Ubuntu 24.02
I’ve been very impressed with Ubuntu 24.02. I’ve used Linux on-and-off since the late 90’s but it’s never been my daily driver – gaming being the main reason. Valve’s pretty…
Continue readingAll Take, No Give
Content creators in Australia should support APRA AMCOS’s efforts to secure royalties from AI companies that use copyrighted content to train their models. APRA AMCOS believe that if a company…
Continue readingLG Won’t Respond to Personal Information Requests
I like everybody else clicked “I agree” to LG’s recent change to their terms of service. I knew, like everybody else, that sometimes companies slip in a change that if…
Continue readingMilestones and Millstones
I bought my house 10 years ago today. Tomorrow I turn 40. Ten years is a long time, and there’s been plenty of water under the bridge. But it’s still…
Continue readingFrom The Library 2024
South – Earnest Shackleton The Wonderful Wizard of Oz -L. Frank Baum The Land That Time Forgot – Edgar Rice Burroughs Salt: A World History – Mark Kurlansky Two Years…
Continue readingWe call French fries ‘chips.’ Love, Ringo.
I’ve been test-driving the NextCloud app “Cookbook“, which has been put together by a small team of FOSSers. It’s still in alpha, but it does everything I need it to….
Continue readingHASS HomeKit Bridge bug – Can’t change room
I’m not sure how long it’ll be a bug for, so I think it’s worth noting. If you happen to be exposing your devices from Home Assistant in HomeKit using…
Continue readingCome up Trumps
Trump’s re-election was highly likely. The beginning of the end for the Democrats came immediately after the Biden-Trump debate. Suddenly, party operatives and insiders began calling for Biden to drop…
Continue readingMurray’s Lookout Duty
There used to be much more to Murray than just a skull full of cynicism and wit. But his dereliction of duty as lookout (to focus on developing his own…
Continue readingPulcino!
One day I will own an Alessandro Pianon bird. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But some day.
Continue readingControlling a WLED light with Touch Portal
I’ve recently started using WLED running on ESP32s to control my light-strip for my stream. Currently Touch Portal doesn’t have a native WLED integration, but it’s relatively easy to control…
Continue readingApollo Blinds MaxiSMART Wifi Bridge works with Home Assistant
After the renovations were done, we decided to get new blinds for the house. The IKEA Fyrtur solution I’d gone with previously was, all things considered, not worth it. The…
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