• Almost UV light from RGBW LEDs

    So it turns out the RGBW LED light strip in my living room has some almost-UV component to its blue light. It is almost UV enough to make some things fluoresce quite vivid colours.

  • According to Fitbit, gardening is cycling

    One of FitBit’s more useful features is its ability to automatically detect exercise. I think it uses a combination of your heart rate and how the device is moving. The pattern of motion and heart rates must be categorised by FitBit so the app can tell the difference between “swimming” and “running”, etc. It’s not…

  • Planting Fruit Bushes

    Poundland sells cheap fruit bushes, and if you pick the ones with leaves on, they tend to grow fairly well and make a nice hedge type thing. If you pick the ones with no leaves on… they’re dead, you’re buying a dead plant… They’re also not a pound each, but never mind.

  • Making a Basic Raised Planter

    I set up a simple raised planter to make part of my garden more useful.

  • Preparing for Spring

    It’s been pretty windy here again, so I went to the plot to see if the shed had tried to escape again…