Flashing Tasmota Firmware on Wifi Smart Switches Sonoff Basic S20 SV
The Sonoff devices by https://www.itead.cc/ are an excellent little range of modules for building your own Smart Home setup. They are pretty…
Mercedes W211 E Class W219 CLS Alarm Siren Replacement
A common (ish) fault on these cars is the alarm siren backup battery leaking or suffering corrosion over time and…
Strong and Stable Drinking Games
With the upcoming GE2017, I thought it'd be interesting to have a drinking bingo game that could be used at…
UK Flooring Direct and the Perpetual Sale Event
I was recently looking for some engineered wood flooring as part of a home renovation project. I needed a reasonable…
Windows 7 / Server 2008 Installation Disk Issues with USB 3.0
I came across this annoyance when attempting to install Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 from a USB 3.0…
Writing Embedded Image Resource to Disk (C# .NET)
I was writing an application using the .NET 2.0 platform in C# with some embedded resources to perform a simple automated update. The…
Middle Lane Drivers
Back in 2011 (yes, it really was that long ago), I posted about the commonly misunderstood term 'Merge In Turn' and…
Mercedes CLS55 AMG Air Intake Upgrade DIY E55 AMG 55K M113
This is a brief guide on how to modify the air intake assembly on the M113K/55K AMG series engines found in…
Lionel! Get Out of My House!
So, I bought a life size Lionel Richie cardboard cut out. Why? Because reasons. Now he stands in…
Mercedes DAB Tuner NTG2.5 Retrofit Upgrade with Existing TV Antenna W219 CLS
I recently retrofitted a full NTG 2.5 entertainment system to my W219 CLS (see this post). Among other things, this system…