Google Nexus 4
A couple of months back my HTC Wildfire S started complaining about there not being enough memory to download and install Android and other bloatware updates. It was getting to the point where the...
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Power Surges, Dead Macs, and VirtualBox
Power Surges It’s been something of a disaster here in the last 10 days. Things were going swimmingly until last Friday when the power flickered on and off. Normal the quality of power supply here is...
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New UPS – APC Back-UPS ES700
APC UPS ES700 In light of my recent power surge woes I’ve gone ahead and bought a UPS. The chosen unit is an APC 700VA ES700. This unit comes with 8 plugs, 4 of which are surge protected and can run...
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New IP Phone – Gigaset C610A IP
Our ISP offers a free VOIP service along with providing access to (pretty crappy) ADSL. We had an old VOIP box (an Open Networks 812L) sitting in a box that used to work but despite my best efforts...
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New Tablet – Asus Google Nexus 7
Google / Asus Nexus 7 I’d been wanting another tablet for a while (I’ve had an iPad 1 for several years) and based on the good experiences I’ve had with my Google Nexus 4 phone I was quite happy to try...
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Building a New Mini File Server
So I completely lost confidence in our Mac Mini after the power surge issues and decided to build a new file server. I wanted something small and quiet built from standard components that would run...
View ArticleTurning Your Headless Linux Machine into a DLNA Media Server
We have had a Sony Bravia KDL40HX750 TV for a while now. It’s a great TV and can stream media from a compliant DLNA media server. I was doing this with Windows Media Player from my dev PC but given...
View ArticleHaving Trouble Viewing Media on Your Sony Bravia TV?
If you’ve got a latish model internet-enabled Sony TV (we have a Sony Bravia KDL40HX750 TV) then you may know it can display media streamed from a compliant DLNA server. If you know this you probably...
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Building a Garage Door Sensor with an Arduino Nano
The Problem Our two car garage has a roller door on the front and back. The one on the front of the house is motorised and activated with a remote control. You cannot see if the front roller door is...
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Cord Panorama WiFi Internet Radio Player
Cord Panorama Internet Radio Player We’ve been wanting a wifi internet radio player we could listen to around the house and perhaps take outside, plug in, and listen to out there. So, after a week or...
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