REVISED - NEWSLETTER; SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011
Posted October 8th, 2011 by admin
Apologies for having to send this twice but it turns out that quite a few of the links didn't work, this is one of the reasons for the coming overhaul as the newsletter software tends to screw up the links when publishing (!?). Thanks to those of you that pointed this out. Allof them should work now...
Welcome to another of the occasional and admittedly sporadic Autonopedia newsletters.
Activity on adding more articles has also been slow of late, partly because of summer when it is less conducive to be sitting around indoors slaving over a computer keyboard (LOL!) and also due to an unfortunate health problem and hospital incarceration of your humble editor earlier this year. Now as the nights draw in and it gets colder outside, many more articles should be arriving on the site over the autumn and winter.
Sifting through the vast quantity of info on the hard drive waiting to be to be edited and selecting the most appropriate material can be a task in itself . This can be made easier if other people make suggestions as to what they would like to see, so if any of you would like to see articles, or more articles on a particular topic, do please email your suggestions.
Hopefully there will be some more regular newsletters as Autonopedia moves into it's next phase, certainly once a month at least as there will be many more additions to keep up to date with and possibly interesting news items also.
The site will be getting something of an overhaul soon, making it more usable, with a site wide search facility, mobile phone access and more. The forums will be completely dropped for now, no-one was really using them (shame) and they were getting heavily spammed due to no-one else acting as moderators. The same goes for groups and the classified ads, they haven't been spammed but no-one is using them so there doesn't seem much point. Maybe these will be re-introduced or some other means of networking incorporated, again, any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
Do please visit the Autonopedia Facebook page and click on the 'like' button, definitely need more 'likes' here, updates and interesting links are posted quite regularly and it is also a place to have your say. Help the project to grow and invite your friends...
NEW ARTICLES
There have been a few requests regarding further information on building with earth, so here is a very comprehensive primer on the whole subject...
Building With Earth - A_Handbook
About time we had at least a basic article on benders, so this one should fill the gap for now. Hopefully more on this subject soon.
Building a Bender Tent
Not all of this will be practical but there are some interesting possibilities that could be used today
Basic Dyeing From 1861
The first of hopefully a series on the subject of growing and making hedges...
Hedgerow Planting Advice
Over the last century or so, the vast majority of the UK's peat bogs have been damaged or destroyed just to provide commercial and amateur gardeners with cheap peat for use around the garden. So what can be used instead?
Alternatives to Peat
Colloidal silver is an amazing product for healing and disinfecting. The objective of this presentation is to provide a clear, thorough understanding of what to look for and what to avoid in choosing good colloidal silver products. Do they work? & which ones? The growing threat of multi-drug resistant bacteria is good reason to think about colloidal silver. Information presently available about colloidal silver products is sometimes confusing and is often misleading.
Colloids - Do they work?
Buying silver colloids can be very expensive so it is very worthwhile making your own. There are several ways to set this up so this article covers the main techniques for producing decent silver colloids:
Make Colloidal Silver - Multiple Methods
The LM317 is a variable Voltage regulator and is one of those basic chips that are very useful and is something of an industry standard. Choosing the correct values for the resistor values determining the voltage output is made easy with this info. As well as some useful tables there is a calculator that is designed for his purpose.
LM317 Voltage Calculator
Beeswax is an amazingly useful product (and another good reason to have a beehive). This article shows a number of useful recipes if you have a supply of this wonderful resource.
Beeswax Recipes
A perennial problem for most parents with kids at school is head lice, the conventional treatments are somewhat nasty so here are some natural alternatives:
How to Kill Head Lice Using Natural Home-made Remedies
UPDATED
This article has been updated with more info and recipes...
There have been a few updates in the Natural Healing section (part of an ongoing editing phase to bring the articles together and finish them to the standards of the rest of the site
THE TOP 20 ARTICLES IN SEPTEMBER:
7. Electronics - Digital Basics - logicsub
10. Tools and How to Use Them - Dividers and Calipers
11. Tools and How to Use Them - Rasps and Files
12. Generators - Permanent Magnet Generators
13. Pedal_Power - Bike Generator
14. Dentistry /Cement Fillings
15. Index-Buildings and Shelter
17. Tools and How to Use Them - Wrenches
18. Metalworking, The_Basics - Heat Treatment of Steel
19. Rural_Building - Plaster and Render
20. Rural_Building - Planning And Setting Out
TOP 20 COUNTRIES IN SEPTEMBER:
Overall Autonopedia has been accessed in over 185 countries. In September alone 179 countries, the top 20 being:
1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. India
4. Philippines
5. Canada
6. Australia
7. Malaysia
8. South Africa
9. Ireland
10. New Zealand
11. Pakistan
12. Indonesia
13. France
14. Singapore
15. Thailand
16. Italy
17. Jamaica
18. Germany
19. Nigeria
20. Brazil
