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<![CDATA[n Home Assistant Rocks!!!… Just not on my phone  n You may have noticed that I’ve not posted anything over the last couple of week. It’s been a bit busy what with work and the surprising amount of DIY that Abi has found for me to do now that I’m back at work. 😂 n…

<![CDATA[n Where are my Royalties @BlackMagic_News ?  n A Few months ago I wrote a post asking Blackmagic design to add a couple of features to the ATEM Mini Pro on the Blackmagic forums and it seems they have listened. Unfortunately, I’ve not received any royalties for my idea, and I’m not expecting ant any time soon…

<![CDATA[n Was The Upgrade Worth It?  n I recently started my new job at Vodafone and one of the first things I was told was that I could talk about work. As you can imagine this makes writing about my daily life quite difficult as I spend 5 days a week with the wonderful team…

<![CDATA[n Finally, A Way To Do Face Tracking With FaceID  n For a while now I’ve been looking into different ways to do motion capture on the cheap. You won’t believe how ridiculously expensive it is to create even an at-home setup that captures your body and face movements for animation software. That was until…

<![CDATA[n This May Change How My Posts Look  n So I’ve done something either really cool or really stupid… or possibly both. I’ve installed a plugin that gives me access to the beta updates for WordPress. I know, I know, I shouldn’t try out beta software in a production environment but for me, this blog…

<![CDATA[n Imagine a smart home with no hubs that just connects. n I had another idea the other day. Imagine if when you bought your smart home products you wouldn’t have to worry about connecting them to your network. Imagine that as soon as your screwed in your light bulb or plugged in you smart…

<![CDATA[n Everything still works on macOS 11 & iOS 14 n A couple of weeks back apple release their beta versions of macOS & iOS to members of the developer program and me, being me, upgraded all of my devices to check out the new operating system and see what they could do. One thing…

<![CDATA[n Seriously @apple what’s the point n I’ll start this off by admitting that I own a boat load of apple products already and that I’m a fan of theirs, especially when it comes to security. Having said that I have come across something that is bothering me immensely. The iPhone 11 Pro Max. n n Don’t…

<![CDATA[n Guess my learning to code project is going to have to go on the back burner… n I got a fantastic phone call on Sunday evening letting me know that the Vodafone store in Bridlington still wanted me to be their assistant store manager and that I could start this week. So as of…

<![CDATA[n Which @blackmagic_News setup works best for me? n So Over the last few months I’ve come up with a number of Video production setups as a bit of an exercise or to see what gear I would actually need to use Blackmagic latest gear. But that got me thinking… What gear would suit my workflow and…