I’ve been using Keepass to store my passwords for years but it was only this year that I realised (yes, how could I not know?!) that the Auto-Type functionality can be customised to handle obscure login forms. Below are a list of some of the Auto-Types that I’ve created to …
Since getting the Tesla Powerwall installed, our trusted Wattson has not been able to display correct figures as it can’t tell if we are importing or exporting until the Powerwall is full. The Wattson displays a relatively static value of +150W indicating that we’re importing, yet the data from the …
Last Friday we have our Tesla Powerwall installed and at the same time the electricians installed my Rolec car charger. I was most excited about the Powerwall as I’ll hardly use the car charger and the Powerwall has an API which means I can add extra data to my home …
In January I bought a Chromecast so that friends and family could cast videos onto the main living room TV. It’s a handy little device and when idle it displays lovely background images of nature, space and various other things. I don’t know why, but I never considered where it …
In my post about ordering a home car charger I mentioned that I was using the same electricians to install the charger at the same time as they install another product that I’m super excited about – well I’ve order a Tesla Powerwall!! 😀 When I picked up my car …
I’ve now had my car for a week and a half and have clocked up 600 miles. It’s been an interesting week since I wrote the last post and there’s a few things I’ve noticed with the car over that time… The drivers sun visor is seriously small compared to …
I’ve kept track of the price I’ve paid for petrol since mid 2008. I started collecting the data when I noticed the price of petrol had risen a fair bit from when I got my first car. Here’s the full spreadsheet for the anyone who wants to look at the …
Follow on to my post yesterday about my Leaf 2.Zero. I’ve ordered my home charger. It’s a Rolec, black with grey inserts, 32A tethered type 2 device. I researched a number of devices and companies when looing for a home charger and landed on this device because I liked the …
I bought myself a new car this year and after two years of looking at electric cars, I’ve finally bought one! As of Tuesday, I now own a Nissan Leaf 2.Zero in black. Why did I buy an electric car? I’m a fan of green tech, so at some point …
This is a review of the UI and functionality available on the M&S Internet Banking website. I have not reviewed the app as I’ve never bothered to download it. I opened my first M&S Current Account in 2015 and the internet banking platform hasn’t changed – that I know of, …
Please note that switching your current account multiple times in a short space of time will affect your credit rating and should NOT be done if you’re looking to take out a mortgage in the next two years! Two weeks ago I posted about how I’d managed to make a …
Please note that switching your current account multiple times in a short space of time will affect your credit rating and should NOT be done if you’re looking to take out a mortgage in the next two years! Late 2015, I was looking at my accounts wondering why I’d made …
Last year I cancelled my ADSL connection and went 4G only on my EE 64GB contract. It’s been an interesting three months, so I thought I’d post this info in case anyone else was considering going 4G only. Background to why I went 4G only In August 2017, I noticed …
As you probably know from my blog, I have a number of Arduino’s around the house for monitoring household and weather metrics and I’m always looking for ways to add more devices and data sets. My dad happened to find a map one summer on blitzortung.org to view live lightning …
A few weeks back I received a request to add in the ability to select half days in the Retirement Countdown Clock app (https://blog.v-s-f.co.uk/2016/02/retirement-countdown-clock-app/) and I decided that this was a quick change that wouldn’t take too long, so why not 🙂 Well I made a complete mess up of …
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