I have updated the page showing my household temperature graphs. Previously I was logging data to the cloud using Pachube and while this works well, the tools available for graphing the information are not great. As the number of readings increased, the tools I was using to render the graphs became slower and slower. What’s more the graphs used flash which wasn’t particularly helpful if I wanted to view the graphs on my iPad. I have now reverted to some home brew data logging using RRDTool. Data is stored in a Round Robin Database and then rendered using some more …
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Netflix UK on Wii – Quick Review
Posted by Chris
on February 15, 2012
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I’ve recently taken a free trial from Netflix UK with the intention of evaluating it as a replacement for Sky Movies. I have a couple of devices I can play it on, but last night I chose to try it on my Wii console (because I couldn’t be bothered to connect my laptop to the TV). I am thinking it is time to shift my TV to Virgin Media (due to my flaky Sky+HD box) and VM want a wallet busting £30 per month for the Sky Movies Collection. If new movies are what you are looking for, then Netflix …
Fourth LightwaveRF Dimmer and Good News on LEDs
Posted by Chris
on February 10, 2012
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I have just fitted my fourth Lightwave RF dimmer. This time in the living room and on the same fitting as the one I have recently replaced with LED lamps. The dimmer works fine as I would expect and is actually much better than the home easy dimmer it replaced. The LED lamps dim much lower than they did with the home easy dimmer. I recently robbed an LED out of the fitting to demo it to a friend, while I was fiddling, I put this LED back in. The even better news is that the Lightwave RF Dimmer was …
Update on hammering TRV – 2
Posted by Chris
on February 6, 2012
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I spent some time yesterday clearing my garage a bit. While doing so, I found the original head to the new TRV I’ve had fitted to my bedroom radiator. Previous visitors will be aware from here and here that the TRV was sounding like a jack hammer. My plumber thinks this is due to the radio controlled actuators I have fitted. The following video proves this isn’t the case as it does exactly the same with the original head on it. Sorry I filmed it with my iPhone in portrait mode! It looks to me like it is definitely a …