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Happy 2024!

January 7, 2024

Hello everyone! Let’s get on with it, shall we? Last year went pretty well, I released 14 videos and towards the end of the year experimented with releasing more than one video a month. I’ll also experiment with some more spontaneous content on here and maybe the odd Short. YouTube seems to like those, and…
Estimating Battery Runtime Using Home Assistant

October 28, 2023

How I set up Home Assistant to tell me the remaining runtime on my home solar battery system.
October Solar Stats

October 11, 2023

Some more stats on my home solar setup now it’s autumn and daylight seems to be a distant memory.
Tying ChatGPT up in knots

September 21, 2023

do you exist? Me I exist as a computer program running on servers, and I generate responses based on the input I receive. However, my existence is quite different from that of a physical entity. I don’t have consciousness, self-awareness, or physical form. Instead, I process and generate text based on patterns in the data…
It looks like you are using an ad blocker

September 18, 2023

How to remove stupid “It looks like you’re using an ad blocker” message from websites, and why they’re a stupid idea in the first place.
September Solar Usage

September 16, 2023

Looking at how my home solar battery installation is performing now the weather is less sunny.

Happy 2024!