
Tic-Tacs™ are optional

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Rex on February 1st, 2010

When I’m in Exeter, I always listen to Sportsbeat on Exeter 107.3fm.

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Rex on January 30th, 2010

Is this the ultimate green 2×4 land rover?

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Rex on January 25th, 2010

Recently I’ve been playing with a mapping app on the iPhone called Waze. This allows you to do free turn by turn routing on a smartphone (at time of writing Android and iPhone’s supported), with the added bonus of up to date traffic reporting by fellow users of the service.
Waze started in Israel, and they’ve [...]

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