The personal blog of Stephen Edmonds where he rambles on about computers, photography, cycling and other random things
(this is mostly a post for my own reference) At the camera club we use IrfanView to display our monthly competitions entries. The images to be presented end up in a number of folders which are copied to the club s laptop, then batch scripts run IrfanView with the /slideshow option. Recently I reset that laptop [ ]
When I originally setup Zigbee2MQTT on a Pi I followed the recommended path for Linux, which was to install Node.JS, clone the Zigbee2MQTT repo and then start it up. That first startup would install dependencies and build the app. Over time I was able to at least once use the provided upgrade script to upgrade [ ]
Later this month I am heading up to Sydney and have built in three full days to wander around with my camera. As well as researching new places to go I was also looking back at my past photos, only to find that on a previous trip in 2008 (the early days of me having [ ]
It has now been five years since I switched over to Kodi on a Raspberry Pi as the media player for my television. It has been working well, except that it was struggling with the newer codecs and higher resolutions, but it wasn t enough of a bother to consider replacing it. A few months ago [ ]
Is has been over a year since I posted about my home energy usage, when I switched my electricity plan to a time of use plan. So how has that gone? Courtesy of home assistant I have this pretty chart for 2025: Combined with the other reporting, what does this tell me? The total energy [ ]
Last week I drove up to Canberra for the fourth Everything Open conference the spiritual successor to linux.conf.au, this was fitting as the last time I was in Canberra was for LCA back in 2013. I did post about the first Everything Open back in 2023, and while I did attend the subsequent conferences in [ ]
The two bedrooms (one I use as my study) in my house (technically a unit) have large windows that face west. This means that they get full afternoon sun which can be a problem in the warmer months. Fortunately there is canvas awnings which do the simple job of keeping the direct sun off the [ ]
Almost fifteen years ago I picked up a Logitech Harmony 650 universal remote to control my television, bluray player and whatever other media devices I might have connected. It was easy to setup and I didn t need to change the config for many years. Four years ago I found that my television could no longer [ ]
I remember a time when upgrading my home computer was a thing. Technology was changing fast enough that there was a benefit to regularly upgrading hardware and software. That was twenty years ago, these days things are fine and just work for years Two weeks ago I upgraded my main home desktop, upgrading to a [ ]
Yesterday was the final day of the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and it is also ten years since I jumped in to going to live comedy. In early 2015 I was six months in to working in the city and having to commute on the train. I was looking for things to listen to [ ]