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<![CDATA[n n Trying to make a Smart TV on the cheap  n Ever since I started transforming our home into a smart home I’ve wanted to be able to include our TV as part of it. When I had Home Assistant up and running things this wasn’t too much of a bother with our Main…

<![CDATA[n I know I know. It happened again but there’s a reason I promise!  n n So it’s been a week or so since my last post was posted. My mac mini decided it was going to throw a fit and died on us. So I’ve spent the last week moving everything around. Then, when…

<![CDATA[n Access your home lab without opening ports on your firewall.  n n We recently changed our internet service provider from Vodafone to TalkTalk and one of the things I didn’t think about was accessing my home lab from outside the network. I just thought that I could open a few ports and Bobs your…

<![CDATA[n n Don’t get me wrong, I love how they expand the universe but couldn’t they be so much more?  n When Marvel announced that they would be releasing a bunch of TV shows that tied in with their Cinematic Universe I was over the moon. When WandaVision was released in 2021 I was blown…

<![CDATA[n What electric van options are there for my dream Campervan build?  n n For quite some time now I’ve been wanting a campervan. It all started back in university when I started designing a small broadcast truck for one of my assignments. My thought being, Well… if I’m redesigning this van why not make…

<![CDATA[n n We Have Smart Lights! So… What’s Next?  n So for a while now I have been swapping out all of the lights in our home for smart bulbs. I originally started with Philips Hue Bulbs, then a few from Tesco and some smart sockets that I’ve flashed with ESP Home to put on…

<![CDATA[n How Would Making My Latest Video Rig Mobile Change It?  n n For a long time now I’ve wanted to start my own business where I would turn up at an event, be it a concert, Play, Dance show, Conference or something else, and give the event organisers a way to reach a wider…

<![CDATA[n The Energy Cost Calculator just got better!  n This is a really quick update. I just wanted to let folks know that I’ve updated the Energy Cost Calculator. It’s now a bit more streamlined, with only the one multipage form (rather than the three from before) and updated calculations to make them more accurate….

<![CDATA[n China is rolling out cheap electric cars left right and centre… why aren’t we?  n n This has been bugging me for quite some time and I really need to get it off my chest. But why the heck, at a time when the UK is trying to basically rebuild itself from the ground…

<![CDATA[n Now that I’m going to be training people over Zoom I think I’m going to need a slightly better setup!  n n I recently got a promotion at work which means I’m going to be training people new to the company via zoom, teams or some other online video group chat platform. But when…