Skip to content
Jim Hope
  • Home
  • Get in Touch
Jim Hope
News

Designing My Dream Campervan: Part 1 – Picking a Van

ByJim 27 May 2022

<![CDATA[n What electric van options are there for my dream Campervan build?  n n 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…

Read More Designing My Dream Campervan: Part 1 – Picking a VanContinue

News

What I'd like to do with our smart home

ByJim 25 May 2022

<![CDATA[n n We Have Smart Lights! So… What’s Next?  n So for a while now I have been swapping out all of the lights in our home for smart bulbs. I originally started with Philips Hue Bulbs, then a few from Tesco and some smart sockets that I’ve flashed with ESP Home to put on…

Read More What I'd like to do with our smart homeContinue

News

What gear would I put in my Broadcast Truck?

ByJim 23 May 2022

<![CDATA[n How Would Making My Latest Video Rig Mobile Change It?  n n 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…

Read More What gear would I put in my Broadcast Truck?Continue

News

Energy Cost Calculator: Update

ByJim 21 May 2022

<![CDATA[n The Energy Cost Calculator just got better!  n 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, with only the one multipage form (rather than the three from before) and updated calculations to make them more accurate….

Read More Energy Cost Calculator: UpdateContinue

News

Where are all of the cheap electric cars?

ByJim 20 May 2022

<![CDATA[n China is rolling out cheap electric cars left right and centre… why aren’t we?  n n This has been bugging me for quite some time and I really need to get it off my chest. But why the heck, at a time when the UK is trying to basically rebuild itself from the ground…

Read More Where are all of the cheap electric cars?Continue

News

My ultimate desk setup for starting my new job

ByJim 18 May 2022

<![CDATA[n Now that I’m going to be training people over Zoom I think I’m going to need a slightly better setup!  n n I recently got a promotion at work which means I’m going to be training people new to the company via zoom, teams or some other online video group chat platform. But when…

Read More My ultimate desk setup for starting my new jobContinue

News

Gas and electricity cost estimator & energy efficiency

ByJim 16 May 2022

<![CDATA[n n Energy prices may be rising but that doesn’t mean your bill has to!  n 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…

Read More Gas and electricity cost estimator & energy efficiencyContinue

News

Using Dante with Blackmagic's ATEM Switchers

ByJim 13 May 202228 February 2025

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’s audio into an ATEM switcher and what’s changed to…

Read More Using Dante with Blackmagic's ATEM SwitchersContinue

News

Blackmagic you were so close!

ByJim 11 May 2022

<![CDATA[n Where’s The ATEM 4M/E Constellation 4K?  n n Just before NAB Blackmagic let us know about some new products they are releasing and boy was I excited. I’m only going to dive into 2 of these today though, The Constellation HD and the Cloud Store. I’m kind of disappointed by one and Would love…

Read More Blackmagic you were so close!Continue

News

New(ish) Apple Product – The Mac Studio

ByJim 9 May 2022

<![CDATA[n n Too Expensive or Just not for you?  n So I’m a little behind the times with this post, between trying and failing to restore the website (after a massive mistake on my part), working what feels like every hour of the day or getting ready to have a little one entering our lives…

Read More New(ish) Apple Product – The Mac StudioContinue

Page navigation

Previous PagePrevious 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 17 Next PageNext
  • Gravatar
Jim Hope
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}
Scroll to top
  • Home
  • Get in Touch