Amazon Echo
I'm not often one to buy the latest gadget without letting them work the kinks out, but I read and heard enough good things about the Amazon Echo to give it ...
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Blogging on the Kindle Fire
I thought I'd hate doing this on a device with no hardware keyboard (why did I sell my netbook? Remember when they were cool?), but it's workable for short b...
Monzo
Monzo is something I've been keeping an eye on for a while, and having been at the top of the waiting list all summer, I was straight off the mark when they ...
Hive door sensor
Since launching Hive for heating remote control, British Gas have rolled out quite a lot of other products which work in the same app and use the same router...
First week with the Huawei Watch
I have myself a Huawei Watch (W1). This is one of those areas of tech that I've been quietly sitting out, but having read a few reviews and seen a few friend...
Sip2Sim and the OnePlus Two
Andrews and Arnold do an interesting service where they supply a SIM card which connects to VOIP at their end. Annoyingly, they don't have a sensibly usable ...
Debian and encrypted external disks
Pretty impressed by Debian. I formatted an external hard disk (for backups) with the usual dm-crypt encryption, and plugging it in produces exactly the right...
Station parking
I've parked in the long stay at Didcot station a few times recently. It works well enough, but in common with the Oxford park and ride car parks, and many ot...
Classing up the kitchen, part 2
Following on from my first post on this, behold my classed up kitchen with LED worktop lighting: Looks great, instant-on, uses less power than the old fluor...
Bytemark charging for IPv4 addresses
We've had a server at Bytemark for many years (since the summer of 2009). For the most part they've been good, Towards the end of last year, they started cha...