Where’s Lou?

Hello, the following is a true story which started life as a simple man mistake, I’d left the empty loo roll on top of the toilet of my bubble support […]

1.21 Gigawatts

My home wired network developed a faulty LAN port, and I didn't really want to pull new cable through the house. Thankfully with the Preciva Network Repair Tool Kit, Identifying the fault and fixing it, turned out to be much easier with the upgraded Network Testing Tool.

Upgrading your Pi-Hole

In today's article, I'll show you the simple steps needed to update and upgrade your PiHole installation.

3D RGB Xmas Tree Light Chaser

Using a simple mapping of the Xmas Tree, you can create some amazing effects by spinning the lights from the bottom to the top of the tree and vice-vera. This article shows the mappings necessary to help you with your projects.

Merry Christmas 2020

Merry Christmas 2020, In this article I'm going to show you how to adapt the official Raspberry Pi 3D RGB Xmas Tree to read a PNG file to apply a pattern to the lights on the tree, improving on the supplied official scripts.

Bad Snowman 2020

Without getting bogged down in detail, I thought I'd share a recent 3D Print which has proven popular amongst friends this festive period. What do you think? A festive 2020 winner?

Silverstone – Lap Land Experience

Wow... The light show was amazing (Not quite Pink Floyd light show ready), but a lot of effort had gone into the light show around the track, from lasers, sensory walls, light panels and big LED screens. Live snowglobes were dotted around the track with actors inside, depicting various Christmas Themes, the atmosphere with other drives was electric, all cheered on by Silverstone Radio and their live DJs out on the track talking to people joining the fun.

Sorting Room Party Time

he looked genuinely shocked when the postmaster explained for the third time that he needed to put an address on the gift bag so the postie knows where to deliver it.

Palliative Care and the Three Stages of Friendship Loss

On hearing the news, I collapsed to the floor of my hotel room, paralysed with fear & guilt that I should have been there, knowing she was alone that night. Janice was more held together than I was, I was stuttering, in tears, unable to get words out for a good 30 minutes or more, shock set in quickly, we talked for as long as we could, I tried to find an earlier flight home, but was unable to do so. It was a long night, unable to eat, unable to sleep, unable to think straight, unable to talk to anyone about what I'd just learned. The morning couldn't come quick enough, my car took me to the airport, I boarded my flight to find on my return Janice waiting at the door. She always tracked me on my phone so knew I was just pulling up, we hugged and cried for a long time that day.