-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Travel
Tags
amazon amsterdam android apache apple appstore books cocoon computing conferences cycling developer development failure floss google hardware house install iphone itunes kindle life limo linux london mac macosx meego mobile nokia norwich open source osx photography problems samsung software technology trains travel tweets twitter ubuntu ukArchives
- October 2015 (2)
- July 2015 (3)
- June 2015 (1)
- January 2015 (1)
- March 2014 (1)
- February 2014 (1)
- January 2014 (6)
- December 2013 (1)
- October 2013 (5)
- April 2013 (5)
- March 2013 (56)
- February 2013 (26)
- January 2013 (7)
- December 2012 (1)
- November 2012 (1)
- October 2012 (2)
- September 2012 (15)
- August 2012 (6)
- July 2012 (7)
- June 2012 (7)
- May 2012 (5)
- April 2012 (4)
- March 2012 (7)
- February 2012 (10)
- January 2012 (12)
- December 2011 (8)
- November 2011 (4)
- October 2011 (10)
- September 2011 (6)
- August 2011 (7)
- July 2011 (8)
- June 2011 (3)
- May 2011 (2)
- April 2011 (3)
- March 2011 (6)
- February 2011 (9)
- January 2011 (3)
- December 2010 (1)
- October 2010 (2)
- September 2010 (1)
- August 2010 (6)
- July 2010 (1)
- June 2010 (1)
- May 2010 (4)
- March 2010 (2)
- February 2010 (1)
- November 2009 (3)
- August 2009 (1)
- July 2009 (2)
- June 2009 (1)
- April 2009 (1)
- February 2009 (1)
- January 2009 (8)
- December 2008 (2)
- November 2008 (14)
- October 2008 (11)
- July 2008 (7)
- June 2008 (2)
- May 2008 (2)
- April 2008 (3)
- March 2008 (8)
- February 2008 (10)
- January 2008 (16)
- December 2007 (5)
- November 2007 (13)
- September 2007 (8)
- August 2007 (15)
- July 2007 (14)
- June 2007 (21)
- May 2007 (17)
- April 2007 (9)
- March 2007 (17)
- February 2007 (21)
- January 2007 (36)
- December 2006 (14)
- November 2006 (15)
- October 2006 (16)
- September 2006 (13)
- August 2006 (25)
- July 2006 (19)
- June 2006 (15)
- May 2006 (11)
- April 2006 (14)
- March 2006 (24)
- February 2006 (37)
- January 2006 (22)
- December 2005 (26)
- November 2005 (43)
- October 2005 (64)
- September 2005 (60)
- August 2005 (17)
- July 2005 (59)
- June 2005 (26)
- May 2005 (23)
- April 2005 (48)
- March 2005 (52)
- February 2005 (41)
- January 2005 (42)
- December 2004 (36)
- November 2004 (52)
- October 2004 (29)
- September 2004 (36)
- August 2004 (32)
- July 2004 (20)
- June 2004 (4)
- May 2004 (22)
- April 2004 (27)
- March 2004 (30)
- February 2004 (20)
- January 2004 (21)
- December 2003 (19)
- November 2003 (35)
- October 2003 (22)
- September 2003 (15)
- August 2003 (15)
- July 2003 (14)
- June 2003 (31)
- May 2003 (3)
Category Archives: Personal
The cost of keeping your cool
As the UK basks in record temperatures (“Scorched Britain”, “Havoc on hottest day for a DECADE”, “ travel disruptions and health fears as temperatures soar”, “Record-Baker”, “Heatwave UK”), I’ve been running the air conditioner at home rather more frequently in a … Continue reading
Super markets
I’ve been using our local Lidl recently, because their policy of regularly baking throughout the day means I can pick up fresh croissants and pains au chocolat whenever I go, whereas the local Tesco, Sainsburys, and Waitrose have usually run … Continue reading
Netflix versus Blu-Ray
Which is better … streaming content or buying shiny plastic discs? It’s surely an unfair comparison because the constraints of a service like Netflix (delivering uninterrupted video over a range of network qualities) are very different to delivering content on physical … Continue reading
Home Automation: buttons on the desktop
I want a button on my Mac’s desktop to turn on or turn off the lights I have controlled by the Raspberry Pi. Here’s what I’ve got so far. First, I wrote a script on the Pi to turn the … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Home Automation, Personal, Planet, Research
Tagged automator, electronics, home automation, mac, macosx, pi, tellstick, x10
Comments Off
Multi media
My movie collection is a bit of a mishmash, a bunch of different file formats all sat on a Drobo. In the early days I would create AVI, MKV or MP4 rips of my DVDs depending on how and where … Continue reading
Pi three ways
My name’s Andrew and I have a Raspberry Pi addiction. I’ve played with a lot of IT kit over the years, and set up a number of servers for a variety of reasons. File servers, media servers, web servers; from … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Personal, Research, Technology
Tagged gadgets, home automation, internet of things, linux, media server, samba, xbmc
Comments Off
Fitbug
I was encouraged to purchase a Fitbug as part of the healthcare scheme I’m a member of. The more I walk around, the more benefits I get from the scheme. Of course this makes sense – a fitter, healthier, more … Continue reading
Books 8
A year and a month since the last list. I need to update this more often. Here’s what I’ve been reading. Disclosure: links are affiliate, so if you buy through them I in theory get some money (although I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Planet, Uncategorized
Tagged books, kindle, literature, reading, scifi
Comments Off
Amazon, Kindle, reading lists
I’m preparing a blog post with a list of the latest books I’ve read, and in the process, I’ve been reminded of the awful Amazon experience. For starters, I’d like to have better integration between my Kindle, goodreads, calibre, and this blog, … Continue reading
Your mileage may vary
Whilst going over my MOT certificates last night, I noticed they include odometer readings. Time for some chart pr0n! I acquired this car at the start of 2007. It seems my average mileage per year has been pretty constant, even … Continue reading