Day: December 11, 2015

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Christmas tree care tips – stop the needle drop – an annotated infographic

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas is 13 days away. Or less, if you’re tardy in reading this post! Despite an overwhelming festive smorgasbord of imitation, non-drop, possibly fibre-optic and/or psychedelic tree options, Christmas just ain’t Christmas for many people without that fresh pine scent and those sole-of-foot-poking needles of a traditional Norway Spruce tree. Keep yours fresh with these terrifically topical top tree tips. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Christmas tree care tips – stop the needle drop – an annotated infographic

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E&T news weekly #74 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week

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Friday December 11 2015  Vitali Vitaliev, features editor American teenager builds turkey-roasting drone This is one of the most bizarre news stories I have come across this year, so much so that it almost defies any comment. Yet it immediately brought back memories of one of the most popular magazines of my childhood – ‘Yuniy Tekhnik’, or ‘Young Technician’ in Russian. With a monthly circulation of over 8 million copies, it used to be the favourite read of any Soviet teenager who knew how to read – and most of us did. The magazine actively encouraged inventiveness among its readers, … Continue reading E&T news weekly #74 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week