Blogging on the iPad

The previous blog post [https://fastchicken.co.nz/2019/04/26/west-coast-wandering-2019/], about the West Coast, was done end-to-end on my iPad with an external keyboard. This is something I’ve been trying

Getting started with Github Actions

A while back, Github announced Github Actions [https://github.com/features/actions/], which is a containerised platform for running things when you do something in Github, like make a PR, comment, etc. On

Upgrading Sonoff Switches with Tasmota

As I've written before [https://fastchicken.co.nz/2018/06/24/more-iot-switch-fun-with-sonoff-and-tasmota/], I have a few of the 16A Sonoff TH16 switches [https://www.itead.cc/smart-home/sonoff-th.html] around the

John William Wise - 1936-2018

John William Wise was born the middle child of 3, in a small village called Nunthorpe, North Yorkshire, in July 1936, 3 years before the end of World War II. His father -