Category: Technology

MQTT to Zabbix Gateway

December 24, 2013 - Geek , Home Automation , Linux , MQTT , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

For a while now I’ve been wanting to try and monitor home automation parameters by using Zabbix. I already use it to monitor, graph and alert on servers and services at work and at home, so it was a logical extension to use it for home automation. I hope to […]

Updating Optiboot & CC3000 Firmware with an Arduino

December 19, 2013 - Arduino , Computers , Geek , Technology - by admin - 2 Comments

I recently purchased a CC3000 wireless board to play with on Arduinos, with an aim to use it on an Arduino Mini Pro to control some LED lighting I have. Rather than purchasing through Adafruit as I possibly should have done, it was ordered through Ebay. This turned it into a bit […]

Thinkpad X201S Fan Control

December 13, 2012 - Computers , Geek , Linux , Technology - by admin - No Comments

I noticed the other day (it was kind of hard to not notice, to be honest) that my laptop shut down abruptly when it overheated. This shouldn’t be the case, as the thermal controls on the mainboard should have spun up the fans. After some poking around, I found that […]

MQTT Republishing Itch

September 23, 2012 - Computers , Geek , Home Automation , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

So, I had an itch. A variety of data coming in from a variety of sources, all over different protocols and methods, with different names, heirarchies, and paths. For a while I’d been pushing the data into MySQL, but this seemed a bit of a hack, and it still didn’t […]

Setting up the Squeezebox Receiver

November 30, 2011 - Computers , Cool things , Geek , Technology - by admin - No Comments

I’ve got a variety of Squeezebox Receivers dotted about the house, playing synchronized music and audio on demand. Due to the lack of a remote control requirement (using the Android controller), I opted to get the receivers on their own. However, the setup procedure is highly dependent on the remote […]