What the measurements actually say
Every number in here was measured by somebody
Guides to things people do every day — growing plants, baking bread, sleeping — written the way a paper is written rather than the way a blog post is. Each one states its source count on the cover, cites every one of those sources on the page where it is used, and says plainly where the evidence runs out instead of filling the gap with something that sounds right.
- 29Guides
- 482Sources cited
- 1183Pages
- 287Figures
Cited, not “evidence-based”
Every quantity carries a superscript to a numbered source, and the list at the back says what each one actually found.
Figures drawn from the data
No stock photography. Every chart is built from the numbers in the sources, and never claims more than they support.
It says when nobody knows
Each guide lists what could not be supported. Confidence is cheap; knowing which of your habits are load-bearing is not.
Instant download, yours to keep
Print-ready US Letter, and a reflowable EPUB with it on every guide that suits one. No subscription, no expiry. Each product says which.
The illustrated line
Drawn to scale
Buildable projects, illustrated and dimensioned. Every plan carries real measurements — container sizes, substrate volumes, clearances — so you can order the parts before you start rather than guessing halfway through.
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Terrarium & Plant Display Guide The stones at the bottom are decoration. They are not drainage, and they never were. 21 sources cited inline · 46 pages · 9 plates
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The Glaze Fault Finder Not a bad recipe. A mismatch and the two commonest defects are the same mismatch in opposite directions. 7 sources cited inline · 42 pages · 10 plates
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The Varroa Failure Finder It does not drink their blood. It eats the organ that lets a winter bee live six months and it eats it before she emerges. 13 sources cited inline · 52 pages · 10 plates
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Making things by hand
Six beginner crafts where the usual advice fails because it was written for someone else’s materials — a different paper, a coarser cloth, a needle with the same number and a different blade. Each one starts by pinning down what you actually bought.
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Cyanotype Sun Prints The minute count you were given belongs to somebody else s paper, sky and season. Your paper tells you when it is done, in colour. 10 sources cited inline · 31 pages · 4 illustrations
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Bookbinding for Beginners The notebook that springs open was lost at the cutting stage. Paper bends more easily one way, and the spine has to agree with it. 7 sources cited inline · 34 pages · 4 illustrations
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Needle Felting for Beginners Two suppliers can sell you different fibre under the same word. The product name is not the specification. 8 sources cited inline · 34 pages · 4 illustrations
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Pressed Flower Guide Nothing you can buy makes a pressed petal permanent. Knowing that changes where it hangs, and what you keep in the dark. 8 sources cited inline · 35 pages · 5 illustrations
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Punch Needle for Beginners Your loops are not falling out because your stitches are loose. They are falling out because the weave is too coarse to grip them. 11 sources cited inline · 35 pages · 4 illustrations
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Visible Mending Everything about a first patch is recoverable except the mark you made on the garment with a pen you had not tested. 7 sources cited inline · 36 pages · 4 illustrations
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In the kitchen
Bread and cream, treated as the physical processes they are rather than as recipes to follow.
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Bread Making Every bread is the same five decisions. Learn the dials, not the recipes. 18 sources cited inline · 54 pages · 18 figures
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Cream Making Guide One material, five operations, twenty creams. All specified by fat, not by the label. 28 sources cited inline · 54 pages · 17 figures
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Sourdough in Hot Weather Your dough is not misbehaving. It is doing exactly what that temperature demands, on a schedule written for a cooler room. 13 sources cited inline · 32 pages · 14 tables
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When it matters
Four subjects where getting it wrong has a real cost, and where the evidence is thinner than the confidence around it.
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Sleep on Command The famous two-minute figure comes from one uncontrolled account. The drill itself is real. 42 sources cited inline · 54 pages · 18 figures
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Insulin Without Refrigeration Insulin does not spoil the moment it leaves the fridge. Here is what was measured. 30 sources cited inline · 45 pages · 13 figures
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Mould Prevention Guide Mould is not a cleaning problem. It is a temperature problem. 12 sources cited inline · 37 pages · 8 figures
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Limescale Removal Guide It is not dirt. It is the water s own rock, and heat is what put it there. 6 sources cited inline · 36 pages · 6 figures
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“Every one of these books started with me not believing something, and losing.”
Abdelmounim El Moussaddar
An engineer, and an avid reader and researcher. Writes every guide in this shop.