Archive

December 2016

• The End - It's been a lot of fun
• Five things I'm going to miss about Cornwall - Only five?

November 2016

• Owning less stuff - The things you own end up owning you
• Apple peeler - A beautiful bit of engineering

October 2016

• Perfect muesli - My life as breakfast cereal
• Being nice to my future self - Thanks, me from the past

September 2016

• Bronze sword - er, dagger. - I finally finished it. Sort of
• Scrabble - Trying to improve a great game

August 2016

• Feminism - Can I call myself a feminist?
• Audi adventure - A lot of fun
• Proper ferrofluids - Okay, so I cheated
• Ferrofluid failure - Documenting my mistakes

July 2016

• Code Club - Helping the next generation of programmers
• WTF is Pokemon Go? - Don't think you can get away with not knowing
• Valencia - Picking a place to live
• What's going to kill me - How can I avoid it?
• Five percent - Is this a good idea?

June 2016

• Experi-o-matic - Need some light relief this morning?
• Why I'm voting stay - But I don't expect to win
• Copper refining part 2 - Hot thing from a hot place
• Language learning - Duolingo rocks!

May 2016

• No More Nails - My new career in marketing
• Pizza oven - Food of the gods
• Licky - Who's got the cleanest tongue?
• Casino trip - The world of proper gambling

April 2016

• Long live the queen - A history of gender re-assignment
• Lotus Exige - More car fun!
• Lamb's pluck - Lungs sound better than they taste
• Tesla Model 3 - Two years and counting
• Teaching the dog to count - He knows more about maths than me

March 2016

• Cooking with insects - Cricket cookies
• Making a ring - One ring to rule them all
• Lockpicking - Surprisingly satisfying
• Home made spectroscope - Aw, rainbows

February 2016

• Choice - How to make good decisions quickly
• Online learning - Some great courses I've found
• I heart hearts - A Valentine's tale
• Five sci-fi books that changed the way I think - Not a Barbara Cartland novel in sight

January 2016

• Classified adverts - What's the silliest thing we can get them to print?
• Leftie - Can I learn to write left-handed?
• Why quit sugar? - What does that even mean?
• Seeking quiet - Trying to silence my mind
• A year of Lost In Thought - Doesn't time fly when you're having fun?

December 2015

• Happy Christmas - Thanks for reading
• Making lace - Not your typical manly activity
• Phonyetics - An alternative to the boring NATO alphabet
• Google Cardboard - Affordable virtual reality

November 2015

• Learning curve dip - The frustrating part of learning
• Lostwithiel then and now - Old and new photos of the town
• Making halloumi - Squeak cheese
• Silent Sunday - Can I shut up for a whole day?

October 2015

• Halloween Masks - Who doesn't want to look like a pig?
• How do casinos make money? - Rake
• Me and my genome - CATGCGTAGCGGATCGGAT
• Astrology - Does it stand up to any scrutiny whatsoever?
• Open cola - Better than the real thing?

September 2015

• A round of Golf - I've think I've found it
• Nostalgia - Homesick for a home I never had
• Poker Scrabble - The two best games ever
• Making salt from seawater - Why bother?

August 2015

• Drink driving - Do try this at home, kids
• Copper refining - Wow, that's hot
• Coconutella - How much can I eat in one go?
• Playing cards - My current obsession

July 2015

• Fruitarian for a week - Radical food extremism
• Basic car mechanics - The joys of evening classes
• Are Facebook ads worth it? - What exactly does 15 quid get me?

June 2015

• BMW i3 test drive - The world's ugliest BMW
• Cornish holiday - Still thinking about coming here?
• Ice cream vans in games - A brief history
• Making soap - The first rule of soap club is you don't talk about soap club

May 2015

• Mentos eruption - Compensating for something?
• Why I don't drink - One hangover too many
• Metal casting furnace - Part two of my bronze sword project
• How old can I look? - Getting the worst out of your selfie
• Who should I vote for? - General election 2015

April 2015

• Making butter - Kitchen fun with your kids
• Mobile-free Monday - Could you last 24 hours without your phone?
• Post boxes of Lostwithiel - A guest blog by John Pegg
• The i-Spy Book Of Life - What makes me tick

March 2015

• Tesla testing - We're living in the future
• Making a knife - Don't wave it about in public
• Walking a thousand miles - Get your skates on, mate
• Making Charcoal - You can't hurry love

February 2015

• Our puzzle room - Lockedwithiel
• The perfect Virgin Mary - Cold tomato soup in a glass
• Talking to the car - Man and machine sit down for a cup of tea and a chat
• Kentucky Fried Pheasant - KFP!

January 2015

• What's a jigsaw for? - Mat ❤ woodwork.
• A hundred places I've weed - Mat has a wee on Corfe Castle.
• Mucky Paws - Who has the most bacteria on their feet - Mat or the dog?
• Custom Monopoly Board - Lostopoly