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You have landed on the home page for www.tekkiepix.co.uk, which is currently experimental.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

If you are looking for the Tekkiepix free-access photo archive of electronic gadgetry, curated by veteran journalist and broadcaster Barry Fox, simply go to www.tekkiepix.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But before you move off to www.tekkiepix.com<\/a>, you might like to have a look at a few pages which I am using to post some stray facts, information and research, all related to home electronics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The WAM <\/a>(Wait A Minute!)<\/i> <\/b>page is mostly about tech-based situations that do not feel or smell right, mostly researched and written for specialist electronics publication Practical Electronics<\/b>, and re-purposed here with kind permission of Electron Publishing<\/a>. One such page is Smartmeters<\/a>, <\/b>a look at how the new gas and electric meters that the power companies so generously fit free, don’t just let the companies save on wages for staff meter-readers, the can also be used to switch off home supplies from the cosy comfort of a power company HQ.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

TipTricks <\/a><\/strong>are “easy when you know how” tips and tricks and practical advice pieces, some of which were originally researched and written for Sussex-based publication <\/span>Villages in Focus<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Crazy<\/b> <\/a>is all about crazy patents and inventions. The page offers a free read of the e-version of \u2018Why Didn\u2019t I Think of It First\u2019<\/b><\/a>, a long out-of-print hard-to-find hardback book first published by Barry Fox in 1970 under the pen name Adrian Hope, to avoid the wrath of the Chartered Institute of Patents Agents. CIPA, at the time, frowned on the idea of journalists being light-hearted about patents. Although most patents are dull as ditchwater, a few over the years have been delightfully daft. Why Didn’t I Think Of It First<\/b><\/a> <\/a>fits neatly with the Tekkiepix archive because some of the daft old patented ideas described in the book were only marginally dafter than some of the new gadgetry now being sold as the latest and best new thing. Other ideas only seemed daft at the time they were patented because they were years ahead of their time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Saucer <\/strong><\/a>tells the story of how British Rail really did patent a flying saucer.<\/p>\n

Photoscans<\/a><\/b> is a test page, with photos of tech topics shot by Barry Fox, mostly long ago. 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