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NOTES FROM THE SHED: SOME OPINIONS AND SOME FACTS
The Shed’s readership normally comprises a dozen in-laws, cousins, nephews and nieces, a kindly Kenyan who can advise us on how to get rich quick when we need to, and the odd drunken Googler … However, every now and then … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 143: A handy list of apps
The Shed’s 11 practical picks from 40 Best Free Apps as chosen by Computeractive magazine July 8-21, 2015 ConvertPad Android version only so far at: http://www.snipca.com/17017 Convert between inches, centimetres, UK and US shoe sizes, 160 currencies and more. Office … Continue reading
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Tagged chris benfields blog, convertpad, dashlane, duolingo, free ebooks, free language lessons, google play music, here, IF if this then that, journey planning app, office lens, password storage, pushbullet, remote access, turn phone into scanner, wattpad, waze
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SHEDNOTES 142: Some YouTube recommendations
The Shed enjoyed a thriller set in the Australian outback, Diamond Dove, by Adrian Hyland, starring a heroine called Emily Tempest who endeared herself by namechecking Ry Cooder, Robert Earl Keen and the Aussie folkie Slim Dusty, composer of Pub … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian hyland, band of horses, ben bridwell, big name no blanket, chris benfields blog, darling it hurts, diamond dove, dumb things, emily tempest, iron & wine, iron and wine, long black veil, nukkanya, paul kelly, paul kelly and the coloured girls, robert earl keen, sing into my mouth, slim dusty, warumpis, young einstein, youtube recommendations
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SHEDNOTES 141: An ancestor of Inside Out?
A lightbulb lit up over The Shed when reviews started coming in of the new Pixar film, Inside Out, starring animations of the emotions fighting for supremacy in a teenage girl’s head. What was it we were reminded of? The … Continue reading
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Tagged beano, beezer, chris benfields blog, dandy, inside out, numskulls
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SHEDNOTES 138: On poachers, peal and growing your own salmon
The Shed has opened a blog line called TALKING WALKHAM, about its local river, and is posting the first one here … Between 1724 and 1727, the author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, published three volumes of essays called A … Continue reading
Posted in notes from the shed, talking tackle
Tagged bruce stockley, chris benfield blog, chris benfields blog, devon fishing, endsleigh, fishing, hatcheries debate, horrabridge, peal, poachers, poaching, river walkham, robert mountjoy, salmon fishing in devon, salmon hatcheries, sea trout, sea trout diaries, tamar salmon, west country rivers trust, westcountry rivers trust
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