SmartThings Presence
When I reviewed Samsung’s SmartThings I mentioned that presence didn’t work reliably. It seems to have sorted itself out, and it’s possible that the issue wasn’t really with ST in the first place. I was…
A server at home!?
I’ve mentioned my home server and before I get into all the details of what I’m setting up I thought I’d explain what I mean…
Introducing the ESB
I mentioned setting up an ESB in my “Hello World” post and this is where I explain what an ESB is and why you might want one…
Samsung S6 Edge long term review
I’ve had an S6 Edge long enough now to form a view, and it’s been a love/hate relationship…
Hello World
Yep, it’s the traditional Hello World post. Transferred from the old blog for the sake of completeness…
Samsung SmartThings
A few months ago I bought the Samsung SmartThings starter kit to start playing with home automation and the Internet of Things…
The perfect phone can’t exist
Well, to be precise, the perfect smartphone for me can’t exist. It’s the law. Or rather, the laws of physics…
Been too long…
It’s been far too long since I last posted reviews of the books we’ve been reading for bookgroup, and there are now too many to review individually. So here are my one line or paragraph…
Sir Terry Pratchett
I was going to continue my series of book posts with a review of the last book we read for bookgroup, but then I heard the news that Sir Terry Pratchett had died and decided…