Introducing Ground Control for Night Sky Pi
A simple Spring Boot and Thymeleaf app that manages Night Sky Pi cameras from one dashboard with camera status, observation review, data download, and scheduled clean ups.
So I Made My Own Hugo Theme Kinda
Smigle was great but too feature heavy for the site’s needs, so a fork on GitHub trims features, simplifies the footer, and keeps the focus on speed and readability.
How I Got My Netlify Site to Auto-Deploy
Use a Netlify build hook and a tiny scheduled GitHub Action to rebuild the site daily so future dated Hugo posts publish automatically without manual deploys.
My New Obsession: Building a Night Sky Pi
A minimal, low cost capture node for all sky imaging, built around a Pi Zero 2 W and the HQ Camera, with Python services that capture overnight and package data for processing elsewhere.
Little Office Little Update - January 2024
Compact, tidy, and functional: a budget-friendly garage workspace with Gridfinity, Skadis, and a simple bench-first layout.
Quieting the Prusa Mini
Measuring noise and reducing it with printable feet and a paving slab base.
Dialling In with Calibration Cubes
Printing scaled calibration cubes to isolate ghosting, base gaps, and squareness issues.
SMRRF 2023: First Impressions
A day at the UK RepRap festival with projects, vendors, and community spirit.
Read the Docs First
Hours saved by using Hugo templates, partials, and shortcodes documented in the theme and Hugo docs.
Switching to Smigle for a Leaner Hugo Site
Moving to a minimal Hugo theme and cleaning up overrides for speed and clarity.