Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker with Clock Teardown
18 December 2020 6 min read
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built-in LED clock on the side
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New Workshop Video Recording Setup
18 December 2020 5 min read
Lights, Camera, and Action in the loft workshop with our new workshop video recording setup with some powerful LED lighting panels
Workshop LED Light Panels
12 December 2020 4 min read
Building LED Light panels and brightness controllers to improve the desk lighting in our workshop for photography and video production.
Sonos Door and Window Alerts from Home Assistant
01 November 2020 5 min read
Using Zigbee door and window sensors to trigger alerts in Home Assistant to our tablets, phones and Sonos smart speakers.
Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods
25 October 2020 4 min read
Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network
24 October 2020 9 min read
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
Back Pain with Sciatica during Lockdown
17 October 2020 18 min read
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
Record Vise No 1 and No 2 Restoration
23 September 2020 7 min read
See how I restored a pair of old Record Vise No 1 and No 2 models from rusty to shiny
Social Meta Tag Generator
05 July 2020 3 min read
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
Transferring Apple Watch workouts into Garmin Connect
19 May 2020 5 min read
Find out how you can import your Apple Watch workouts into Garmin Connect using the HealthFit app on your iPhone to iCloud
Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K Heatsink mod
02 May 2020 3 min read
Trying to make our Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K quieter with a new heatsink modification
Phone cradle with Garmin Quarter turn mount
13 April 2020 3 min read
Making a custom mobile phone cradle with Garmin Quarter turn mount to use with the bike on the smart trainer at home
Yaesu VX-6 New Data Cable Fix
07 April 2020 4 min read
Modifying a new eBay USB data cable for a Yaesu VX-6 radio which was sending wrong voltages to the radio and other missing parts from the circuit
PartFinder component inventory manager
29 March 2020 6 min read
After spending far too long looking for components and parts, I wrote a component inventory manager called PartFinder and released it as open source for anyone to download and use
Amazon Echo Flex Teardown
28 March 2020 20 min read
Teardown of an Amazon Echo Flex smart plug which listens to your commands via the Alexa service and replies using a very tiny speaker