M C ALCHEMIST
Experimental music, concept albums, the Cornish Cycle, Kernow Records and an expanding archive of independent releases.
Amateur Radio
Independent technical analysis of HF propagation and space weather, including live dashboards, monitoring tools, station analysis, modelling and experimental radio projects.
MacAlchemist Consulting
Organic and process chemistry consultancy, scale-up, analytical troubleshooting, laboratory safety, SOPs and GMP-aligned support.
The Solar System
An older astronomy and Solar System project, preserved as part of the site's history.
Visit the Solar System archive → 05 // ASTRONOMY FORUM ARCHIVEYaBB Archive
A reconstructed, read-only archive of an old YaBB forum once hosted on this site, preserving amateur and remote astronomy notes, comet observations, deep-sky imaging and telescope experiments. New material is still added occasionally.
Visit the YaBB archive → 06 // PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
SMacB Field Notes
A growing photographic archive of places, structures, memorials, inscriptions, curiosities and other things worth noticing, with searchable records and an interactive map.
Explore Field Notes → 07 // THEATRE ARCHIVE
Treknow Players
A preserved record of the local theatre group and its productions. The Players disbanded in 2013; the original site remains online as an archive.
Visit the archive → 08 // USEFUL CORNERS OF THE WEB
Useful Corners of the Web
A hand-curated collection of useful, interesting and occasionally obscure websites covering amateur radio, science, Cornwall, old maps, historic buildings, puzzles and assorted rabbit holes. Curation is ongoing.
Explore the useful corners → 09 // SOFTWARE UTILITY
Offline Sitemap Manager
A free, local-first sitemap manager and audit tool that works from a local copy of your website rather than crawling the live site. Review sitemap changes, find canonical and indexing problems, and generate XML and human-readable sitemaps without hammering your web server.
Explore & download → 10 // AMATEUR RADIO GAME
DX Hunter
A free amateur-radio DX simulation game for Linux, Windows and Android. Chase rare stations, work pile-ups and split operation, exploit greyline propagation and build your logbook from your own QTH.
Play the bands & download → 11 // ARTICLES & ESSAYS
Articles & Essays
Explorations of science, technology, artificial intelligence and the occasional unusual idea. Personal investigations, thought experiments and reflections on what worked, what didn't, and what was learned along the way.
Browse the articles →
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