A key part of any project is knowledge and technical skill. Both of these can be gained with time. However, for a personal project done in your own time, a bigger factor is "Arsedness Threshold" (AT):…
I listened to a security podcast, and ended up building a simple network intrustion detector with Claude Code
Our old kitchen was not great. You can actually see a picture of a little bit of it here. One thing that WAS good though, was the Oak Butcherblock worktops. We recently got it replaced with a nice new…
I've been meaning to start this blog again now I have more time; I moved house and was focused on fixing the new place. Anyway, first things first: I've decided to ditch Wordpress.com. It's an OK plat…
In our old flat, we had control over our heating from our phones: I’d reverse engineered the RF control protocol used by our Salus thermostat. I never got round to blogging about that, but the code is…
We had a smart meter installed last year. It’s kinda useful to observe long term power usage. However I really wanted to be able to see more detail; like turn off this device, what happens to the powe…
I bought a "luxury selection of exotic wood blanks" from ebay to try turning some bowls. Some of them worked! These were a success, although I think bowl 2 is better from a shape and finish point of v…
A friend, Sandy, suggested trying laser cutting wood veneer (he has plans for a complex design). However, I’d not tried that before, and it sounded like an interesting idea. I’ve often watched people…
I was watching some of Uri Tuchman’s excellent videos, and he mentioned making his own tools; sounded fun, and I now have a garden I can safely try that sort of project in. Kinda fancied making some s…
I recently received an Elegoo Saturn 2 resin 3d printer, so I thought I’d document my initial testing: These printers print using a 2d array of UV leds which cure a liquid resin held in a tank where U…
