The following is a quick dump of what I did to get a Frigate docker container running inside a Ubuntu 22.04 LTS VM hosted on my Hyper-V server. The VM has access to & shares the hosts GPU, an Intel ARC A380. I’ve combined these steps from a few different places including: Easy-GPU-PV, a Reddit thread and a Github gist. I’ve not gone into great detail on some of the steps – ie, I assume you know how to admin…
I recently purchased a number of Zigbee 3 bulbs to install around my house, but unfortunately the Philips Hue hub seems to be locked down to only support lights from their preferred manufacturers. So, I’ve started setting up Home Assistant, installed within a Hyper-V virtual machine. The idea is to eventually replace the Hue hub with a more flexible and less expensive system. Home Assistant supports loads of Zigbee gateways, so I grabbed a Sonoff Dongle P from Amazon. This…
Since my last blog post, I’ve brewed a few more beers: A Saison smash for the Smash-Off 2018 competition/beer-swap. This didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped, so that’s being disposed of and I’ve brewed a replacement. An English Barleywine for the Black Beer of Christmas 2018 beer-swap. At time of writing, this has been in the FV for just over 2 months and I’m planning on bottling it this week. My Eyes Are Pies! – A Brewdog Jet…
Last November the Orange contract on my old HTC Desire-Z phone came up for renewal. I’ve been intrigued by the new Windows Phone system since its original launch but never really though about switching, at least until a friend lent me his old Samsung Omnia 7. This phone runs the older Windows Phone 7.5 system, but is good enough to get an idea of what switching to a new Windows Phone would be like. I really liked the new system…
Just quick follow-up to an annoyance I found 3 1/2 years ago in Office 2007 – It appears the “feature” is still present in Office/Outlook 2010! You’d think after over 3.5 years of development/testing someone would have noticed this?