Let's not overstate the bucolic makeover, however: the leafy corners have long proved handy for drug deals.

The prisoners performed AM's rekeying just as well as other service bureaus and proved handy as well.

The tool proved handy for Andrew Falco, global head of FX and fixed income trading at Fidelity International.

But the $15,000 cam has proved handy for tracking, too.

Ben tells Lynn Freeman he's a keen surfer and a former boat builder, and those skills have proved handy in his new career:

Jack was a good pupil, and his skills as an artist proved handy when it came to carving decorative designs into the cradles.