Welcome to Digital Dilemma A small place on the internet that’s been around for a long time and serves as a place for me to put stuff. I hope you find something here of interest. About Dartmoor Home Automation Misc Remote Controlled Lawnmower Software Sysadmin Thoughts Vehicles
My stuff about Home Automation
Cool Automation Projects Esphome Keeping Zigbee Sensors Running in Extreme Cold Make a smarter Diffuser Measuring Freezer Temperatures Solar Heating Water With Home Assistant Using Gpslogger for Traccar
My Software
Taskpony Text Adventures IRC Scripts A selection of various IRC scripts, most of which were written to work with XChat (Now replaced by HexChat) as well as Irssi and Eggdrop. They ranged from fun, silly, stupid, useful and very useful. 2000s to 2010s
Github Fidonet Software Various pieces of freeware / Public Domain software I wrote during the early 1990s for Fidonet or Public…
Things that don’t fit elsewhere.
Extending UPS runtimes Redneck PC Water Cooling Unreal Tournament Using Gpslogger With Traccar
These are things that may be useful to Sysadmins, or just technical people who like playing with computers.
Backing Up Important Data Docker Mariadb UGreen NAS DXP2800 Zabbix
Why Free Software is better for your company
Meet Shawn, my Remote Controlled Lawn Mower.
Shawn, 2025
More pictures and videos down below About Shawn We own this steep 5-acre field on Dartmoor where we graze our horses. As horses are not very good at grazing off weeds, it needs topping twice a year to keep the grass in good condition. When we bought the land, it was very neglected, with a lot of high bramble growth and bracken which…
Some things I’ve done with Land-Rovers and Motorbikes.
Land-Rover Motorbikes Others
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History Digital Dilemma is a name used by it’s creator, Simon Avery, since 1990 relating to computer related services.
Early 1990s – Round Corner Software / Digital Dilemma I founded and ran a Shareware company that distributed cassette tapes and 3″ 178Kb disks of Public Domain / Shareware Software for the Amstrad CPC. Some of it was my own text…
*Dartmoor is a vast, wild, and rugged upland area in Devon, England, characterized by extensive granite tors, heather-clad moorland, and deep river valleys. It’s a national park known for its dramatic landscapes, rich prehistoric archaeology including stone circles and hut circles, and unique wildlife, as well as its iconic Dartmoor ponies that roam freely. The area is steeped in history and…