The solar battery monitor

I’ve decided it was time I found a way to monitor my solar panels

The Starway to Reno

So in theory you can control an infinitely long string of LEDs with just one data pin.
– At which point physics and engineering kick in to make life more difficult.

The problem with legal intercept and backdoors.

Next time you get a call from ‘windows support desk’ trying to defraud you, remember that this could have been engineered out of our phone system years ago but for the legal intercept requirements.

The Investigation of Packets

So overall I give Internet connection records – 5/10, mostly because the requirements seem to have been written before the advent of cloud computing and webmail.

The internet of stupid things.

Yep folks, if you call me when I’m brushing my teeth, you’ll get a customised voicemail telling you how much more brushing I still have to do.

The Jumping Janus.

This white drone can’t jump, but it can be controlled over webRTC.

The worst WebRTC demo yet.

The demo seems calculated to make webRTC look useless.

The Duke’s signet ring.

This isn’t tenable, the password count is about to explode. We need better, more sensible authentication and security

The practicalities of running a laptop on solar power.

If I start the day with a fully charged laptop, I can work for 10 hours and still be on 100%.

The wrong side of history – where the telcos are now.

The telcos blew it. Their fate was sealed when they focussed more on what governments and their regulators want than their customers. They are, as I said over dinner at MWC this year, “on the wrong side of history”.