Oculus Rift first impressions and VR sickness
31 July 2016 7 min read
Trying VR for the first time and regretting trying a flight sim on the first day
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Summer 2016 Workshop Update
19 July 2016 9 min read
An update on the state of our workshop after the slate roof on our house was replaced.
CIF Relflow oven forced air cooling fan addon
23 April 2016 6 min read
Adding forced air cooling to our CIF Reflow oven
5uH LISN Tester Project
16 April 2016 3 min read
Building a 5uH Line Impedance Stabilization Network Tester Project
Garmin Edge 810 and GoPro Hero 3 GPS Interference
21 February 2016 3 min read
My GoPro Hero 3 was causing GPS Interference with my Garmin Edge 810 bike computer
Gas Meter Hall Effect Sensor
13 January 2016 4 min read
Modifying a reed switch-based gas meter sensor to use a hall effect sensor to allow us to record gas usage
ESP8266 Mains Energy Monitor
01 January 2016 7 min read
Building a custom ESP8266-based Wi-Fi mains electric and gas monitoring system
Virtual Swanage 20 years old
01 January 2016 5 min read
Our tourism website Virtual Swanage is 20 years old. A look back at the history of the website.
Nest and Solar Logger Update
12 December 2015 7 min read
It has now been a week since we installed the Nest 3rd Gen Learning Thermostat and we have been able to try the auto learning and heating / hot water schedules the thermostat offers
ElectronicsGeneralHome Automation
Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen Hot Water Installation
04 December 2015 8 min read
Replacing our old dumb central heating controller with a Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen and Hot Water Installation
Starting your own ecommerce business
03 December 2015 11 min read
After building websites for customers for over a decade we decided to start our own e-commerce business.
ElectronicsGeneralHome AutomationProjectsSolar PowerRaspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger Version 2
30 November 2015 12 min read
Time to replace our Raspberry Pi solar data logger with a new version 2 revision with more features and sensors