Unless you’ve been under a rock in the last few weeks – you’ll be at least vaguelly aware of China’s DeepSeek AI -by all accounts – SERIOUS competition for OpenAi’s ChatGPT and other current AIs. I’ve spent quite some time playing with DeepSeek now and I have some good news…
Month: January 2025
Tenda Model RX9 Pro AX3000 Dual-Band WiFi 6 Router
And I’m writing about a discontinued router for what reason? I have an outside workshop which is beyond the range of my home WiFi and I’ve just fitted an Ethernet cable to get a signal out there…. but of course the cable needs something on the end of it and…
Reolink WiFi Video Doorbell – It’s a winner!
This article was written in June 2023 when I received the doorbell, now permanently in use in my UK home. See last para for updates. On opening the box for my new Reolink WiFi Video Doorbell (they have POE and WIFI versions – mine is WiFi but it seems to…
Fibre vs Copper vs 4G/5G vs Starlink – a European View
Elsewhere I’ve written about my extensive experiences with rural broadband in Northumberland, UK and Galera, Southern Spain – and today I just watched an interesting video by a another Brit – Joshua De Lisle – who finally gave up with copper in his area and moved to Starlink. In his…
A New Year’s AI Treat
After a set of eye correction surguries, I’m currently inbetween tech projects, soon to recommence. Meantime – no doubt many of you will either be actively using AI in your jobs or like me tinkering with it to find out what’s useful and what’s not. I recently fell into the…
UGREEN USB3.0 to Giganet Ethernet Adaptor and GL-iNET
This is absolutely not a push for any product – I’ve been using my GL-iNET FLINT router for ages and written all about it in here. I have pretty poor broadband here in the UK attached to an OPENREACH master socket using a broadband modem/router I bought second hand for…