Another year, another amazing Linux Conf AU! Based on feedback from LCA2017, I was definitely going to iterate on the hug detector. In that time the ESP32 platform has begun to mature and because I like challenges, decided to use a board I received days prior to leaving for the …

At the Linux Conf Au Games and Foss Mini Conference, @ducky_tape and @The_McJones gave me an opportunity to talk on my experiences archiving over 11,000 mods for Kerbal Space Program. It was also captured by the awesome LCA AV Team, which you can watch here!

A special shout out …

A while ago I needed a doorbell, so I hacked one together using a Raspberry Pi I had laying around. It was a temporary fix while I got around to building an Arduino based replacement. A month or so ago the SD card croaked, so it was time.

I have …

Last week was Linux Conf AU 2017, which is a community run Free and Open Source Software conference that is in a different A/NZ city every year. This year I'd managed to attend the Open Hardware MiniConf and was inspired to build something during the conference. I'm not sure …

There will be more posts to come, but for some time I have been playing around with home automation. One of the things I really wanted to do was utilise some form of machine learning to make decisions about when I wanted the Shed's Airconditioning or the wall fan turned …

When I first started this blog blog in early 2014, I had grand intentions of keeping it up to date. I got a great start forking it from Paul Fenwick's website which actually provided a solid foundation to build this one.

Windows administration is part of my job that I don't enjoy as much as linux, but it is still necessary. Though Windows is becoming less and less required, a lot of software still relies on it.

Microsoft to their credit are making an effort to shift people onto their new …

This week I presented at PLUG, a brief history of AV, PLUG's involvement with Linux Conf AU and EventStreamr.

You can find EventStreamr on GitHub and CPAN

Being a Cyclist and a Geek, I like to track things. Being a Sys Admin and a Programmer I also like this to happen in the most efficient manner possible. Insert Strava, which is basically a social networking platform for cyclists/runners/swimmers (I believe they're adding more as well …

We heavily utilise Jira at my place of work and one of our non IT based departments use it in their business processes. It was chosen to replace a custom developed, unreliable .NET application and apart from minor bending to suit the processes Jira is an excellent replacement. It's also far more reliable, far easier to keep up-to-date and runs on Linux!

In the latest update I had a chance to really push the new version of the Jira Automation Plugin, which is a free and open source plugin. Written by Atlassian to support their internal processes, It's a little nugget of awesome that has really extended what we can do without writing bulk custom code. more ...