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Fitness Update: Carbohydrate Tensions
Since the start of this training regime, I have found it difficult to keep my energy up. To do this, I need to take in at least 400g of carbs,…
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Fitness Update: Late-July
This can be summed up in one word: PROGRESSING! I could just leave it at that, but I'm not going to. Nutrition is still as important as ever, and is…
Posted in3D Hand Tools
Measuring, Further than Normal…
When we measure things, it is more often with a rule or a small tape measure. It's rare that we will get the length of something more than a couple…
The Fitness Update
We are now in the seventh month of the year and the fitness regime is ramping up. In the last couple of weeks, I have started liftiong weights and running…
Posted inEngineering Toys
The Age of Toy Robots, Again!
In the early to mid-twentieth century, children enjoyed tin-toys. The most notiable of these is that of the tin-robot. You can easily find an image of one, and they are…
Pareidolia or Just Shapes?
In recent years we have been introduced to the term, 'PAREIODOLIA!' This wasn't really in the mainstream before the Internet was born. As social media output grew, we were inundated…
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Gymnast or Juggernaut – Which are you?
I am now in full-swing with the weight training, even venturing into the sweat-pit at the gym. I am building a new body, or at least trying to. With the…
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Pool Safety Without the Mess
I was cleaning the frame-pool in the back garden and thought about how we need to take charge of keeping the water clean. It is no secret that water gets…
Posted inEnvironment Science
Measuring the Weight of Gas
I have always found it a strange concept, weighing gas. Something so light and floaty, feels like it has a negligible mass. But it seems, that we often need to…
Posted inEngineering R2Lego
Technic-of-the-Past, Memories That Last!
The title sounded poetic, so I hyphenated it. This post is all about the old Technic and how it changed the way I played with sets. In the 80s, I…