Say Hello to Scarlett Eileena Hope Born: 13th August 2022 I haven’t posted in a little while but I promise I have a good reason! The last couple of months have been very hectic, but well worth all of the effort (mostly on Abi’s part rather than mine). We spent most of July running back…
Trying to make a Smart TV on the cheap Ever since I started transforming our home into a smart home I’ve wanted to be able to include our TV as part of it. When I had Home Assistant up and running things this wasn’t too much of a bother with our Main TV in the…
What electric van options are there for my dream Campervan build? For quite some time now I’ve been wanting a campervan. It all started back in university when I started designing a small broadcast truck for one of my assignments. My thought being, Well… if I’m redesigning this van why not make it dual purpose….
How Would Making My Latest Video Rig Mobile Change It? For a long time now I’ve wanted to start my own business where I would turn up at an event, be it a concert, Play, Dance show, Conference or something else, and give the event organisers a way to reach a wider audience by recording…
This is a really quick update. I just wanted to let folks know that I’ve updated the Energy Cost Calculator. It’s now a bit more streamlined and updated calculations to make them more accurate.
Energy prices may be rising but that doesn’t mean your bill has to! Over the last 12 months, or more, the wholesale cost of gas and electricity has gone through the roof and it’s become increasingly difficult to find a great energy deal like we once could, be that by changing energy suppliers or changing…
I wouldn’t be writing this if Dante was built in Blackmagic! Over the years I’ve had a few ideas on how to get Dante working with ATEM Vision mixers and after my recent article, I thought I’d go through some of my ideas for getting Dante audio into an ATEM switcher and what’s changed to…
Accidental Smart Home Week – Part 3To finish out what has somehow become Smart Home week I thought I’d look at some of the available Smart Home appliances that I may be able to integrate into our smart home in the future. I’ve already tried to add a few extra things to our home such…
Part 2 of Accidental Smart Home WeekIn my last post, I had a look at different energy monitoring solutions that would work with Home Assistants new Energy tab. I thought I’d continue the smart home theme this week by exploring how I can upgrade our smart home past the smart bulbs and smart plugs we…
It’s about time I figured out where we use all our energyIt’s been a busy week where I’ve learned a lot and slept just as much. Starting a new job is always tiring, there is a lot to learn in a short space of time. Due to the nature of my new job I’ve been…
It’s time to get out my non-existent Credit Card… Again! As I mentioned in my last post, Blackmagic recently released a bunch of new products, I also mentioned that I’d be updating my kit list to include these new products… and here it is. This post took me a bit longer than usual as I generated…
A lot was announced in a short amount of time Last Thursday Blackmagic Design had a live stream where they released some new products for both HD and 4K Live production workflows. As has become the norm, as I watch the live stream I was constantly thinking “I Wants all of these!”. So I thought…
