You’ve got a toaster, you want to live stream it on YouTube, or your garden, or chickens growing up whatever it may be, you may want to live stream something on the internet publically or to a smaller group. Youtube makes this reasonably simple. Table of Contents Youtube and Google Account and Hardware Go Live Hardware Access Setup Wizard Ready to Go Change the Thumbnail You’re Live After the stream finishes Thoughts This is a guide on how to stream on the internet using YouTube from a Laptop or Desktop PC Youtube and Google Account and Hardware First thing you’ll need to do is log int ..read more

There are plenty of half-baked instructions out there for installing AutoGPT none of which i’d suggest were complete (that I found) so this is how I installed it on Ubuntu 23.04 Table of Contents Base Install Python 3.8+ Install Git Pip Fix Fixing VirtualEnvironment Pull the code from Git Install AutoGPT requirements Generate OpenAI APi Keys Edit the .env.template File Run Auto GPT Thoughts Further Reading Base Install Python 3.8+ Both Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.04 have a version of Python installed above 3.8 you can check with python3 --version Install Git Git should already be installed ..read more

I cannot lay claim to all of this, and I’ve put the references in the end of the post. With a recent announcement that a chat services a group of friends and I use having its free tier shut down in a couple of months we migrated to Discord. I know Discord is trialling Clyde however I don’t seem to have access to it, which got me thinking to how do I get an AI Chatbot on this server? Turns out the whole thing is pretty simple and took 15 minutes to get up and running. Setup a Discord Server Create a Discord account and login Click on the + button There will be a set of screens which look lik ..read more

It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these posts, this is a Zero to working type overview of how I got a specific thing done. The idea with the post is not to just be a journey from nothing to something, it’s the journey itself, the problems which were encountered and how they were solved which to me is often more fascinating than the problem itself. Are there better ways to do what I’ve done here? most surely, could my code be better? no argument yes, would you do it differently? more than likely.. I’ll get these comments on the various pages I post, and that’s fine, as sometimes I lea ..read more

I’ve written a lot about Wireguard on this blog previously, from the early days of command-line implementations to the more recent cloud-based interfaces to help friends and family globally. This post is a description of how I implemented a specific scenario Table of Contents The Solution Netmaker Design Digital Ocean Droplet Setting up Netmaker Netclient at home Setting up a Netclient Node View your Network Ingress/Egress Graph View Add a Client That’s it The ongoing issue Exiting via the Home Public IP Add Tailscale into the mix What I’m going to try next Thoughts The Ask The a ..read more

At the start of the year, i wrote a first impressions post on my Fenix 7 watch which had some favourable feedback. This post is an update to that with a few months under my belt. Garmin Fenix 7x Solar – First Impressions My usage over the last few months is focused on walking (or “hiking” if you’re across the pond) and I’ve been wearing it daily. Functionality The Fenix7x is a touchscreen device which sports an obvious heritage to being navigated using buttons. The mix of both touchscreen AND a well-thought-out and constant button setup makes navigating around the watch very quick. While ou ..read more

So this is both pretty niche and pretty cool at the same time. It seems on non Pixel Android devices there is a “dex like” feature. To be clear, its nowhere near feature-rich as Dex, however, I’ve found an interesting case for it which works quite well so I thought I’d share it. Table of Contents Android Enable Developer Mode Enable External Desktop Manjaro Install XRDP Setup XRDP Android Install RD Client Setup Working References Android Enable Developer Mode The options needed are in Developer mode, to enable that do the following 1. The first thing that you have to do is launc ..read more

I’ve been an Ubuntu user for years, I’ll jump about and enjoy using OpenSUSE as well however always end up with Kubuntu. Ubuntu, however, is starting to feel slow, it’s a personal feeling, so I was encouraged to take a Look at Manjaro and I’m glad I did. Manjaro Linux is a popular and user-friendly operating system that is based on Arch Linux. Here are ten reasons why you should consider using Manjaro Linux: Rolling release model: Manjaro is a rolling release distribution, which means that it continuously receives updates and new features without requiring a complete system upgrade. User-fr ..read more

It’s no secret that I’m a ChromeOS fanatic, I’ve been using these small low footprint devices from almost day one, and have tried several types of hardware using them. So why do I think that using ChromeOS for an average computer user is a good thing? Well, it’s worth noting before I go any further what I just said there “for an average computer used”. What does that mean? Thats someone who spends most of the time on a PC using email, watching media, using an office suite and/or just general usage. This is not for the power users, the Linux people or those individuals who privacy and Open sour ..read more

I wrote a post a couple of years ago about using discord as a place to capture notifications from various things into. Passing Notifications into Discord This is still something I do, and this post explains how to send notifications from things which only send notifications using email into Discord. Table of Contents What’s this ask? What needs to be setup? Discord WebApi CatchMailNot How does it work? Thoughts It should be noted that the same technique could be used to send mail to Slack, Rocket Chat, Mattermost or teams should you want to. What’s this ask? Services such as papert ..read more