Simon Greig

IBM Distinguished Engineer who is a bit cloudy

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@SamGarforth Yep (albeit in disguise!). The life of an international model is a varied one 🤣

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@simon_greig Is this you?

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@samjgarforth Ah that one. I co-starred with Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant S1 with that picture also. 😀

What episode was it in and I’ll have a look later?

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☹️

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“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”

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Ah ok

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The passive aggressive lamp post notices have a upped the anti.

TBF it is a bit of a 🐶💩 minefield ATM!

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@the_mighty_atom Not too bad but definitely more fun in the dry when you can get some speed up.

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Day off. Thought would be nice to go for a bike ride as not been out for a while. 30km of rain followed by 20km of this! Still, was good to be out again although looking forward to when it is dry!

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I don’t think a bit of sand is going to fix this

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I am assuming this isn’t good. One of the block paving blocks on my front step has collapsed. Suggesting that the underneath layers have eroded away. I assume I need a patio/blockpaving person to look at it? I fear the whole lot needs taking up which doesn’t sound cheap.

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Some new neighbours have just moooved in

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Update. The top one is an £8 switch cover from Amazon that has a metal bit for the Philips smart button’s magnet to connect to. The complete ecosystem switch to Hue was a touch more than £8 though…

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Help. I have some smart bulbs connected to HomeKit. I want a wall switch that can trigger HomeKit scenes (to turn ceiling light and desk lamp on and off and set different colours) but not actually turn off the power. I have old wiring. [cont]

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Spring is coming!

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I can’t work out if this is pointless or petty or both. Bloody Brexshit.

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@jeremyforshew I saw a few Shelly reviews that said they are a bit flaky after a bit. I ordered a load of hue lights last night. Then had cold feet this morning given the cost…to light a 1.5x2m cubby office….! I couldn’t cancel so have a few days to decide whether to send them back!

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@amgarratt Don’t think so. My now preferred option is to replace the switch with a ‘key switch’ and then stick a Hue remote switch over the top. Accessible to turn off if needed with no risk of anyone turning the switch off. 25% discount on new Hue stuff at the moment also.

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@amgarratt Sadly Eve needs neutral. Also found Broadlink is cheap but doesn’t currently work with HomeKit. I am now exploring whether to just hard wire the live to the switch out put a blank plate on and then stick a battery or kinetic unwired switch on top. Or just switch to Hue lights

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@KrogdahlPal Sure ping me in the morning

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@samjgarforth You need lightwave on all switches if more than one switch controls the light. Lightwave works with HomeKit but it needs a £130 hub which is the blocker for me at the moment.