Trying to avoid zapping electronics by adding new ESD Anti-Static matting on the bench and floor in our workshop.
Adding a live video feed to our Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereomicroscope using a Raspberry Pi High-Quality Camera module and USB interface
Adding RGB to all the things in the loft workshop using an ESP8266 Wifi module to make a custom RGB LED Controller
PC built time for the loft workshop with a new AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation smart speaker, find out how Alexa is listening to you
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built-in LED clock on the side
Lights, Camera, and Action in the loft workshop with our new workshop video recording setup with some powerful LED lighting panels
Building LED Light panels and brightness controllers to improve the desk lighting in our workshop for photography and video production.
Using Zigbee door and window sensors to trigger alerts in Home Assistant to our tablets, phones and Sonos smart speakers.
Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
Everyone needs some fibre in their diet and we have added more to the home network using 10Gb Fibre to connect our computers and Synology network storage devices via a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN network switch
In March I damaged my lower spine when working on our allotment resulting in a herniated disk at the base of my spine pressing into the nerves causing bad pain with sciatica during covid lockdown
See how I restored a pair of old Record Vise No 1 and No 2 models from rusty to shiny
Some code which may be useful to someone else, a Social Meta Tag Generator for your website to generate all the different social meta tags for social media sharing
Find out how you can import your Apple Watch workouts into Garmin Connect using the HealthFit app on your iPhone to iCloud
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