technology Arnold Clark's EV charging gamechanger 🚗⚡ I've been driving an electric car for the past year and a bit, and it's brilliant, especially for pootling around East Anglia, which is pretty much what we do most of the time. However, there's currently a limit on how far it can go
blog "Hey Google, play the news... please?" For the past few years, I've been making good use of a (perhaps?) little-known feature of Google Assistant on my Android phone when I wake up. Saying "Hey Google, play the news, please" activates a routine where it can play audio news articles from a collection
technology Tailscale - a very clever (and free) VPN. I don't trust public WiFi connections, and I think I'm right to be cautious; there are many risks in connecting to an 'open' network. My mate Ed reminded me about Tailscale and I finally got around to trying it. What an absolute revelation...
technology Formatting Python in Visual Studio Code with Black I use Visual Studio Code for all sorts of things both at home and at work - it's the easiest way to edit files while also keeping them synced with git repositories, downloading and running code on microcontrollers and all sorts of other things. Much of what I
blog Featured mus-ic.co.uk âž¡ zx85.me I've had the mus-ic.co.uk domain for quite some time now, but it's always been a bit of a hassle to read out ("yes, a hyphen, a dash, not a slash"). It's not going away, especially since it is the main
