The Chicken Coop (Page 11)

Running Docker on the home server - giving life to old hardware

25 Nov 2018 12 min read

Sometimes, old hardware lasts a very very long time. Until recently, I had an iPhone 7, which was mostly perfect running iOS 12 - the battery could be better, but in general it

More IoT switch fun with Sonoff and Tasmota

24 Jun 2018 6 min read

I was looking at Tomas Blog [https://tomasmcguinness.com/] a while ago, when he mentioned that he had bought a couple of the Sonoff WIFI switches [https://www.itead.cc/smart-home.html] to

Wellington to Auckland by Train

23 Jun 2018 1 min read

For my sister-in-laws birthday, we all flew down to Wellington, then caught the train up to Auckland on the Northern Explorer [http://railnewzealand.com/train-services/the-northern-explorer].

Waikaremoana, 2017

01 Jan 2018 4 min read

We go year-about, having one year on the island, and one year doing something else. Last time, we walked the Routeburn Track [https://fastchicken.co.nz/2016/01/02/routeburn-track-christmas/]. This time it

Apple Watch 2 - 12 months later

02 Sep 2017 2 min read

So last year, when Apple re-released the Apple Watch as Apple Watch Series 2 [https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-series-2/], I decided to get one again. Yes, again. I got the developer-release Series 0