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There is plenty of this sort of thing. (eg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/03/baby_monitors_insecure_internet_things/) IOT = 'Internet of trash' (or 'internet of tat') I cannot imagine any knowledgeable person installing any of this. Far too much risk, virtually no gain.

We used a mixture of sodium chlorate and sugar. Drill a hole in the stump, put the mixture in. Do not plug. Touch flame to mixture. Removes stumps and takes (significantly) less than a year. (significantly less than a minute under ideal circumstances). The kill-joys then started adding flame...

I have heard that some people have accidentally killed shrubby plants by spilling amonium sulphamate solution while walking to their composting area. I cannot recommend this as a shrub remover as it is against the EU regs to use amonium sulphamate in the garden except as a compost accelerant...

I am not sure what is available on paper, but many crypto libraries would make it an easy project (eg javax.crypto). Cryptographic grade randomness is available for a few lines of code (I think you could use JavaScript or groovy to access javax.crypto in a few lines and bish-bash-bosh job done...

An interesting if long-term project. A bit like building your own house from scratch, I guess. Except that most of the 'materials' are free. What I like in particular about coding is that all the untidiness 'disappears' when you turn the machine off. You can also make your own tools, save...

Ah, yes, sorry - what you know well is always the best language for the job. Learning a language while just complicate solving the problem. It is easy to forget that my knowledge of several languages is the product of a rare career path. FWIW my feeling is that C or C++ would better suit...

Thanks both for your encouragement. Very well done - producing something that others find useful. The only time I have managed that was with a program for calculating/visualising the placement of holes on tin whistles. Your printer pugin sounds much more widely useful. Wow, I understand that...

Welcome. That is a nice, clear, easy-on-the-eye website. I am not sure I would be in the market for any of the products though. Good idea to try recycling, but I think you will find it a tough market. Phill

More like 'Q' I reckon. :wink:

I am not sure if anyone here would be interested, but during the bad weather I entertained myself indoors by writing a program that hides text messages in jpg image files. The general technique is called steganography, but my program uses none of the techniques described in the article. I am...

And 'pruning' includes lopping off anything above ground level even several (6+) inches diameter. It will even regrow happily from a stump. I know this :wink: .

FWIW Laurel is a tough plant. Hack it back to where you want it, give it six months, and it will look as good as new, but thinner.

Completely untrue. The entire of the rectangle 40 N 59 W to 41 N 60 W lies in the North Atlantic Ocean quite a few miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. I am closer to being an engineer than a manager, obviously. (Now where is that 'smart &rs3' smiley when you need it) PS Managers, politicians...

I have one of these in the van - it is tiny but does most things. Just about fits on my opened hand. I have other tools as well - in a small 'canvas' shoulder bag, but the toolcheck is the core of the 'van tools' and sets the tone for minimalist and small. Edit: in the house I have a...

General point when moving - dont let the estate agent have your keys until you are ready to move out. I mean finished all the packing (and in my wifes case cleaned the house from top to bottom). The agents are too keen to get the deal going to care about niceties. A chap I know got pushed out...

No mac, but open office on linux. Writer has the menu option for direct pdf output. (Open office may be available free for windows too)

Good idea, but I just used 'File/Export as PDF'. I will take both formats with me.

Thanks for all the replies.... it did not occur to me to walk down town - I was thinking that those places were for large print runs of fliers etc #-o . Family live too far away, and I tend to be an independent cuss with this sort of thing. Thanks for the offer marcros - but it seems like...

Went to print a copy of my will - but our printer has lost its cable and has not been used four more than four years. I am loathe to source a new cable only to find that the ink has dried up etc, all for one printed sheet. Does anyone know of online printers who would do small numbers of...

Yes, it suggests we need more nuclear.... what is that symbol in the top left? blue/white/red, and looks a bit like France? Surely they would have a completely unbiased view......?