This started as a tile on my dashboard. I wanted my homepage to tell me what was playing in the kitchen, which is the sort of thing that should take an afternoon. It is now a small Node app with a JSON API, three widgets, a full player page, and a second life as the thing my light switches talk to. ...
When we had the house rewired we ended up with more dimmer channels than lights. A couple of them are wired to nothing at all - one on the kitchen dimmer where a light used to be, another in the dining area. They look identical to the working ones. They just do not do anything when you press them. ...
In 2011, I bought the then new 2011 MacBook Air and I used it as my main computer for years. It was the first great MacBook Air from Apple - it was small, light, capable with fantastic battery life. I also bought an Apple Thunderbolt Display alongside it which gave me a place to dock it and connect all my peripherals, networking and charge with a single multi-ended cable. It was the perfect laptop as a desktop setup. For the first five years, I was using it, it was rock solid and allowed me to carry my primary computer with me to work, where I lived away in the week. ...
A living document of the hardware I use. Updated as things change. ...
My favourite is Formula 1, where I do not really have a team, but I find myself rooting for Lewis and Max at the moment. I am an Everton fan and I regularly attend home matches. I also follow a lot of other sports, including Tennis, Darts, and occasionally Test Cricket.
Over the last 10 years I’ve often wanted to share my thoughts with the world — trips with the family, favourite sports, things I’ve built on my computer. This blog is finally where I’ll do that. I expect the types and style of posts to be varied following whatever caught my attention that day! For my first post, I will share a bit about who I am. I work as a power engineer professionally; this includes modelling and analysing power system and their operations. Outside of work, I am a father to Benjamin and husband to Francesca. I have many hobbies, which are often the inspiration of the observations and thoughts that I want to share. These hobbies cover a whole spectrum of interests including: ...