John Beardon

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Techie living in a sleepy countryside village betwixt Wellington and Taunton in Somerset, UK.

IT Manager by day, looking after support and administration of VMware, Windows/Linux servers, SQL, SAP Business One and a plethora of other nonsense.

When not juggling the above I run The 3D Room, a home based 3D Print and Design Business.

Also an avid fan of home automation/Home Assistant and a serial meddler with stuff that probably shouldn't be meddled with.

Personal Websitehttps://john.beardon.net
The 3D Roomhttps://the3droom.co.uk
Interests#3DPrinting #homeassistant #esphome #photography #diy #woodwork
Show threadJohn BeardonNov 23, 2022
@smarthomejunkie It was just because all of my other socials have johnbeardon as the handle - I signed up using my vivaldi account which was only jbeardon - small thing but it annoyed me 😂
Show threadJohn BeardonNov 22, 2022
@Bdsams Yep, every time I reboot, the default microphone changes from my headset to the crappy thing in my webcam. Much annoyance!
John BeardonNov 22, 2022

I create a range of #3DPrinted Tablet Wall Mounts for #homeautomation dashboards using systems like #HomeAssistant and #ActionTiles etc. Also suitable for #CCTV displays or #AccessControl dashboards.

UK peeps can order from The 3D Room: https://the3droom.co.uk/product-category/tablet-wall-mounts-home-automation/

International shipping via #eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Computers-Tablets-Networking/58058/m.html?item=125201964177&_ssn=the_3d_room&_sac=1

Want to print your own and have a 300mm print bed? All of my wall mount designs are available on @cults3d https://cults3d.com/en/design-collections/the3droom/tablet-wall-mounts

#3dprinting #homeautomation #smarthome

John BeardonNov 22, 2022
ajfriesenNov 17, 2022

Here is the pc-switch!

Control your pc with Home Assistant.

Turn off/on, reset, hard power off and monitor the power on state with Home Assistant.
Powered by internal USB from your PC.
Created with #esphome and #HomeAssistant

Grab the Gerber file and create your own!
https://ajfriesen.com/pc-switch/

My first little hardware project, so be kind😅🙂

The pc-switch

The pc-switch for ESPHome. A small little device enables you to turn on and off your PC from Home Assistant, check if your PC is currently on, or off and hard reboot or reset if needed.

ajfriesen
John BeardonNov 22, 2022
I wonder if anyone has done a study on #Caravan #Motormovers and whether their use significantly reduce the life of leisure batteries?
I've got an #ESPHome #multisensor monitoring temperature, humidity, movement and battery voltage via #HomeAssistant - the voltage drop on this graph is when I was moving the van over the weekend.
I would imagine that's a fair bit of stress on a lead acid leisure battery.
John BeardonNov 22, 2022
Ashley M GjøvikNov 22, 2022

"Amazon Alexa is a colossal failure"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/

People are realizing it's not a great idea to invite a billionaire's for-profit spy robot into their homes

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year

Layoffs reportedly hit the Alexa team hard as the company’s biggest money loser.

Ars Technica
Show threadJohn BeardonNov 22, 2022
@nittajef @gish @shanselman The SV06 certainly has potential but from my experience with SV01 Pros (and real owner feedback from people getting the SV06 within the Sovol FB group) there are QC issues.
Show threadJohn BeardonNov 21, 2022
@gish @shanselman I've got 16 printers, Creality, Voxlab, Sovol, Wanhao. If I had all the time in the world, my next would be a voron. But I don't. Neither can I wait long enough for a Prusa to be delivered. #rockandhardplace
Show threadJohn BeardonNov 21, 2022
@pokateo Mine was Mercator even when I was young and hip (or at least thought I was young and hip). Gotta love a predictable bearing unless you are navigating the poles 😂
Show threadJohn BeardonNov 21, 2022
@petewalkden It's a stunning shot Pete. After spending 2 days on Brownsea Island trying to get an amateur shot of one, I totally understand how difficult that must have been. Evasive little buggers!