• Heartstart Thatcham

    Heartstart Thatcham

    I heard on Moday 13th May 2013 that the Heartstart scheme that I have been trying to get established has been officially accepted for affiliation to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).  What this means is that the scheme is independent from the BHF but has an affiliation.  The BHF supply...

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  • Adventures with an Arduino

    Arduino UNO

    I got an Arduino to play with Christmas 2011, but barely played with it. During 2012 I have become more interested in medical research, well health generally, especially after watching some of the research shown at TEDMED. So I decided last summer to put the two together, buy a Pulse Sensor and do...

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  • Thatcham Then and Now Launch

    Thatcham Then and Now

    Many people now know about my book, “Thatcham Then and Now.” It is set to launch later this week at an event on 26th July 2012, 7pm at Frank Hutchings Community Hall in Thatcham. I am giving a short talk at the launch, presenting a few of the books to certain people and then Thatcham Family...

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  • Family Tree Charts (part 1)

    The Mount's of Thatcham

    Family history is, and has been, a growing hobby for a long time for a great many people. For the Peter Allen Memorial Lectures this year, 2012, we decided to focus one talk on Family History, although almost every talk notes various well known locals. As such I thought rather than producing the...

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  • Nick's guide to photography

    Mark and Laura's Wedding, Cornwall, 2011. Photograph by Nick Young

    This is the first of what I hope to be an ongoing series on photography. The aim is to provide a series targeted to all, beginners and the advanced based on what I have learnt and the techneques I use. Before we start, let me give you a short background about myself. Ignoring photography for a...

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  • Honoured with a Gold Civic Award

    Photograph by Paul Young

    In February/March 2011 I got a letter from Thatcham Town Council saying I was to be awarded a Gold Civic Award for my work in promoting the town. To say this came as a suprise would be an understatement. There are few things like this that I get that I feel I deserve. Anyway, it is something I am...

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Book Review: Thatcham

Most of you know that I love my history, especial local and ancient. The book I am reviewing this week is 110 years old, written in 1899 by Samuel Barfield and in my opinion is the best reference material for the history of Thatcham. The full title of the book is "Thatcham, Berks, and its manors."...

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Feb 21, 2009

What If: Dinosaurs

What: Dinosaurs were animals that dominated the land from 235 to 65 million years ago, which included the, Jurassic and Triassic periods. Not all of the animals from this period that are thought of as Dinosaurs are actually Dinosaurs. For example, Plesiosaurs and Mosasaurs are commonly called...

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Feb 16, 2009

TV/Film Review: Longitude

Longitude DVD Cover

Longitude, is the story of the solving of how to accuratley and reliably calculate Longitude. This is based through the eyes of a Navy Commander, Rupert Gould who is played by Jeremy Irons. He discovers some of Harrison's time pieces and lovingly restores them whilst he suffers a break-down. This...

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Feb 15, 2009

Useful: Remember The Milk

Remember The Milk

Okay, I have mentioned this one before but I find this one so useful, both personally and for business that I could not eresist one more plug for it.

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Feb 8, 2009

Book Review: Apple Confidential

Apple Confidential

Apple Confidential 2.0 is a book detailing the history of Apple and includes detailed information on many of the Apple products including List and the Macintosh. The history includes the making of Apple, the CEO issues and the fall of Apple, then the rise isdetailed with the return of Steve Jobs. A...

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Feb 7, 2009

Internet Encyclopedia

Internet Encyclopedia screenshot

Internet Encyclopedia was originally designed by Luka Cvrk (see Solucija) and sponsored by B4Contact and has been released under a Creative Commons Licence (Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0). I ported this theme to Drupal 6 in December 2008 for use on my website, nickbits.co.uk.

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Feb 3, 2009