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I’ve been to a bunch of different folk festivals this year, some I’ve been to before and some I haven’t, and I have a few more planned before the end of the year. People sometimes ask which festivals I recommend, so perhaps this list will help with that too. So, starting at the start… I […]
22.10.2024 22:01Folk festivals in 2024[…] to make them mains powered, and controlled from Google Home. And as I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been playing with ESP8266s recently, so I built a controller based on the D1 mini […]
25.5.2019 11:34Comment on Smart homes and ESP8266s by Fairy light controller | Thoughts of a geekOne of my housemates has a lot of fairy lights. Most of them were battery powered, each by a little pack of 3 AA batteries, which seemed somewhat wasteful. They are great for parties, but turning them all on and off individually is kind of a pain too, so I wanted to make them mains […]
25.5.2019 11:34Fairy light controllerI went to Krakow last weekend for the first edition of the Balfolk May Weekend, a lovely little festival that some friends of mine organised. There was lots of good music, good friends, good dances and good hugs. I like small festivals, I find them more friendly, and there’s less of a problem of not […]
11.5.2019 13:37Balfolk May WeekendSeeing as Google+ is no more, I’m going to try posting links to photos on here again. I recently went to visit Jordan for a week, to visit some friends and sightsee for a bit. This post will mostly just be links to photos, so do follow through to the albums and see the captions […]
25.4.2019 21:46JordanI’ve recently been playing with a bunch of smart home stuff, based around the Google Home ecosystem. I have a Google Home, Google Home Hub and JBL Link View in various rooms, a Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, a Nest thermostat, a bunch of cheap smart light bulbs, and some Sonoff switches for the ceiling lights. […]
24.12.2018 23:42Smart homes and ESP8266sThanks for your thoughts. Cell phones can be fantastic for this type of thing. What do you do when your phone is out of coverage? I know there are GPS data loggers, do you use one of those? Or do you always geotag in coverage areas? I have found some good articles for newbie geotaggers like myself. This is one that talks about geotagging very generally; pros/cons, equipment, software, and what not: http://www.paintshoppro.com/en/landing/geotag-photos/. And this one goes into a little more detail about different equipment: http://cameras.about.com/od/Traveling_with_a_camera/a/Geotagging-Cameras.htm. Like your article they have some good info in them. Check them out. Thanks.
19.7.2016 20:22Comment on Geotagging photos with Google Location History by DonnaHey there! Just browsing around the blogosphere, finding some fun and interesting blogs to follow to make some new friends in 2016. If you like, hop on over to my world at http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com, and if you see anything you like, comment or follow! Have a great day and happy new year!
17.1.2016 23:30Comment on About by thatssojacobI spent Christmas in London this year, so it was pretty quiet. I still find Christmas in winter weird, it’s all cold and miserable, and I find London winters hard. The afternoon of Christmas Day I went over to my friend Matthew’s place for Christmas dinner, which was nice. His parents and some of his […]
17.1.2016 17:13Christmas and New YearAwesome! Thanks so much for this writeup. I did everything you said and it worked like a charm. It's worth noting that the GPS Visualizer Tool also has a time offset field under their advanced options.
21.6.2015 08:56Comment on Geotagging photos with Google Location History by David CrabillI spent two recent weekends at two quite different folk dance festivals, neither of which I had been to before. The first was Dance Around the World at Cecil Sharp House in London, and was quite varied. It ran all day Saturday and Sunday, with three streams of workshops plus one of performances during the […]
14.11.2014 05:23Much dancingGood post! If you want an alternative to GPS Vizualizer tool, I suggest to have a look at this free converter program: http://gpx2kml.com/ It can convert KML file to GPX format and vice versa, depending on your needs. You can try it and see how it works. Thanks!
20.10.2014 08:22Comment on Geotagging photos with Google Location History by TomWhen I take photos on my Nexus 5, it automatically geotags them, which is great. However, when I am on holiday, I often use a proper camera with a bigger sensor and lens as it can produce better results. The disadvantage of this is that it does not have a GPS so cannot geotag the […]
4.10.2014 11:14Geotagging photos with Google Location History[…] we went to Cardiff, Bristol, Cheddar Gorge and Bath for a few days. At the end of October was the Morocco trip, which I have already written […]
1.1.2014 22:14Comment on Morocco by Seven months | Thoughts of a geekI really have not blogged much in ages! A lot has happened since May. Other than Morocco, let’s see: A friends (Emily Swan) was in town for a few days in June, I caught up with her all too briefly for lunch. Wow, that seems so long ago. Briefly saw another friend (Jordan) around the […]
1.1.2014 22:14Seven monthsIn reply to <a href="https://qwandor.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/morocco/#comment-1605">Sharon Wilkes</a>. The locals were a mix to be honest: some really lovely helpful people, including Nour especially, and some (quite a few) trying to rip us off. But it was certainly a really interesting trip, I would recommend visiting Morocco.
17.12.2013 00:51Comment on Morocco by qwandorIn reply to <a href="https://qwandor.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/morocco/#comment-1604">qwandor</a>. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! Sounds like you had an adventurous trip. What lovely locals! That guide Nour sounds like a great guy :)
17.12.2013 00:47Comment on Morocco by Sharon WilkesOh, and two more important notes! 1) Riding a camel is quite painful. My legs ached for some time afterwards. 2) We listened to <a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/1shSAteQfBSAl7CBw4yeSm" rel="nofollow">Slice of Heaven</a> several times in the car, and Joanna decided that it must be about a banana.
16.12.2013 00:16Comment on Morocco by qwandorI planned to write this post straight after I got back, while everything was still fresh in my memory. Obviously that failed: it has now been over a month since I got back on the 4th of November. Anyway, Morocco! It was a great trip. I will see what I can remember. Photos are linked […]
15.12.2013 17:32MoroccoIn reply to <a href="https://qwandor.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/dwarves-and-hats/#comment-1597">qwandor</a>. Sigh. So cruel.
7.10.2013 22:34Comment on Dwarves and hats by Luca Winer