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I am thinking of getting one of those Asus EE PC for writing in the shed and web browsing.

Have any of you sheddies got one, what do you think of it, any tips etc?

Also I would use it for reading books and the like one of those Amazon Kindle

but as I have to wait until it comes out over here in the UK, I think a ultra portable machine would do.

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Homebase has the following sale on at the moment

20% off barbeques

20% off patio heaters

25% off showers

10% off all sheds

1/3 off garden furniture

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This story on Boingboing about Artist Nina Katchadourian who tried repairing spider webs with thread, but her efforts were rebuffed: “My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned.”

Image from Nina’s site, nice looking shed BTW

Of course all sheddies know that spiders and their webs are a sacred part of the shedworld. and should not be tampered with.

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A lovely American shed today from Scout and Matt from Portland, OR

it even has the computer generated image of what it should look like.

All the windows were scored at bargain prices from different people on Craigslist, and we then designed the shed around them. The two of us built it by ourselves, from the ground up. Thirty feet down a path, painted to match the house, electric heat, second- hand laminate flooring, different colored windows on all four sides, fully insulated, rain barrel to collect roof runoff.

More images after the link.

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Reader Pamela from Michigan U.S.A says

Here in DeWitt, Michigan U.S.A. we have a rule prohibiting sheds. Some people have built sheds and the homeowners association is suing them in court to make them take the sheds down. How pathetic is that?

Sheds were banned in this area near Lake Geneva in DeWitt, MI (not to be confused with a larger place called Lake Geneva in Wisconsin). The developeer who set the rules decided that there could only be two structures on each property–a house and attached garage. It makes no sense to me. Some people have their lawn care and gardening equipment in their garages and then park their cars in the driveway.

If only we hadn’t dumped that tea into Boston Harbor–we could all be British and we could all have sheds!

Do you have any issues or comments about rules and planning issues?

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dbroox says

I set a webcam up to make a timelapse video while I built my first shed. It’s a pretty boring video, but whatever. Here’s the end result…

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I have seen the wonderful sheds on island of Lindisfarne only in photos but would love to see them close up.

The Holy Island is located off the Northumbrian coast, they are upturned boats who are no longer used as seagoing wossname but put to great use as sheds, what a wonderful retirement!

So many people have got them on flickr and they are great shots I thought I would put a few up here but you can do a search and find them all.

From Lostpup

From meerware1

From Chris_db

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A beach hut in Gwynedd with views over Cardigan Bay is to be auctioned next week with a guide price of £70,000.

The detached hut, which is in the middle of a row, is on a sand dune at the highly-sought after location of Abersoch, on the Llyn Peninsula.

It is made of corrugated sheeting and wood and measures just 13ft (4m) by nine feet (2.7m).

One local businessman said he was not surprised and said house prices were “out of sync” with the rest of Wales.

According to the BBC

Update it sold for the price.

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I have been blogged tagged by Alex over at shedworking, rules at the bottom.

anyway here are my random things about me

• I trained as a chef many years ago- but still enjoy cooking for fun
• I drink my coffee black and tea white (2 sugars in both if no-one is watching)
• I have not been to the hairdressers for over 13 years
• I only passed my driving test in Dec 2007 - not a fan of driving but had to and it was first attempt.
• I am really bad at DIY when told what needs to be done, but when left alone I try hard and sometimes don’t fail.
• My favourite film is the Quiet Man starring John Wayne - thanks to brainwashing from the O’Connor’s while I was a child

and here are the blogs that I am tagging, hopefully they will carry on the tag

Richard over at http://www.realoasis.net/

Mike over at http://peplers.blogspot.com/

Simon over at the Plot Thickens

Cath over at Cathjanes.co.uk

Chris over at logblog.co.uk

AJ over http://aplaceinsardinia.blogspot.com/

Rules
* Link to the person who tagged you.
* Post the rules on your blog.
* Write six random things about yourself.
* Tag six people at the end of your post linking to their blog.
* Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
* Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

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Adnams has launched what it claims is the UK’s first carbon-neutral beer.

Adnams says the bitter, East Green, has less than 1p worth of carbon emissions per bottle, which it has pledged to offset.

The beer is produced at a new “eco-friendly” brewery in Southwold, Suffolk, which recycles steam created during the brewing process and uses it to heat 90% of the following brew, a spokeswoman said.

But they don’t mention the strength or anything… if you see if around sheddies take a photo of the clip and add it to the Beer of the Week Group on Flickr.

Anyway my beer of the Week is Bass!

It’s an old favorite and was a lovely pint Ralph says “most of the time ” which I will agree with most of the time you will be lucky to get a good pint of it.

I had it at the Fox & Hounds in St. Brides Major, South Wales, a great little pub I have not been to for years.

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