Event Rig Series – Part 2: The Local Bands Sound Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to work with a variety of artists at different stages of their careers from local pub bands to international artists. It has been an absolute blast and nothing beats the buzz I get when doing a live show,…

<![CDATA[n Just a quick post to say I have added some helpful calculators to the projects menu. I’ll be growing these out over time but I thought I’d add the ones I use daily for now. You can find them in the projects menu at the top of the website. n So far I’ve added…

<![CDATA[n Event Rig Series – Part 1: Blackmagic’s NAB Presentation was nuts! They launched some amazing products but it was nuts!  n n Blackmagic has certainly been busy over the last few months. I can’t believe how many new and updated products they announced on Friday in their pre-NAB show stream. I unfortunately didn’t get…

A match that could be made in heaven!  As you may know, if you have seen any of my previous posts, I had a bit of downtime recently (mainly due to me being an idiot) and I have lost a lot of my old posts (somewhat down to me being an idiot and partly my…

<![CDATA[n n Blake Stephen Hope  n Born on 6th March 2023 at 14:48 weighing 6lb 9oz n I’ve been a bit quiet over the last few weeks, a big part of that is due to the latest addition to the Hope Clan about a month ago (another factor is I kept breaking my website every…

<![CDATA[n If in doubt leave it alone!  n You may notice a few thing may look a bit different or missing entirely around here.  n Well… that may be a little bit my fault. I tried to do some updates on my hosting server and things didn’t quite go to plan.  n Thankfully I have…

<![CDATA[n n I may be a bit behind the times when it comes to the launch of Freely, but I am excited for its launch. This post has been sitting on my phone for a few weeks now having written it whilst waiting in hospital corridors, a story for another time maybe. I’m glad that…

<![CDATA[n n With Energy Pricing as high as it is, I thought it might be time to upgrade the Energy Usage Calculator.  n A few years ago I created a web tool to help me whilst I was at work as on a near daily basis I was helping customers understand their bills and why…

<![CDATA[n Just a quick update as it’s been quite hectic over the last few weeks between work and getting ready for child number 2’s to arrive. that he is making it difficult already. When I’m not working or going back and forth to the hospital I’ve been working on some work-related projects that I can’t…

<![CDATA[n Surely this should be a thing already!  n n If you’ve been following this blog or know me personally, you probably already know I’m obsessed with smart home stuff. It all began with a few Philips Hue light bulbs, and before I knew it, every room in my house was decked out with smart…