I got this feeling bezos is watching Discovered my Hue switch battery performance is correlated with room temperature after a nifty web scrape of Amazon's device usage history. While it's a given that batteries are temperature-sensitive, actual data from my own living room provided a neat confirmation, graphing a daily pattern. Wanted to go green with a rechargeable lithium coin cell, but the voltage risk to the ATmega256RFR2 on the PCB is a no-go. For now, it's back to the humdrum world of regular coin cells and unexciting battery charts. Dive into the video for a deeper geek-out on this! 29 March 2024
Improving my blog using AI - Part 2 - Images Over time, I've realized that my blog's front page looked a tad dull due to the absence of header images for some of the older posts. Hence, I decided to put AI-powered image generation platforms, DALL-E 2 and Midjourney, to the test. While DALL-E 2 offered some promising results, Midjourney stole the show with aesthetically pleasing images, despite the lack of API support and strict rules against automation. Despite these limitations, I managed to generate and download quality images from Midjourney, revamping my blog's appearance and learning a lot in the process. 27 May 2023