This interesting short news report demonstrates several design issues that contribute to crime. Whilst relying on what the camera operator chose to film it is quite clear that this neighbourhood incorporates a number of design problems. First we have an alley, or rather a service road running to…

Here's a press release just sent to meby our friends in Cumbria Police. This is real problem for many reasons, not least the safety concerns and the huge costs to the victim. If you have any information please contact the police using the usual numbers shown below. Press Release Police are…

Ben reads ‘WIRED' regularly and often sends me links to stories that might interest me. This morning he sent me this about the August Smart locks, made in the US of A. I wrote about this lock early last year when the thing was launched here and to be honest I've not heard much about it…

After an absence of just one year (for a break) we are preparing for our 2014 Halloween Party.   Julia and I really go to town for our 50 guests and the raucous and terrifying behaviour goes on to the early hours. We do turn the music right down after midnight and since we are…

Dear Regular Visitor and not-so-regular Visitor Some of you keen-eyed people may have noticed that the adverts that appear in the right hand column of most pages on this site have changed. This is because we've teamed up with Google AdSense in an attempt to raise a little extra income to pay for…

I ask this question in our Home Security Survey application and thought you might like to know the answer

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