The Chicken Coop (Page 11)

Upgrading Sonoff Switches with Tasmota

13 Jan 2019 1 min read

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

06 Jan 2019 6 min read

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 -

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].