The Blog

  • Hacking Smart Home Devices – Literally

    This week I have literally been hacking smart home devices. With a Dremel and a knife… To see why you’ll have to wait for a video coming out sometime this month or next month depending on the post. The short version is I want these to run Tasmota instead of the Tuya firmware they come…

  • 2022 Review

    Let’s have a look at what I did last year, then work out what I’m going to be doing this year.

  • SO my network broke…

    But this is not a post about that, that post was great, it was long and descriptive and kind of amusing to read. And then I deleted it by accident due to some questionable UI choices in WordPress and the wonky trackpad on my tablet. Did you know WordPress will permanently delete posts without prompting.…

  • So How Long Do HDDs Last Anyway

    Seems I’ve been replacing drives in my NAS recently. Is it a coincidence or are my drives crap? How long does a drive in a NAS last anyway?

  • Setting up MSYS2 and LibSDL2 for graphics programming in Windows

    How I set up Windows 11 for graphics programming using SDL2 and MSYS2.

  • Home Assistant Solar Monitoring

    I’ve managed to get Home Assistant working out how much the energy produced by my solar system would cost me off the grid.

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