When Is When Is is a web site that gives you the dates of religious and civil holidays around the world.  Amusingly it's divided into religious holidays, and then America is stuck on the end, with a date given for St Patrick's Day and Halloween.  As a Brit this is slightly annoying, but all in […]

Linda's Bees is a blog written by an American apiarist (beekeeper), a lady who lives in Atlanta.  She keeps several hives on the deck behind her house and in community gardens and her blog is a fascinating look at the ups and downs of beekeeping.

Cooking for Engineers is a collection of "tried and tested" recipes and reviews.  The "Engineer" bit is what intrigued me, but to be honest it's cooking for almost everyone.  The nice thing about it is the step by step photos, which mean you really can't go wrong. (Or can you?)

Floorplanner If you follow the forum you'll know we've been rearranging the house a bit (it's an "ongoing" project).  As a result we've been moving furniture around - a lot.  As a result I needed a way of rearranging the furniture without actually having to lift it and this site does exactly that.  Spend a […]

Etymologic The word etymology means "word origin", it comes from the Greek word 'etymos', which means real, or true, and the suffix -ology indicates that it's the study of, or science of.  Put them together and you get the study or science of the real or true.  In this online etymology game you'll be presented […]

Forage Oakland is a project that, in its own words, works to address how we eat every day, and how everyone can benefit from viewing their neighbourhood as a veritable edible map.   If you've ever fancied living off the land, this blog might be of interest, if you haven't considered it, it's still a veritable mine […]