SmartLife / Tuya devices like sockets, switches and bulbs can publish to MQTT and in some cases be controlled by it. To enable this the following is required. Prerequisites Setup Install the TinyTuya python module with pip install tinytuyaSet up… Read moreConnecting SmartLife/Tuya devices to Openhab
My openhab server crashed recently, fatal disk error and it would not boot. I’m using InfluxDB for persistance and although i was able to recover from backup, i lost about 5 days of data (weekly backup, crashed on day 6….)… Read moreRecovering Influxdb
As i expected, much local resistance to the Botley Solar farm proposal. Admittedly, its pretty remarkable. The proposal would cover a huge swathe of land between Botley and Woodstock (see map), and according to the blurb would generate enough energy… Read more2023-01 Thoughts on West Botley Solar Farm
Well its been an eventful few months. Following my last March post when i tested +ve for covid, i got so bad i ended up going into A&E on a Friday evening. I was triaged then sent home but with… Read moreUpdate July 2022
Well, it finally happened again. I tested +ve for covid yesterday. I had a pounding headache on Monday, felt better on Tuesday and then terrible on Wednesday. I did an LFT and within minutes there was a very strong line…. Read more31st March 2022
Two years to the day since Mary was so ill i had to call an ambulance. And where are we? ZOE reckons 300,000 new cases per day, even the govt website reckons nearly 100,000 a day. Deaths are rising again,… Read more21st March 2022
Just putting this here for posterity.
So the govt has literally abandoned the people. All controls and measures have been removed and we’re on our own. And people are dying in their thousands. They (finally) updated the official measurements to include reinfections and deaths after more… Read more3rd Feb 2022
So while the govt continues to do *nothing*, at least in England, case numbers rose yet higher, to 190,000, and 12.000 people are now in hospital. Deaths have also risen though more slowly but are still up 20% week on… Read more3rd Jan 2022
Honestly its difficult – again – to know where to start. In the last week Covid case numbers have exploded, up from about 40,000 to 120,000 a day. The govt has done nothing, not a fucking thing, in England. They’ve… Read more28th December 2021