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Smart Home – WiFi Channels
Continuing to build a Smart Home and the number of Hubs increasing, I came across what is a common problem over the weekend. My Hive decided to show a “No Signal” on the Thermostat, a Red light on the Receiver and the Hive App saying that it couldn’t connect to the system. Luckily the internet…
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Pwned on the Dark Web – Have you checked recently?
One of the Internet’s secret sides is the Dark Web which is one of those places that you may know of its existence from news articles where data hacked from systems is sold. Its one of those places most of us don’t really want to access, but want to know if any of our data…
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I lost my Job to a Robot
Monday morning, I arrived at the office to start the working week. I carried out my morning ritual of turning on my laptop and whilst waiting for it to run it boot up process and load all of its resident security and authorisation software, I grabbed my morning coffee. Upon returning to my desk and…
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xR (VR/AR/MR) Medical Conditions
I had an interesting question the other day – “Are there any known health/ medical complications from using VR and headsets”. This is one I had to research so thought I would put up some of my findings. This is by no means a full investigation and mainly reference other articles, but makes for an…
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More Scam Callers – time for some fun
It it just me or is this on the rise? Recently I have noticed an increase in the number of scam phone calls that I have been receiving on my land line and on mobile. All from different countries and trying various scams to get information, money or both. ts nothing new, calls like this…
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Challenged to build a Raspberry PI Laptop – Part 2
Its been a while since I wrote my first blog post on this (Challenged to build a Raspberry PI Laptop – Part 1) following on from the challenge I had been set by Lewis Richards. Mainly due to other things taking my time, I’ve not been focusing on it, but have now purchased the relevant…
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Digital Fit in 2018: Pack Learning
Having been involved with code clubs, STEM and learning in the workplace over many years, I have interacted with different types of learning. Each style has its place and different styles, suit different people. Since our birth we have been learning and have done so every day since. The subjects and topics change but our…
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Journey to 21C Human – Getting your head space sorted
Following on from Episode 4 of Technologist Couch Podcast with Lewis Richards I have started the 10 for 10 that we discussed using Headspace. However the service has had an upgrade and the Basic Level now includes 3 Basic sections so I’m going to spend the next month doing 30 for 30 instead. The Headspace website…
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Joining the World of Dashcams
I have decided to be a lemming and follow everyone in the move to equipping my car with Dashcams. Although not a new thing a recent boom in the use of cameras in vehicles has made this now a very common practice to have one. It is easy to fit a Dashcam to any vehicle…
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Journey to 21C Human – Refueling my Body
Following on from Episode 4 of Technologist Couch Podcast with Lewis Richards I have decided to give Huel a try for a while to see what it can do for me. Huel is a powdered food that you mix with water and contains all the nutrients that the body needs. I like the fact that…
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Max Hemingway 