Owen 🐧
@c3iq.bsky.social
Software engineer. Over 30 years of GNU/Linux. Cycled to work. Will consider the good, bad, and the ugly. Insomnia: there's an app for that.
Brought up in a library. Currently, HPC-ing.
Oadby Heights.
Brought up in a library. Currently, HPC-ing.
Oadby Heights.
I would have liked to meet Marvin.
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I would have liked to meet Marvin.
Circa Hill Street Blues.
September 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Circa Hill Street Blues.
After a dull dull dull Winter, we were enjoying a fully charged battery and a tank of hot water everyday. Feeling quite smug while the garden dried out. Not anymore.
April 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
After a dull dull dull Winter, we were enjoying a fully charged battery and a tank of hot water everyday. Feeling quite smug while the garden dried out. Not anymore.
Now rocking 16GB. I only paused for thought about N100 after hitting the pay button. Home Assistant had just started to use swap.
January 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Now rocking 16GB. I only paused for thought about N100 after hitting the pay button. Home Assistant had just started to use swap.
My Home Assistant upgrade has arrived.
January 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My Home Assistant upgrade has arrived.
A 1TB micro SD card I knocked up on my lathe 10 years ago. Prior art.
December 18, 2024 at 12:31 PM
A 1TB micro SD card I knocked up on my lathe 10 years ago. Prior art.
My new office fan heater. It's nicknamed Hotblack Desiato's Stunt Ship.
December 18, 2024 at 10:43 AM
My new office fan heater. It's nicknamed Hotblack Desiato's Stunt Ship.
Can a font help us to be a better coder or sys admin? I've just read that someone bought a font for $50 for this reason. I think X11 nailed it with 7x13. Orange on black, FTW.
December 15, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Can a font help us to be a better coder or sys admin? I've just read that someone bought a font for $50 for this reason. I think X11 nailed it with 7x13. Orange on black, FTW.
Would someone resuscitate the weather, please?
December 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Would someone resuscitate the weather, please?
Christmas has started with St. Nicholas Day. We're a bit German. I found a box of mince pies by my shoe. They're now by my keyboard and while I'm mostly ambivalent about this pie variant they have become my highest priority job today. Distracting. #mincePieQueue
December 6, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Christmas has started with St. Nicholas Day. We're a bit German. I found a box of mince pies by my shoe. They're now by my keyboard and while I'm mostly ambivalent about this pie variant they have become my highest priority job today. Distracting. #mincePieQueue
We had our meters swapped for SMETS2 meters. Unfortunately, the installer put one of the CT clamps for the battery system the wrong way around and things went loopy for a while. It was a good thing I was paying attention. We're signed up to Glow and are waiting to get on Octopus's Agile tariff.
November 26, 2024 at 10:22 PM
We had our meters swapped for SMETS2 meters. Unfortunately, the installer put one of the CT clamps for the battery system the wrong way around and things went loopy for a while. It was a good thing I was paying attention. We're signed up to Glow and are waiting to get on Octopus's Agile tariff.
I won these Wharfedale Diamond 4s in a What-HiFi postcard competition in the 80s. This Fosi Audio amp has brought both these and a horribly average Jamo SW15 subwoofer to stunning life.
November 24, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I won these Wharfedale Diamond 4s in a What-HiFi postcard competition in the 80s. This Fosi Audio amp has brought both these and a horribly average Jamo SW15 subwoofer to stunning life.
Hmmm... the VegTrug in a raised bed thinks it's 15°C when it's only 5°C. Luckily, it's not part of any automations yet. Only the battery value looks correct. #homeassistant
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Hmmm... the VegTrug in a raised bed thinks it's 15°C when it's only 5°C. Luckily, it's not part of any automations yet. Only the battery value looks correct. #homeassistant
Raspberry Pi 5, Coral TPU, Home Assistant, Frigate NVR, and a cat caught on our foxcam. Very cool.
November 16, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Raspberry Pi 5, Coral TPU, Home Assistant, Frigate NVR, and a cat caught on our foxcam. Very cool.
A very skinny week for solar production. Our small solar battery got up to 100% once (by 1pm). I manually turned on the iBoost at that point. Home Assistant will help automate all of that. All the things.
November 15, 2024 at 3:27 PM
A very skinny week for solar production. Our small solar battery got up to 100% once (by 1pm). I manually turned on the iBoost at that point. Home Assistant will help automate all of that. All the things.
I need this to turn up to cheer me up but no sign of it... www.amazon.co.uk/Pironman-Ras...
November 6, 2024 at 7:14 AM
I need this to turn up to cheer me up but no sign of it... www.amazon.co.uk/Pironman-Ras...
Street light vs spider horde.
November 3, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Street light vs spider horde.
