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Making things
- Perfect muesli - My life as breakfast cereal
- Making ketchup - Is it as good as Heinz?
- Bronze sword - er, dagger. - I finally finished it. Sort of
- Proper ferrofluids - Okay, so I cheated
- Ferrofluid failure - Documenting my mistakes
- Copper refining part 2 - Hot thing from a hot place
- No More Nails - My new career in marketing
- Pizza oven - Food of the gods
- Making a ring - One ring to rule them all
- Home made spectroscope - Aw, rainbows
- Making lace - Not your typical manly activity
- Phonyetics - An alternative to the boring NATO alphabet
- Google Cardboard - Affordable virtual reality
- Making halloumi - Squeak cheese
- Halloween Masks - Who doesn't want to look like a pig?
- Open cola - Better than the real thing?
- Poker Scrabble - The two best games ever
- Making salt from seawater - Why bother?
- Copper refining - Wow, that's hot
- Coconutella - How much can I eat in one go?
- Making soap - The first rule of soap club is you don't talk about soap club
- Metal casting furnace - Part two of my bronze sword project
- Making a knife - Don't wave it about in public
- Making Charcoal - You can't hurry love
- What's a jigsaw for? - Mat ❤ woodwork.
- Custom Monopoly Board - Lostopoly
Mechanically minded
- Apple peeler - A beautiful bit of engineering
- Audi adventure - A lot of fun
- Lotus Exige - More car fun!
- Tesla Model 3 - Two years and counting
- Lockpicking - Surprisingly satisfying
- A round of Golf - I've think I've found it
- Living with the Leaf - A surprisingly nice car
- Basic car mechanics - The joys of evening classes
- BMW i3 test drive - The world's ugliest BMW
- Tesla testing - We're living in the future
- Talking to the car - Man and machine sit down for a cup of tea and a chat
Things to do with your kids
- Code Club - Helping the next generation of programmers
- Google Cardboard - Affordable virtual reality
- Making halloumi - Squeak cheese
- Halloween Masks - Who doesn't want to look like a pig?
- Open cola - Better than the real thing?
- Making salt from seawater - Why bother?
- Coconutella - How much can I eat in one go?
- Making soap - The first rule of soap club is you don't talk about soap club
- Making butter - Kitchen fun with your kids
Food and drink
- Apple peeler - A beautiful bit of engineering
- Perfect muesli - My life as breakfast cereal
- Making ketchup - Is it as good as Heinz?
- Five percent - Is this a good idea?
- Pizza oven - Food of the gods
- Lamb's pluck - Lungs sound better than they taste
- Cooking with insects - Cricket cookies
- Why quit sugar? - What does that even mean?
- Making halloumi - Squeak cheese
- Open cola - Better than the real thing?
- Making salt from seawater - Why bother?
- Coconutella - How much can I eat in one go?
- Fruitarian for a week - Radical food extremism
- Mentos eruption - Compensating for something?
- Making butter - Kitchen fun with your kids
- The perfect Virgin Mary - Cold tomato soup in a glass
- Kentucky Fried Pheasant - KFP!
Experiments
- Proper ferrofluids - Okay, so I cheated
- Five percent - Is this a good idea?
- Licky - Who's got the cleanest tongue?
- Teaching the dog to count - He knows more about maths than me
- Home made spectroscope - Aw, rainbows
- Choice - How to make good decisions quickly
- Leftie - Can I learn to write left-handed?
- Silent Sunday - Can I shut up for a whole day?
- Me and my genome - CATGCGTAGCGGATCGGAT
- Astrology - Does it stand up to any scrutiny whatsoever?
- Drink driving - Do try this at home, kids
- Fruitarian for a week - Radical food extremism
- Are Facebook ads worth it? - What exactly does 15 quid get me?
- Mentos eruption - Compensating for something?
- How old can I look? - Getting the worst out of your selfie
- Who should I vote for? - General election 2015
- Mobile-free Monday - Could you last 24 hours without your phone?
- Walking a thousand miles - Get your skates on, mate
- Mucky Paws - Who has the most bacteria on their feet - Mat or the dog?
Photo projects
- Home made spectroscope - Aw, rainbows
- Happy Christmas - Thanks for reading
- Lostwithiel then and now - Old and new photos of the town
- How old can I look? - Getting the worst out of your selfie
- Post boxes of Lostwithiel - A guest blog by John Pegg
- A hundred places I've weed - Mat has a wee on Corfe Castle.
Inside my brain
- The End - It's been a lot of fun
- Owning less stuff - The things you own end up owning you
- Perfect muesli - My life as breakfast cereal
- Being nice to my future self - Thanks, me from the past
- Scrabble - Trying to improve a great game
- Feminism - Can I call myself a feminist?
- Code Club - Helping the next generation of programmers
- What's going to kill me - How can I avoid it?
- Why I'm voting stay - But I don't expect to win
- Language learning - Duolingo rocks!
- 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
- Seeking quiet - Trying to silence my mind
- A year of Lost In Thought - Doesn't time fly when you're having fun?
- Phonyetics - An alternative to the boring NATO alphabet
- Learning curve dip - The frustrating part of learning
- Silent Sunday - Can I shut up for a whole day?
- How do casinos make money? - Rake
- Nostalgia - Homesick for a home I never had
- Drink driving - Do try this at home, kids
- Playing cards - My current obsession
- Why I don't drink - One hangover too many
- Who should I vote for? - General election 2015
- Mobile-free Monday - Could you last 24 hours without your phone?
- The i-Spy Book Of Life - What makes me tick
Midlife crisis
- The End - It's been a lot of fun
- Audi adventure - A lot of fun
- What's going to kill me - How can I avoid it?
- Five percent - Is this a good idea?
- Casino trip - The world of proper gambling
- Lotus Exige - More car fun!
- Online learning - Some great courses I've found
- Seeking quiet - Trying to silence my mind
- Me and my genome - CATGCGTAGCGGATCGGAT
- Nostalgia - Homesick for a home I never had
- Fruitarian for a week - Radical food extremism
- Why I don't drink - One hangover too many
- How old can I look? - Getting the worst out of your selfie
- The i-Spy Book Of Life - What makes me tick
Games
- Scrabble - Trying to improve a great game
- WTF is Pokemon Go? - Don't think you can get away with not knowing
- Casino trip - The world of proper gambling
- Long live the queen - A history of gender re-assignment
- Lockpicking - Surprisingly satisfying
- Classified adverts - What's the silliest thing we can get them to print?
- How do casinos make money? - Rake
- Poker Scrabble - The two best games ever
- Drink driving - Do try this at home, kids
- Playing cards - My current obsession
- Ice cream vans in games - A brief history
- Our puzzle room - Lockedwithiel
- Custom Monopoly Board - Lostopoly
Cornwall
- Five things I'm going to miss about Cornwall - Only five?
- Lostwithiel then and now - Old and new photos of the town
- Cornish holiday - Still thinking about coming here?
- Who should I vote for? - General election 2015
- Post boxes of Lostwithiel - A guest blog by John Pegg
Bronze sword project
- Bronze sword - er, dagger. - I finally finished it. Sort of
- Copper refining part 2 - Hot thing from a hot place
- Copper refining - Wow, that's hot
- Metal casting furnace - Part two of my bronze sword project
- Making Charcoal - You can't hurry love
Videos
- Proper ferrofluids - Okay, so I cheated
- Copper refining part 2 - Hot thing from a hot place
- Lamb's pluck - Lungs sound better than they taste
- Teaching the dog to count - He knows more about maths than me
- Cooking with insects - Cricket cookies
- Lockpicking - Surprisingly satisfying
- Happy Christmas - Thanks for reading
- Drink driving - Do try this at home, kids
- Copper refining - Wow, that's hot
- Coconutella - How much can I eat in one go?
- Ice cream vans in games - A brief history
- Making soap - The first rule of soap club is you don't talk about soap club
- Mentos eruption - Compensating for something?
- Metal casting furnace - Part two of my bronze sword project
- Making butter - Kitchen fun with your kids
Spain
- Owning less stuff - The things you own end up owning you
- Valencia - Picking a place to live
- Language learning - Duolingo rocks!
- Choice - How to make good decisions quickly
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Hi I'm Mat and I'm addicted to new hobbies. I used to think this was a bad thing but now I'm embracing it.
Writing them all up in this blog encourages me to finish projects, and helps me keep track of which ones I've tried.