Last week the ‘pick a hobby’ part of my brain returned to 3d printing. I’ve had a 3d printer for about 6 years now and every few months I’ll decide I want to use it to print…something. So I’ll fire it up, then realise that actually it would be so much better with some additional […]
A few months ago, my partner and I finally gave in to the relentless pressure from our children and added 2 kittens to our family. Say hello to Hamish and Hazel: They’re now 6 months old (and slightly bigger) and getting ready to venture into the outside world. So, of course, being the massive nerd […]
in 2021 I built a DIY Rack in my cellar (pt1, pt2, pt3). The last update on that is from a couple of years ago now, and looking back through the site archives I realise I never posted where that Journey ended…… At the end of 2021 I moved house. I knew that I wouldn’t […]
Continuing with my habit of writing a flurry of posts before getting bored and not writing anything for a year….. welcome back! Since my last set of posts, among other things I’ve bought a house which means, obviously, I’m now spending a lot of time / effort on smart lighting and heating throughout the house […]
The journey so far (pt1, pt2) has led us from geeky twinkle in my eye, to a load of servers sat in a very environmentally concious (if you ignore the power requirements) rack. Now is where things get serious, now we actually do something with all that silicon muscle. Brains. Whatever. I had some initial […]
As we saw in part 1, I am something of an idiot. Also, I like building stuff. Usually that stuff is software or technological gubbins, but I do like to create abominations of wood and screws sometimes. And so, to the rack. We left part one with me pondering the feasibility of building a high […]
A couple of months ago I decided it was time to fulfil a childhood dream and aquire something I’d always wanted. Not a sports car, or a girlfriend 20 years younger than me…..no, my midlife crisis would be embodied by a server rack. Here then is the tale of an idiot building a server rack. […]
After sinking so much time and effort into ‘pimping’ up my venerable 2001 P38 Range Rover the list of faults on it finally tipped me over the edge from ‘it’s a beautiful car with a few issues’ to “it’s a complete POS on 4 wheels” so I decided to upgrade to…. another Range Rover! A […]
After fitting a new Android head unit, powerfold mirrors and rear seat entertainment my next project was decided by my partner’s plaintive question of ‘where’s the clock’ when we were driving at night. The P38 as standard has this in the dash: I think the face is supposed to light up at night, but mine […]
One thing that always made me want a range rover when I was younger, was the screens in the rear headrests. The thought of having the option of watching videos (yes, actual VHS videos!) while stuck in the back of a car on a road trip was just mind blowing to my teenage self. On […]