Is Amazon evil?
It’s hard not to think that Jeff Bezos is a volcano hideout and a white cat away from being a Bond villain…
Paul Hibbert vs Home Assistant
Paul Hibbert recently released a Youtube video entitled “I tried Home Assistant AGAIN and it’s STILL NOT WORTH IT”… so who is he and is he right?
Setting Hue defaults – part II
In my last post I described how I set my lights to change colour automatically according to the time of day. It’s not quite perfect, and I’ve had to make some tweaks…
Setting Hue defaults – part I
Until recently I hadn’t been making best use of my Hue lights…
A journey from Mount Stupid
Just when I started blogging again, I found myself sidetracked…
Streaming TV – another rant
A few years ago I ranted about streaming TV. Is it better now?
The S21 Ultra Zoom
Today I’m going to take a deeper dive into the S21 Ultra camera, and in particular the zoom capability…
2021 Roundup so far
Lockdown continues and with it my lack of motivation for blogging – or much else. The end may be in sight, but I’m not counting any chickens. I’m still not working much on my home automation so in the meantime, here’s a brief roundup of other things…
2020 in a nutshell and other news
I had an email from Google with my maps timeline for 2020, and it very clearly tells the story of the year…