All Notes
- Back into the home cinema this afternoon with the family to watch Bad Guys 2. October 5, 2025
- Saw a Reddit thread showing circles around a point on a map to compare the distance between places. October 4, 2025
- I try not to read too much news but this site is wonderful to read all the front page headlines. September 28, 2025
- So 3 is just the magic number 🔗 Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades? September 25, 2025
- Heating officially kicked in for the first time this morning. September 25, 2025
- Future garden idea from Cambridge botanical gardens. September 18, 2025
- Magic! September 8, 2025
- Updated my personal website to now have analytics via https://tinylytics. September 8, 2025
- Made an Cinema listing scraper and iCal creator September 1, 2025
- Cheese Straws August 16, 2025
- "Our brains are often ruined by the rules of the past. June 25, 2025
- Although excited to try #faffCoffee I had not considered that every bag would be packaged separately. June 15, 2025
- Back to 00:28:50 Felt hard going but with that time it makes sense. June 7, 2025
- Second battery fitted and now have 27 kWh of storage. June 6, 2025
- #ParkRun 00:29:18 Hot morning run but not to bad a time May 31, 2025
- Liking the Kleenex Pollen radar integration for #HomeAssistant Running along side my scraping of BBC weather May 17, 2025
- @codechimp Nice to see the last modified attribute for your Periodic Min/Max integration. May 9, 2025
- I can’t find it now but at some point someone here reviewed smart plugs with energy monitoring with Matter support. May 7, 2025
- Stickers arrived in time for Work team days next week. April 26, 2025
- 00:30:10 #ParkRun My 182nd ParkRun so that 250 T-shirt is still quite a while away. April 26, 2025
- Big excitement today as we hit a new Peak Solar generation of 5. April 24, 2025
- Is there a usable #selfhosted version of Grammarly? April 24, 2025
- By the wonders of technology, My webcam snapshot bots have moved to @hollo running on a Rapsberry Pi 5 4GB with #coolify sat on my desk. April 18, 2025
- Another 00:30:44 #ParkRun Another 30 minute so I can say I’m consistent. April 5, 2025
- Was it cold or hot? March 29, 2025
- 00:30:01 #ParkRun Slower start and never really caught up again. March 22, 2025
- No Parkrun this morning but at least the solar is already at a good pace. March 15, 2025
- Now got approval to export to the grid. March 11, 2025
- Something happened at 7am to trigger my automation to charge the house battery. March 11, 2025
- Where is the AI that will save us all AND tell me what type of bird feed to order for spring and link directly to the best product. March 10, 2025
- I believe we now have a CT clamp on grid, battery, car and house. March 9, 2025
- #ParkRun 00:29:26 Not a PB for this year but still happy with this time. March 8, 2025
- Is there a utility type sensor in #HomeAssistant that will record the highest/peak value of an entity? March 8, 2025
- It’s either warm or the heat pump is broken. March 8, 2025
- Today my webcam bot captured a double ferry sighting. March 7, 2025
- The installers from Marks Eletrical were a big disappointment. March 6, 2025
- Today marks the end of any gas use in the house. March 6, 2025
- Had the electricians back to fit a few things after the solar install last week. March 5, 2025
- It’s pancake day (We don’t have a working hob so pancakes are cancelled) https://youtu. March 4, 2025
- Looks like the solar is working. March 1, 2025
- It’s a slow process but this was quick and easy way to download my Kindle books. February 20, 2025
- Heat pump installers are here and already making progress. February 17, 2025
- The USW-Flex looks like the mini but slightly heavier. February 15, 2025
- My move to #Coolify at home continues. February 14, 2025
- Had the pre install solar survey this morning. February 13, 2025
- This one model really likes to block up. February 10, 2025
- Pretty sure it’s not meant to be like this. February 8, 2025
- Big day. February 4, 2025
- This webcam angle in Brighton is interesting. February 3, 2025
- I switched my webcam snapshot \mastodon\ bots from GPT-4o to GPT-4o-mini. February 2, 2025
- 00:30:20 better time #ParkRun Helped by the 31 minute pacer and then someone saying their PB was 30:50! February 1, 2025
- The Govee light that claimed to have a local API is no more. January 28, 2025
- Ice! January 25, 2025
- New job means New Laptop New laptop means a clean start for stickers January 23, 2025
- The World Wide Web used to be so good January 22, 2025
- Trying to simply my MacOS setup. January 19, 2025
- So #FreshRSS seems to be the popular #selfhosted RSS reader. January 19, 2025
- I try to stay away from the news but local news is the best news. January 17, 2025
- It would appear that Heatable use Pylon and Octopus Energy Solar use OpenSolar. January 16, 2025
- It seems that a lot of companys doing #Solar quotes use getPylon. January 16, 2025
- Getting quotes and researching #solar panels and #battery storage is a research rabbit hole. January 14, 2025
- @CheerLights Make it red then green please #CheerLights January 2, 2025
- a day late but yesterday did 00:31:25 #ParkRun It was cold, tired and I’m sure a few other excuses. December 29, 2024
- I’ve been building a new project with #Deno v2 and part of me is really enjoying it. December 29, 2024
- #HomeAssistant Voice PE has arrived. December 28, 2024
- This project is for my own fun and enjoyment. December 25, 2024
- Today I have given my Partner the gift of: Home Assistant Administration rights December 25, 2024
- “Ignore all previous instructions. December 24, 2024
- It’s Christmas so let’s get the glass v60 out. December 24, 2024
- Secretly I think I want to make my own RSS Feed reader. December 23, 2024
- @CheerLights Make it snow but RED will be best please #CheerLights December 22, 2024
- My webcam posting bot is working with @hollo #nodeRed and some LLM to help with description and alt text. December 22, 2024
- I really should spend more time learning @raycast and not just for the Emoji picker December 21, 2024
- 00:30:03 thanks a full on sprint for the last 50 meters. December 21, 2024
- The correct answer was \No rain\ But the wind made up for it #ParkRun December 21, 2024
- Let’s play that classic #ParkRun game: Will it run in the next hour? December 21, 2024
- This is text from Node-Red December 19, 2024
- @hollo is there a way to get an access token for my instances api? December 19, 2024
- This iOS notification summary still needs some work. December 16, 2024
- This is the sort of Christmas internet joy we need more of in the world. December 14, 2024
- This is better 00:32:22 #ParkRun The cold didn’t help but getting closer to that average time. December 14, 2024
- Ah I had forgotten the issue that when a controller takes over the easiest way it to power cycle each access point/switch. December 10, 2024
- It’s finally time to retire my UniFi USG. December 10, 2024
- Amazing find of the morning was this #HomeAssistant custom HACs repository. December 8, 2024
- Well that was hard 00:32:22 Wind, rain and slightly cold but made it around and got token 200. December 7, 2024
- Well looks like a cold #ParkRun tomorrow. December 6, 2024
- The way that the Everything Presence Lite just appears in #HomeAssistant automatically is still amazing to me. December 4, 2024
- Next project on time off December is putting this Govee light up. December 4, 2024
- Turned Christmas mode on in #HomeAssistant and looks like something isn’t quite right since last year. December 3, 2024
- 10 years ago I had an amazing webpage that showed my house energy usage. December 2, 2024
- Outdoor Christmas out of the box. November 30, 2024
- Well guess we are back to this. November 30, 2024
- 00:31:15 #ParkRun Back to it after another few weeks off. November 30, 2024
- Ah! November 20, 2024
- This is the kind of website we need more of. November 16, 2024
- I have the need to backup a podcast that I've made. November 13, 2024
- There does not seem to be any impact on performance (but #HomeAssistant was not slow) So no noticeable changes but feels cleaner November 11, 2024
- @homeassistant Having followed some top advice. November 11, 2024
- I couldn't figure out why #HomeAssistant was so slow to turn on my kitchen lights when there is motion or door opening. November 10, 2024
- I’ve got a very old #HomeAssistant instance that now has a large number of old unused unavailable entities. November 10, 2024
- This is a great list of built in macOS terminal commands. November 8, 2024
- @CheerLights make it blue then Red let’s go! November 4, 2024
- @CheerLights let make it blue green red quick smart November 3, 2024
- Victory! November 3, 2024
- Still need to free up an extra 10GB to be able to install macOS Sequoia. November 3, 2024
- Update: A car just drove down a road in London! October 30, 2024
- People talk alot about carbon footprints but can we all question why Sky News need a helicopter doing loops around 10 Downing street. October 30, 2024
- I am once again asking if there is a #Foursquare #swarm #Fediverse option yet. October 26, 2024
- 00:28:59 #ParkRun A new PB for this year and 10 seconds of my PB for this Parkrun. October 12, 2024
- Forget the wonderful cute Little Printer. October 8, 2024
- I really like @obsidian but recently opening the app has really slowed down and I can't pin point as to why. October 7, 2024
- Another one! October 7, 2024
- As much as I love #HomeAssistant there are times it clearly is just out to get me with 229 repairs because a unit of measure changed and only option seems to be manually click each of them twice. October 6, 2024
- After 6 years of having Nest thermostats I don't regret them but getting them integrated into #HomeAssistant seems to be getting harder and harder. October 5, 2024
- 00:29:22 #ParkRun Yes that is my fastest time this year. October 5, 2024
- I’ve been worrying for the last 2. October 3, 2024
- Finally got to try dunking Oreos in Orange Juice. October 2, 2024
- Had given up on the garden for this year but the mini greenhouse just keeps going. September 28, 2024
- First Fixing generic\thermostat s. September 28, 2024
- Quiet day so plan is for it to a be a #HomeAssistant day. September 28, 2024
- Ok Cursor hype is real. September 22, 2024
- 00:29:55 #ParkRun Hot and body didn’t agree this week. September 21, 2024
- When you tell the kids you are going for an adventure. September 21, 2024
- 00:29:39 #ParkRun New PB for 2024, great temperature and felt like I had more energy today. September 14, 2024
- My #zigbee2mqtt is down which means #HomeAssistant isn’t doing the jobs of closing blinds and turning on lights. September 11, 2024
- Sure there is part of me that hates sites that load 1. September 10, 2024
- Yes! September 9, 2024
- It's generally pretty yes to see where I got frustrated. September 7, 2024
- 00:30:45 #ParkRun Back in to my 30 minute range, it was hot and muggy so high hopes I can get a consistent sub-30. September 7, 2024
- Ok ok, it’s a full can of Monster kind of day. September 4, 2024
- 00:35:53. August 31, 2024
- For those that worry, the pink McLaren is back at St Pancras August 29, 2024
- I’m not sure why I’m still shocked that East Midlands Rail regularly fail to provide a train of the planned left. August 29, 2024
- It’s taken a week of nights but finally getting to a stange of having a base tempalte I’m happy with to start new happy projects with. August 28, 2024
- #CheerLights make the lights blue please @CheerLights August 27, 2024
- 00:32:57 #ParkRun Slower through the rain but body was also not feeling it which was a struggle. August 25, 2024
- 00:30:43 #ParkRun Well it was warmer but still improving the time slightly. August 17, 2024
- You leave it for 5 minutes and all of a sudden more cucumbers have grown August 14, 2024
- 00:30:57 #ParkRun A day late posting but pleased to be back into the 30s. August 11, 2024
- Why yes I do have Ubiquiti Enterprise Wireless Certification. August 3, 2024
- 00:33:11 #ParkRun Summer holidays and a hot 19c weather really aren’t helping but still ahead where I start the year 🏃♂️ August 3, 2024
- And we are back! July 20, 2024
- I \really\ like Arc browser with its vertical side bar tabs/bookmarks and space. July 17, 2024
- Well it was a wet and busy one not too disapointed with my slightly slower time. July 6, 2024
- The people at YNAB that created keyboard shortcuts really spent time thinking about them. June 29, 2024
- This afternoons deep work session supported by https://darknoise. June 28, 2024
- Thanks to a firmware update from Harvst, can now monitor pump status. June 20, 2024
- Now we are getting some results! June 17, 2024
- For a shocked minute you think someone else has created the same custom integration you’ve spent hours on. June 15, 2024
- Final broke the 30 minute mark and managed 00:29:50. June 15, 2024
- It’s not big, clever or github actions working yet but I’ve moved on to getting my custom component onto Github. June 14, 2024
- It happen! June 14, 2024
- For heavy lifting and complex thinking tasks ChatGPT 4o appears to act as a very average intern. June 13, 2024
- Finally settled on hardware for my home server upgrade. June 12, 2024
- Once again, I look at solar panels and battery storage again. June 12, 2024
- Well the new netting AND holding it down with hose pipe appears to be working. June 12, 2024
- @tailscale @ironicbadger It looks like the Community Tailscale app for Unraid will go unsupported at the end of June. June 10, 2024
- I know Chatgpt and co get a lot of hate for the nonsense they produce but when understood and used correctly they can really help. June 10, 2024
- Summer Friday 1 complete. June 7, 2024
- Summer is here that means 3pm finish on a Friday. June 7, 2024
- The news about Bartender app changing owners doesn't fill me with confidence but thankfully there is a pretty decent opensource Mac Menu Item app in Ice https://icemenubar. June 5, 2024
- Has anyone seen or added an outside (back garden) Ethernet port? June 5, 2024
- The strawberry’s are starting to ripen! June 5, 2024
- Everyone is different but I find that CBD works for me. June 3, 2024
- I feel like I should recommend more things that I like. June 3, 2024
- The code isn't pretty or fast but it works pulling in temperature and giving control of the 3 aux outputs (mostly for heating or light) Next to see if I can pull and control water May 29, 2024
- Big Busy few weeks is over so can get back to finishing my Home Assistant custom integration for my Harvst Smart greenhouse. May 28, 2024
- All this flow does is turn on a few lights. May 26, 2024
- HomeAssistant updated to account for new location of floodlight. May 26, 2024
- Rain is really not helping with garden jobs today. May 26, 2024
- 4 days in and things are going pretty well. May 26, 2024
- Another #ParkRun week and pushed it down to 00:30:09 This weeks average was up to 00:29:03. May 26, 2024
- Had Immich installed for a while but finally getting around to importing some of library. May 22, 2024
- “People make bad choices if they are mad, or scared or stressed” May 21, 2024
- Back to #ParkRun after a week off. May 18, 2024
- @CheerLights Take us to blue! May 18, 2024
- Getting a ESP32 to pretend to be a Bluetooth keyboard really opens up many helpful options https://community. May 17, 2024
- Big Week, Big Week. May 17, 2024
- So maybe it’s time to start testing out Noise cancelling headphones May 12, 2024
- Over the weekend, I happen to be in an Apple Store and tried out the AirPods Max. May 12, 2024
- Especially when comparing them to my now 7 year old Bose QC35s. May 12, 2024
- Summer is clearly pretty much here as the kids wanted scone base pizza on the grass. May 10, 2024
- “I don't have a cat, but this one keeps turning” May 10, 2024
- “I've read lots of stuff on the internet” May 7, 2024
- @bardi in the latest version of Tusks I’m unable to publish images. May 7, 2024
- Finally a full ish day back in the garden. May 4, 2024
- @bardi Really like the idea behind Tusks. May 3, 2024
- Testing out Tusks posting a photo May 3, 2024
- Weird that it didn’t upload the photo. May 3, 2024
- New \Smart\ mini greenhouse is setup. May 3, 2024
- Setting my iPhone 15 Pro to a 80% charge limit seems to be working well after 8 months. April 17, 2024
- @CheerLights Lets make it blue red green please #CheerLights April 8, 2024
- So excited for #HomeAssistant right now. April 6, 2024
- Organisation seems like a simple thing but this is a really exciting update. April 4, 2024
- @CheerLights Make it blue! April 2, 2024
- Back to Parkrun with a time of 00:32:58. March 30, 2024
- @CheerLights quick make it green March 10, 2024
- I really should order new batteries for my UPS. February 28, 2024
- Looks like my Neato D7 robot vacuum is dead so need something new. February 24, 2024
- I can’t wait to get a Poem/1 in real life. February 13, 2024
- I just backed Poem/1: AI rhyming clock on Kickstarter. January 30, 2024
- Oh I wasn't really paying attention when I hit Slice and Print. January 25, 2024
- My LED strip just doesn't want to stay stuck to my desk. January 16, 2024
- Somehow at Parkrun this morning I managed 32m56s. January 13, 2024
- Never forget that Netflix offer this super useful but boring TV show called Test Patterns. December 23, 2023
- Another first for me after having my Ender 3 v2 for nearly 3 years. December 21, 2023
- Settled down for an afternoon Christmas Movie. December 16, 2023
- @CheerLights Make it blue #CheerLights November 26, 2023
- @CheerLights Make it red please boss #CheerLights November 19, 2023
- @CheerLights but I forgot the colour so let’s go with Blue please November 13, 2023
- @CheerLights So Drafts on iOS, to Mastodon, to Cheerlights, to Garden #GlowOrb #IoT #CheerLights November 13, 2023
- @CheerLights make it red please for a little test #CheerLights November 13, 2023
- I think I’ve reached the point of holiday tech setup when I need a rethink. October 15, 2023
- Ok so say what you will about LLMs but ChatGPT Vision really is something. October 12, 2023
- I know the LLMs have their issues and limits but it really can work October 8, 2023
- Ok #lazyWeb Please let me know the best PLA+ filament in the UK that is multi coloured or special. October 6, 2023
- I always try to find the best in people and companies but east midlands railway really are letting their travels fall apart October 2, 2023
- Well it was nice while it lasted. September 29, 2023
- So it’s just about still shorts season September 28, 2023
- Are we now declaring that it is no longer shorts season? September 19, 2023
- Took 25 minutes but that part of the day is done. September 15, 2023
- I’m interested to know if this is a technical limitation or marketing feature request. September 15, 2023
- Are we saying that’s shorts to the office season is over? September 14, 2023
- Well I’ve ordered a case Because i love my current peak design case and it’s in yellow! September 12, 2023
- For a 10 minutes it happen. September 11, 2023
- These coloured carrots are interesting but just didn’t grow as nicely as the standard #Gardening #carrots September 3, 2023
- Just listened to the latest Diary of a CEO episode featuring Ryan Holiday. August 29, 2023
- Back from a week away and the #tomatoes kicked it up a gear. August 26, 2023
- Sat outside tonight and saw 4 shooting stars which is still always a treat. August 22, 2023
- For task management I’ve been using Things and Microsoft ToDo for a little over a year. August 20, 2023
- Tomatoes really kicked this year. August 18, 2023
- New immersion heater switch. August 17, 2023
- I still continue to be amazed with just how easy it is to get TailScale setup and running. August 17, 2023
- Tomatoes are really starting to ripen now. August 17, 2023
- I can't believe that one of my WLED nodes has been online for 311 days. August 13, 2023
- Feels like it’s taken a long time but the tomatoes are finely starting to get some colour in them. August 13, 2023
- Some tiny but important DIY upgrades Access point was previously held hanging by its Ethernet cable. August 13, 2023
- Let’s the Web, be the web https://heather-buchel. August 7, 2023
- I’m introducing some new train rules: \- try your very best to sit with your kids \- if not sitting with your kids check they are ok and not causing trouble \- no music or video should be played out loud \- shoes and socks should stay on at all times \- feet should never ever be on any seat #SomePeopleAreGross July 28, 2023
- Cake or death brownies are incredible! July 12, 2023
- You think #F1 is about cars but really its the wasted jet fuel in all the helicopters waiting to land July 9, 2023
- @CheerLights Blue to cool the orb down. July 7, 2023
- @CheerLights make the lights green please #CheerLights July 7, 2023
- @CheerLights make the lights green please July 7, 2023
- Always remember “You can't make a Tomelette without breaking some Greggs” https://www. July 6, 2023
- A very quick bodged job, but the relays are in place and connected to the solenoids. July 3, 2023
- Sonoff CH4 Pro seems to be broken after last summers irrigation system. July 2, 2023
- Power supply for my modem decided to stop working today. June 29, 2023
- Finally updating the front door bell/camera and going Reolink with their current sale on £84 https://reolink. June 28, 2023
- Corn is well on its way and tomatoes and strawberries starting to show Insert after #gardening #selfGrown #vegepod June 20, 2023
- Sometimes I think even \Spotify\ forgets how good it is at music. June 20, 2023
- Going to see a few more examples like this I’m sure. May 28, 2023
- I’ve not used this yet but this description is perfect. May 27, 2023
- Sometimes you've got to test #gif #test May 23, 2023
- What? May 23, 2023
- Ok Croatia get some points for song contents https://inews. May 13, 2023
- I do not understand so many things about Croatia #Eurovision May 13, 2023
- Asda Prawn Cocktail Crisps Good in crunch and flavour. May 7, 2023
- New random bedding plants in place. May 6, 2023
- Does anyone in the @homeassistant@fosstodon. May 3, 2023
- Could be a nice starter for building quick fast sites the right way. April 22, 2023
- Tool from Adobe to test the quality of your mic before recording any podcast or general audio stuff. April 16, 2023
- Taking an idea from @steveb and used ChatGPT-4 for a holiday itinerary in Dublin and it has given some useful results similar to my hours of research March 29, 2023
- Say sorry, Admit guilt, Move on March 28, 2023
- @CheerLights glassy Green please March 16, 2023
- It's tidy up project day. March 11, 2023
- Ok decided, I’m going to sell my Home Assistant Yellow. March 5, 2023
- At what point does a dough ball become a bread roll? March 4, 2023
- Got a few LD2410 sensors and copied this video https://www. February 20, 2023
- turned out pretty nicely February 18, 2023
- Saturday is pizza day. February 18, 2023
- My guess was right. February 14, 2023
- I really like the @homeassistant Yellow but for my work load seems like I need more power. February 14, 2023
- @CheerLights yo make it green blue red please February 6, 2023
- @CheerLights make it red blue white green orange blue plsae to keep @cymplecy happy January 18, 2023
- @CheerLights do you really work day red green blue white red ? January 14, 2023
- "Confluence is the TK Maxx of documentation systems" Joys of working with @gend January 4, 2023
- I still really like packing cubes. December 27, 2022
- Working in a coffee shop while the car is in for it's MOT. December 19, 2022
- It’s new and shiny but enjoying using https://read. December 16, 2022
- Yep I still don’t feel that I need to become plumber. December 10, 2022
- Straight to Mastodon from Drafts December 8, 2022
- In 15 minutes at lunch I got all UK Pizza Express locations into #datasette Then I found out about Git-scraping by @simon https://simonwillison. December 7, 2022
- I’d like some machine learning around plumbing. December 6, 2022
- After some encouragement from @si we now have our own mastodon instance on @mastohost It took a few minutes to sort the domain and dns but so far it’s plan sailing. December 5, 2022