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by headforthehills
Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:16 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: EP 1110-3-2, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) AND TEMPEST PROTECT
Replies: 7
Views: 2471

Re: EP 1110-3-2, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) AND TEMPEST PRO

@ Arzosah FWIW if your experience of a web site differs from others -especially to the extent of getting ads etc. you should check your browser and or computer. A good tool to get is the no-script add on for firefox. it is a revelation to see what a site tries to do when you load a page, but also if...
by headforthehills
Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:55 am
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: Compiling a list of survival novel recommendations
Replies: 41
Views: 19339

Re: Compiling a list of survival novel recommendations

I had never head of goodreads.com until I read that Amazon and bought them or something, but the web site has some good search options with genres for apocalyptic and post apocalyptic. It is quite a frustrating site to use though and the iApp is a big disappointment. I did also buy the first part of...
by headforthehills
Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:20 am
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: CyberStorm - A Novel
Replies: 8
Views: 2038

Re: CyberStorm - A Novel

d'oh!

I paid £1.99 for my kindle version.
by headforthehills
Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:46 am
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: CyberStorm - A Novel
Replies: 8
Views: 2038

CyberStorm - A Novel

I haven't seen anything here yet about this book, I am currently about halfway through. http://www.amazon.co.uk/CyberStorm-ebook/dp/B00BT4QRHG . Set in New York City (at least as far as I have read) the book gives a very interesting account of the collapse of modern infrastructure when IT systems ac...
by headforthehills
Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:29 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Posting rules?
Replies: 7
Views: 825

Re: Posting rules?

Thanks for the info, and reassurance :)
by headforthehills
Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:56 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Posting rules?
Replies: 7
Views: 825

Posting rules?

I'm quite new here and by my own admission not a huge contributor, but I am having trouble getting to grips with this 'post pending approval' thing. Is it just some sub-forums, that need approval or have I already been flagged as a troublemaker :o Can't seem to find anything in the rules so would ju...
by headforthehills
Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:42 pm
Forum: Water
Topic: WaterBOB
Replies: 18
Views: 7288

Re: WaterBOB

you know i do see a problem with the water bob ! in the usa there bathroom taps are supplied directly from the mains where as here they are fed from a tank! Not quite - certainly in my house since we replaced the boiler (and given the fact that we have oodles of pressure in the main) all of our wat...
by headforthehills
Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:18 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: De-Lurk from Devon
Replies: 8
Views: 1184

De-Lurk from Devon

I managed to join here a few weeks back, I must admit as a result of seeing ‘Domsday Preppers’ on TV and googling prepping but my I suppose what used to be called survivalist interests go all the way back to my teenage years and the first screening of Terry Nation’s ‘Survivors’ on the BBC. Ever sinc...