Throughout the pandemic, I’ve wondered how effective the face masks I wear actually are.

In medical situations you’re supposed to do “fit tests” to assess how well the mask fits you. The best filtration is no good if it doesn’t fit your face and it leaks around the edges.

Well-fitting is more important than the degree of filtration.

After being stranded with a flat car battery last week, I decided to buy this Autophix JSC 2100 super capacitor jump starter (as well as buying a new battery!) It’s the cheapest on the market by a long way, and only available on eBay or AliExpress, so it’s wise to be sceptical.  But the Chinese […]

Dancing Stage Party Edition: “Everyone is waiting for you” audio file: Download as an mp3 file In March 2020, faced with a prolonged period confined to my home, I realised I needed a home-based exercise regime. Back in the early 2000s I had played Dancing Stage Party Edition (the European version of DDR) extensively, and […]

[Edit: I cannot recommend this device as an Access Point, although as a wireless repeater/extender it’s probably ok. Time to revise my opinion of this repeater slightly. Today the webcam went offline, and when I checked, the repeater wasn’t connected to the internet. I had to turn it off and on again to reconnect. Not […]

I’ve been trying to make a decent home-made oat milk for months.  I use oat milk to add to tea and coffee, not for cereal or to drink directly. I’ve tried so many recipes, and every time I get a really unpleasant “sludge” in the bottom of my drink.  It varies how much I got, […]