Until the coronavirus lockdown, video calling wasn't something I used a great deal. Although I have multiple devices with a built-in webcam, I've rarely used one after my initial interest in the technology subsided. At work I don't really see the value-add over voice calls or instant messaging; if a...

In Monitoring Baby On The Go I mentioned that it would be easier if I were able to connect the Raspberry Pi to new WiFi networks through a web browser. Then I could leave my travel router behind and just use a browser to configure the new network connection on the Pi, without logging in through VN...

As discussed in my ealier post A Better Baby Monitor , we're now using Gonimo to keep an eye on Tiny at home. On the road we've been using our phones (one stays in the bedroom as a monitor, the other we carry with us as a viewer). This works OK for audio only or during the daytime where there's a f...

I first built a Linux home theatre PC around 2005 and I've had one ever since. At first I used MythTV and it was all about recording and transcoding OTS (over-the-air) broadcasts, in the days before online streaming services had caught on (and way before offline downloads). These days that's still a...

Like many parents, since our first child arrived at the end of last year we have anxiously kept an eye on her using a baby monitor. When she was born we purchased a pram from an old friend and colleague, who kindly threw in a monitor that he no longer needed. It was a basic BT model, a simple microp...