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Cheap DIY 8 Port IP KVM on a budget
A practical guide to building a cheap IP KVM with a Raspberry Pi, PiKVM software, and an 8-port HDMI KVM switch. The article walks through the hardware setup, reverse-engineering the switch’s control box, and adding custom PiKVM buttons for remote port switching, giving web-based access to servers and even remote reimaging support.
DIY Whole Home Energy Monitoring with Home Assistant
Why energy monitoring? I recently decided I wanted more data on our home energy usage. Unfortunately our meter box is over 20 years old and our energy supplier wont replace it until it is 30 years old. It is an old spinning disk style meter with analog display. I had considered using a camera and…
Free Digital Signage with Raspberry Pi and Google Slides
Using a Raspberry Pi with Google Slides is an excellent way to make very cheap and effective digital signage. In this guide I will show you how to build this. This is an updated method as the Screenly / Anthias software doesn’t seem to like 4K screens for Google Slides! And the beauty of it:…
New iOS 17 update: Features I will be using immediately
The iOS 17 update has just released for iPhone and iPad and it has some fantastic new features. Many are small but they have a big impact. Here are a few of my favourites. Live Voicemail This is great. If someone is leaving you a voicemail message you can see it as live text coming…
Geeky stuff to do during lockdown
You can and should do these things all year round really, but perhaps especially so now. Some of these may be UK specific. Just a few things that can help with staying at home for a few weeks. Reading Libby App to access your local public library to borrow Audiobooks, eBooks and Digital Magazines, for…
Improving mental health during troubling times
This CoronaVirus outbreak is understandably difficult for everyone. Many people will be struggling with their mental health, including “normal” people who have not had issues before. I hope that sharing what little I know from my personal experience might help even one person. I have issues with mental health, specifically a fairly aggressive anxiety disorder,…
Getting free iPad apps for education
I may be late to the party on this one but figured it was worth sharing just in case others have not come across it. The website Boy Genius Report has a section that seems to be updated with a daily post detailing iPhone apps that have gone from being paid to free. There will…
Grow Wild Raspberry Pi time-lapse: VIDEO
This year our school Eco Club began a project to plant a wild flower area in the school grounds. This was part of the Grow Wild scheme run in association with Kew Gardens. I am not much of a gardener so my attention was turned to the techy side. The team wanted a time-lapse video…
Open source system imaging with FOG
If you manage a large number of Windows PCs you will want a way to set them up as quickly and painlessly as possible. There are many system imaging solutions out there (such as Symantec Ghost, Altiris etc) but these tend to be expensive. Working in education you learn quickly to find cheap or free…
TP-Link Travel Router
A travel router has been an item on my “to buy” list for some and I am now on a 5 day holiday to England so took this as the impetus to go ahead and buy one. So I bought the TP-Link TL-MR3020 Travel Router from Amazon. What is a travel router and why would…
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