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Make a pallet coffee table

Making a coffee table out of recycled pallets

When you buy yourself a nice new coffee table it might just arrive on the back of a dirty, broken and ugly old pallet. A pallet which, like so many… Read more »

Rants and Ramblings    Bucket List, DIY, Environment, Generation Y, Upcycling, Wood work
Build your own acoustic guitar

Building an acoustic guitar

For a few years now I’ve wanted to build my own acoustic guitar. Partly because I love building things, and partly because I wanted something really unusual – but more… Read more »

Music, Rants and Ramblings    Acoustic Guitar, Bucket List, Guitar, Luthier, Music
Ardbeg Whisky

A beginner’s guide to Whisky

The most common questions I get asked about whisky are: How do I get into whisky? Where do I start? Can you recommend a good bottle for a non-whisky drinker?… Read more »

Rants and Ramblings, Whisky    Britain, UK, USA, Whiskey, Whisky
Home wi-fi 4g dongle

Can you run your home Wi-fi off a 4G Dongle?

What do you do if you’re one of the unlucky few who still don’t get access to high-speed broadband? Up until recently my parents were receiving between 1 and 2… Read more »

Rants and Ramblings, Technology    internet, Wi-fi

Squared Online – Digital Marketing Course

In recent months I have been up to my neck in change. New job for a start. But I also enrolled on a few courses, one of which is coming… Read more »

Rants and Ramblings    Digital Marketing, Global Community, Google, Google Squared, internet, Social Networks, Squared, Squared Online, Squared Online Digital Marketing, Tech, technology

Living Without Sugar – 1 Month

Apologies for the delay in getting the living without sugar end-of-month post, but here it is! Click here to read my earlier posts on Living Without Sugar and the 12th… Read more »

Food, Rants and Ramblings   

Living Without Sugar – Day 12

Ok, so just a very quick update on living without sugar. If you haven’t read my previous blog, click here to read that first. Day 12 Living Without sugar So… Read more »

Food, Rants and Ramblings    Food, Life, Living without sugar, Quitting Sugar, Sugar

Living Without Sugar

I posted a short statement on Facebook about living without sugar for February and potentially permanently. The reaction was great so as promised I’m going to blog about it as I… Read more »

Food, Rants and Ramblings    Balanced Diet, Diet, facebook, Food, Friends, Health, LeanIn15, Life, Life Choices, Quitting Sugar, Sugar

The Early Adopters

It has now been almost universally accepted that Global Warming is a thing. Not just a small thing, but perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of our species. The… Read more »

Global Community, Rants and Ramblings    Boyan Slat, Britain, Economics, Elon Musk, Environment, EU, Generation Y, Global Community, Life, Politics, Social Networks, technology, Travel, UK, USA

The New MacBook Pro – First Look

Apple’s product launches used to be very regular, however, since 2012 Apple’s Mac line up has undergone sporadic changes, what was once a simple line up of desktop and portable, home user and pro… Read more »

Technology    Apple, Gadget, Google, Microsoft, OS, Reviews, Tech, technology, USB

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Vinyl – The Revolution

July 3, 2016

Vinyl – The Revolution

So it seems apt that a previous post, was about streaming music and now I want to discuss music formats again. Since Christmas the James household has been listening to more music than usual, but almost entirely on vinyl. In fact, I’ve cancelled my Spotify subscription, and disconnected my Sonos Connect. […]

The Worst of Humanity

October 21, 2016

What is it about the human condition that causes completely rational, reasonable people to suddenly find themselves shouting at a complete stranger? Maybe their take-away takes longer than they were promised, or the latest shiny gadget they have set their heart on is out of stock. Sadly, I have seen this exact scenario re-enacted on an almost daily basis over the last 3 years. […]

How do you put a value on music?

November 30, 2014

So in recent weeks and months, the hot topic in the music world has been streaming. Is it fair to the writers, the artists or the public? Just how do you put a value on music? […]

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