Weekly Roundup, Friday 16 August 2019
Good morning I’ve had a very busy week this week, and thought I’d – excuse me – quickly rush off a short piece as a feature article for this week. But the “quick short piece” …
Science
Internet Speed Overkill
We’ve just upgraded our internet connection speed to 500 Mbit/second for both uploading and downloading. We have vivid memories of the various connection speeds we’ve had in the past, stretching all the way back to …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 19 July 2019
Good morning The build up to the Apollo 11 celebrations is reaching a crescendo. As I type this, a website that is recreating the journey in real time tells me that at this moment, 50 …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 7 June 2019
Good morning If you are receiving this in the form of the once weekly newsletter, you can hopefully see that our redesigning continues apace (the daily and instant versions have yet to be updated). This …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 10 May 2019
Good morning Many thanks to everyone who sent their opinions in on whether they’d be comfortable flying the Boeing 737 MAX once it returns to service. As promised, your answers have been collated, and I’ve …
Preserving and Restoring Your Car Battery
While much focus these days is on new battery types; generally the most expensive investment in batteries we currently make is with the decidedly old fashioned lead-acid battery in our vehicles. The technology dates back …
Weekly Roundup, Good Friday 19 April 2019
Good morning I hope your Good Friday is off to a good start, and your Easter Weekend will be spent most pleasantly, including, for the Christians among our readers, some extra time pondering and being …
Solving Amazon’s Fake Review Problem
Amazon complains theatrically that it is doing all it can to stop the flood of fake reviews that infest its site, but clearly the most casual of glances shows its feeble attempts to be almost …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 12 April 2019
Good morning An unplanned, but interesting (I hope) attached article today, being a review of a third emergency car battery “jump-start” unit. Unlike the two reviewed last week, this one works well and I can …
An Emergency Car Battery Starter That Actually Works
Last week we reported on two small rechargeable batteries that claimed they could be used to jumpstart a car with a dead battery. One of them utterly failed to do so, and the other one …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 5 April 2019
Good morning I hope you had a great April Fool’s Day on Monday. This year, more than previously, I found myself struggling to tell the jokes from reality. For example, this story about a tiny …
An Emergency Battery/Starter for your Car
We’ve all had a dead battery surprise us in our car. There’s nothing worse than when you’re running late, you get into your car, attempt to start it, and instead of the engine happily springing …