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SEARCH & EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE ↓The week at NIX • 25 October–1 November 2026
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The week at NIX • 25 October–1 November 2026
The week at NIX • 18–25 October 2026
The week at NIX • 11–18 October 2026
The week at NIX • 30 September–7 October 2026

Eleven arrivals. Huge departures. Hundreds of millions changing hands. Aston Villa’s extraordinary 2026 summer transfer window, explained.

What I’ve learned delivering Florette salad around Britain

The Saturday I discovered 13 amp-hours could be genuinely exciting—and Vanilla began proving she could look after her own electricity.

What one live VictronConnect snapshot reveals about solar generation, real consumption, battery state and the value of measuring an off-grid campervan properly.

How I built a two-way NIX energy system around solar, alternator charging, EHU, Victron monitoring and four portable Jackery reserves.

My first step into home solar: a modest 880–900W idea, an 800W microinverter and a plan to measure before I expand.

There are bikes you own, and there are bikes that quietly alter the map around where you live. Torque has done the latter.

How Vanilla turns daylight into electricity, data and off-grid freedom.
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The week at NIX • 30 September–7 October 2026
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