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
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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
When lightning strikes
17 March 2020 9 min read
Antennas vaporising, telephone sockets launching across the room. What happens when lightning strikes a house?
Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver 12V Remote Output Mod
11 March 2020 4 min read
Modifying a Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver to add a remote control 12-volt output
Synology DiskStation DS411+II Repair - Blue Flashing LED
28 February 2020 5 min read
Fixing a blue flashing LED problem on our Synology DiskStation DS411+II NAS drive due to a bug with the Intel Atom C2538 processor
The importance of checking your data backups
22 January 2020 5 min read
Check your data backups regularly. Don't wait until you need them and find out your backup system has failed