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Really depends on what exactly you want to do with it. It's perfect for casual web surfing, Email, Twitter and jotting down thoughts. I wouldn't try to write a book on it in one go, but the virtual keyboard is very easy to get used to, and great for typing a few hundred words or so at a time...

A couple of months ago, I prepared a detailed biltong making tutorial - I'm salting for 3 hours, but the salt is quite course, and is washed off afterwards. I have a very low salt tolerance, but this is fine, unless you try eating too much of it! The biltong carries on 'curing' for few days...

Digital SLRs have no delay, nor do most reasonable compacts (a few mobile phone cameras have horrible delays still). Indeed the Nikon D90 can shoot 4.5 frames per second continuous. The Gadget Show recently compared high-end film with high-end digital SLRs, blowing up the final images to...

RAW has the huge advantage that you can fiddle around with it a lot more than jpeg, which is great *if* you like fiddling around with pictures, trying to get the best out of them. It is, however, slower for the camera to capture, and slower to go to final print -- if you need to shoot lots of...

I like to find anywhere quiet, and out of the way to sit, think, tune-in, and maybe whittle some wood. Secluded is important, it's no good if people keep walking past. Even quite busy places, like my local woods (at work) which are much frequented by dog walkers, there are places that you can...

Used to do this with out bantom eggs, hard boil then pickle in cider vinegar. Lovely miniature pickled eggs. You might need a few more of them though!

I love to navigate, when out walking, with a map but bought a GPS to record where I'd been -- the track logging feature can be downloaded onto a computer to show where you've been, how fast you were going, how many miles you went for, etc. The other day, I was out for a long walk, following a...

Don't think I can make it this weekend, Oxford's a bit too far in the wrong direction for me. Hope you have a good time. A quick suggestion for a venue for another time, is the Wittenham Clumps (SU 566 927) -- good mix of environments from chalk grasslands through woodland to riverside, plus...

The piece of woods next to where I work is quite small -- a 20 minute brisk walk round the perimeter -- and frequented by many dog walkers -- but, even here, I've found a small area that's off the paths and private enough for a bit of whittling, or just some quiet contemplation. Usually an hour...

Having been lurking for about a year, I guess I should (finally) introduce myself. It was great to find a UK-centric forum, having been disappointed with other forums that had either a strong American bias, or constant flame wars (or both). I'm one of those people who's generally interested...

If you've room for another, I'd love to tag along Sunday, provided it's not tipping it down (sadly, I'm a fair-weather bushcrafter).

I think pretty much any source of (available) iron will do -- I've successfully used steel wool (not very bushcrafty) -- chopped a handful of galls in a blender, covered with water and left to ferment for a month or so, then dropped in a 'chunk' of steel wool, left for a week or so, stirring...

Looks like wild carrot -- I think I can see the 'whorl of green bracts' under the flower heads -- Google images should turn up some good results.

You might be better off with the images in GIF format, JPEG compression will create artefacts around lines, especially if you combine multiple images. GIF compression is better suited to line art, and you can enforce true black and white. It might also be worth checking out the resolution (ie...