Watching what I eat
No sooner had I started using Samsung Health than Samsung announced the retirement of a key feature…
Living on the Edge
Microsoft has a new browser with an old name. The Edge browser, that’s been around since 2015, has been replaced with a brand new browser that’s also called Edge and it’s proving controversial…
Sprucing up my Home Assistant
Since I started using Home Assistant I’ve been using the basic display options in the front end. It’s been fine – it’s simple and a good starting point. Home Assistant, though, is far more flexible than that,,,
When is a person not a person?
Object detection – the ability to identify specific objects in a picture – has made all the difference to my Zoneminder camera monitoring…
Samsung Health
With more time on my hands due to lockdown I’ve been making an attempt to get fitter.,,
What watts?
I’m so bored in lockdown that I’ve been using a smart plug to measure power draw from various devices…
The inevitable COVID-19 post
I don’t normally write about the world outside of tech. It barely gets a passing mention on my blog. But everyone and his dog (or indeed pangolin) is talking about Coronavirus and I can’t help joining in…
Sending CCTV to the cloud
I finally got round to adding another critical element to my Zoneminder CCTV system…
Linux to OneDrive via Synology
I run Home Assistant and a number of other things from a small Linux PC that acts as my server. It’s not storing much critical data but it would be a pain if I lost all of the configuration…