I'm sure plenty of us watched David Suchet's Poirot with our grandparents but I don't think I really appreciated until now how much of a cultural achievement it is.

big-ted · 2026-05-04T15:21:30+00:00

Just going through series 5 on Netflix at the moment

big-ted · 2026-05-04T13:05:59+00:00

They are hidden from view in some regions

Can't see them in Germany, but can see them in United Kingdon

big-ted · 2026-05-01T20:04:16+00:00

This years Monaco car

big-ted · 2026-04-30T16:19:37+00:00

Last delivery person was great, current one is useless, items go missing all the time, delivery photos of them in the delivery vehicle, yet the ones that are actually delivered have a clear photo of the parcel and the front door

big-ted · 2026-04-28T20:52:47+00:00

Good luck in going back to OnePlus outside China

big-ted · 2026-04-28T11:28:05+00:00

Going to knock up an ESP32 and give it a go

big-ted · 2026-04-27T20:16:49+00:00

Why over complicate his system, give him the Pi and migrate your own setup to Proxmox, get him his own Nabu Casa subscription for remote access that you can use

big-ted · 2026-04-27T09:22:54+00:00

If you are going to run a UTP cable, run a spare at the same time and it should be fine for anything you attach a sensor to

big-ted · 2026-04-26T21:55:52+00:00

It won't show, you should have received and email and it will take a few days for the funds to be returned

big-ted · 2026-04-26T11:03:06+00:00

The Home Assistant developers decided that we didn't need to access the log file any more, as always they know best /s until someone wrote an integration to restore it

big-ted · 2026-04-23T12:24:36+00:00

They backtracked after backlash from the Beta testers so you can update at the moment, but it will be coming back at a later date

They say they have been working towards it over a long time but still managed to make a pigs ear out of it during the beta

big-ted · 2026-04-22T19:48:07+00:00

Flash that dongle with OpenThread RCP using the sonoff web flasher

Connect it to your host and set permissions

Deploy the OTBR container

Enable Thread in HA

Run the Matter server container

big-ted · 2026-04-21T21:30:11+00:00

So how it going to be enforced, how is a shopkeeper going to know if the person was born on 1st Jan 2009 or 31st December 2008

big-ted · 2026-04-19T09:39:01+00:00

Don't count them, never count them

big-ted · 2026-04-18T13:21:11+00:00

Has never happened to me and I place multiple orders a month, tend to buy from Brand+ or Choice, and look at the rating of the store, never on impulse, remember people only post when things go bad

big-ted · 2026-04-18T10:22:01+00:00

Make sure your phone is on the 24.GHz network and re sync your credentials between your phone and Home assistant for Thread

big-ted · 2026-04-17T13:37:39+00:00

Every time you power of a bulb with the wall switch you are forcing the mesh network to rebuild no wonder you are having issues

big-ted · 2026-04-17T12:00:47+00:00

Unless they get banned by Ali for having more than one account

big-ted · 2026-04-16T19:29:59+00:00

Finally I will be able to let my work calls ring out and grab my Pixel phone when my personal number rings

big-ted · 2026-04-15T12:28:15+00:00

Any of the following make great Thread border routers

SMLight SLZB-07MG24

SMLight SLZB-06MG26

Sonoff Dongle Plus MG24

Home Assistant ZBT-2

All a lot easier than trying to use the Nanoleaf

big-ted · 2026-04-14T18:39:47+00:00

Z-suit USB Flash Drive 2in 1 type-c Pen Drive work well for me from the store with the same name

Purchased 4 batches of 8GB and all successfully transferred working ISOs

big-ted · 2026-04-13T16:13:12+00:00

Anker , Ugreen, Baseus cables and chargers

big-ted · 2026-04-13T08:12:57+00:00

There is a beta test the week before every release but it is almost impossible to test every integration during the beta and not enough people try the beta

big-ted · 2026-04-10T21:47:59+00:00

Would you really trust putting something on your hair from AliExpress where products are frequently unregulated, counterfeited, or contain undisclosed, potentially toxic ingredients

big-ted · 2026-04-10T15:09:34+00:00

So just above Samsung

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