Preliminary This blog post details the technical difficulties faced when trying to migrate from using KeePass to LastPass. KeePass has been an excellent password companion for the last 6 years and I’ve been using MiniKeePass…
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OLED from BuyDisplay.com – Mat’s Hookup Guide
Here’s a quick hookup guide and sketch to get the ER-OLEDM032-1W display to work with Arduino. We are going to use the u8g library to drive the OLED. The ER-OLEDM032-1W is a 256×64 graphic OLED…
From Russia With Cash – barking up the wrong tree
I have no links with estate agents in my life. I don’t like them, I don’t dislike them. As a portrait photographer or in any other capacity, I’ve never had one as a client myself.…
Assembled MQTT Lightswitch – version 1
Really quick post showing latest progress of the fancy light switch. What do you think? A bit too colourful? It is a bit colourful for my liking. On the other hand the colours do add meaning to…
Open Letter to Nick Clegg: please re-stand at our party’s leadership election
Dear Nick, “He had to go”; a very British leadership response that shows humility in the face of defeat. Where, in other countries, leaders of defeated parties cannot help themselves but try to hold arrogantly…
Multi-zone audio: a discussion of the options
Multi-zone Audio: the last 15 years Multi-zone audio has been possible in the home for decades now, but until recently has only been an option for the super-house; the high price of systems and installation…
Pimped-Out DIY Alarm Bell Box
For reasons of general sensibleness and security I won’t go into much detail about exactly how my DIY Alarm Bell Box is configured to work in relation to actually keeping thieves away. Suffice to say:…
How Kerning Could Save Your Life
As someone who buys electronic goods from China on a regular basis, I am used to looking closely at the CE logo to check how close together the letters are. For my buying habits it…
Home Automation PoE with Arduino – in praise of DIY PoE!
Disclaimer First up I’d say in any professional environment there’s no way I’d recommend anything but “proper” PoE, that is to say 802.3af or PoE plus. For DIY home installations, however, we can do things differently.…
The spec for the ultimate home control panel
A number of months ago I became obsessed with the idea of controlling my room lighting using knobs in the wall. Crazy, I know 😉 Seriously though, most lighting automation systems do not use rotary…
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Mat is a London-based freelance photographer. This is his personal blog, and isn't related to his photography.
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