Anyone who’s alive pretty much has, or uses a mobile phone today, including toddlers. But have you thought about the prospects of using your mobile phone as a tool in a survival situation and how it would work? That’s what this post aims to look at, to see whether your … Continue reading
As preppers, knowledge can be the biggest asset in a grid-down situation. It can allow you to ‘loan’ skills and ascertain quicker results than if we attempted to try things ourselves without any prior knowledge. One of these biggest hubs of knowledge right now is the video streaming website YouTube. … Continue reading
If you’re into prepping you’ve probably got a digital device such as a phone or tablet stored somewhere (hopefully in an EMP-proof container) which will be utilized if the worst does happen. A lot will change if a SHTF event occurs and this will most certainly include the ceasing of … Continue reading
So, you want to download some local maps for offline use during a disaster but aren’t sure how to get started? The aim of this blog is to let you know what you need, what’s involved and how it all works when the internet has been taken offline. I will … Continue reading
Lately I’ve been working on a backup lithium power station for those situations when the grid power goes out. You might (or might not – if you watch mainstream media) have heard that many countries have been having great difficulty with their power generation lately and have been losing power … Continue reading
It’s a strange coincidence that the World Economic Forum simulated a worldwide pandemic a year before one spread across the globe. Strange enough that when they say they will be running a simulated hack of the worldwide internet infrastructure it makes one sit up and pay attention to what’s going … Continue reading
Version 10.00 of The Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE) has been released and is now available for download at: The Preparedness Encyclopedia Version 10 is another partial visual update featuring 20% larger text to all content, larger headings, subcategory icons and new category title pages. A lot of content throughout the guide … Continue reading
Lately I’ve had a ‘fun’ experience with my LG 31MU97-B 4K monitor not turning on. The night before, I unplugged it from the wall due to an oncoming storm and the next day it just wouldn’t turn on. This is a known problem with this monitor where the IC205 chip … Continue reading
With the rise of cancel culture in recent months I’ve been seeking new ways to leave the big tech companies and get back to controlling my own data just in case they ban or delete my accounts. If you aren’t familiar with cancel culture, simply put, it’s when a company … Continue reading
If you spend a lot of time in Excel and have ever tried printing images you’ve imported, you would probably notice that they come out squashed, distorted or stretched. This is a problem that has plagued me ever since my huge Excel projects of TPE and TRSG which contain hundreds … Continue reading