Today has been a bit more of a success than yesterday! Set off to the car boot sale this morning, and almost immediately found a box of solder suckers and spare tips. For 50p, I got a brand new solder sucker, and for 50p more, I got a selection of spare PTFE tips. Then I found a couple of HP infra-red modules for laser printers -- they let the ( Read more... )

It was 9am (or thereabouts) and I was awake, just. For the first time in ages, it wasn't raining. I'd been thinking about a few bits and bobs that might come in handy. So, it was time to go to The Car Boot Sale. I headed North, towards Bradley Stoke and the fabled Trench Lane, all the time wondering if the boot sale was still being held in that ( Read more... )