Tech

Years ago I purchased a TKSTAR vehicle tracker from Amazon, but I had so many security concerns, I returned it immediately. I found another vehicle tracker sold by ALDI, but after purchasing the device found that it used the same TKSTAR web services. I notified TKSTAR, Amazon and ALDI at the time, but they didn’t seem to take much/any action. I also left product reviews. I am now publishing my findings here. …

In this post, I cover connecting Chrome Dev Tools wirelessly to a mobile device. Many other guides seem to require a USB cable first, but we’re going wireless first. …

One of my annoyances with “Smart TVs” is how they are still reliant on an antenna connection for live TV; unless you login and keep many apps updated, usually on each device, and sacrifice your privacy. In this post, I setup a local IPTV service direct from my antenna, allowing me to watch live TV while minimising the signal issues with using an antenna.

Time for a Home Lab upgrade! I wanted to neaten up some of my cabling, move some devices for better cooling, and add some Raspberry Pis which had become spare. Also, after watching Jeff Geerling’s mini-rack series, I got jealous and wanted my own 😂 …

A side effect of my Living Room TV being connected to a surround sound system via optical cable, is that the volume buttons on the remote have never worked. One of the great things about rooting my TV is I’ve been able to remap the buttons on the remote to call out to Home Assistant, and control the Surround Sound via an IR blaster. …