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Month: November 2023

Cheap Sonoff-lookalike BASICs – Erm – NO. Aubess – YES.

November 24, 2023November 28, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on Cheap Sonoff-lookalike BASICs – Erm – NO. Aubess – YES.
Cheap knock-off Sonof BASIC?

No doubt I’m not the only one, despite being a long-term Sonoff BASIC user, who’s noticed that AliExpress and Temu have what look like cheap Sonoff knock-offs running as low on Temu as €2.00 on special offer and not much more on AlieExpress. Good deal? Well, for the sake of…

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Rechargeable Hoofun Air Duster from Amazon

November 23, 2023December 1, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Rechargeable Hoofun Air Duster from Amazon
Hoofun air cleaner

No, not an ad, not expected to write about – my last air duster simply stopped working yesterday and so I had to urgently buy another – couldn’t clean out the vacuum without one and by this morning the filter was caked. Which vacuum – this one. Which old blower?…

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ChatGPT BooBoos (guest appearance from Bard)

November 15, 2023November 16, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral13 Comments on ChatGPT BooBoos (guest appearance from Bard)

A pal of mine just messaged me to say he’d asked ChatGPT to write a script to check network drives for space and usage – and it worked. Brilliant I thought – so off I went to ask ChatGPT to write a python script to check for loss of Internet…

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Sonoff iPlug S60TPG UK Smart Plug

November 9, 2023November 13, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Sonoff iPlug S60TPG UK Smart Plug
Sonoff S60TPG

Officially launched November 11, 2023, iTEAD (Sonoff) recently sent this UK-fitting smartplug to me. Looking quickly through the specification, it of course works with Google Home and Alexa. The reference to “Type G” will be for the UK, I’ve no doubt they’ll have EU and USA versions. On the side…

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Tuya Smart Knob from AliExpress

November 9, 2023November 12, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Tuya Smart Knob from AliExpress
Tuya Smart Knob

I’m not convinced. Here it is… my new Tuya Smart Knob from AliExpress. No doubt about it, the device LOOKS good. Press, rotate, press and rotate, long press etc. This handy “Zigbee + Bluetooth low energy” multifunction button looks wonderful at first glance and is supported by Zigbee2MQTT. Installation was…

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