Irish comedian and actor Frank Kelly, who passed away last year, is probably best known to some people for his role of Father Jack in Father Ted. His version of the 12 Days of Christmas", below, is hilarious and a classic. https://youtu.be/lbejNNCTr7k … [Read more...] about 12 Days of Christmas an Irish Comedian’s Take
Making Legacy Home Security Setups a bit Smarter With Konnected
One of the "gaps" in my smart home setup at the moment is the burglar alarm. The burglar alarm I have in the house is functional and if you set it off it'll make plenty of noise and drive my neighbours nuts! But it's not "smart", which means that I have no way of monitoring it when I'm out of the country or simply not at home. I had looked into a number of different "smart" … [Read more...] about Making Legacy Home Security Setups a bit Smarter With Konnected
Some Serious Adulting: Choosing a New Fridge Freezer
Over the past few months I've found myself getting "excited" about things that never really featured on my radar previously. Who would have thought that light fittings or sockets would be things I'd ever really care about? I'm not complaining, but I do find it rather amusing. When I bought the house the kitchen was fully equipped, though I had no idea how much abuse any of … [Read more...] about Some Serious Adulting: Choosing a New Fridge Freezer
More Storage, Gardening and a bit of Smart Tech
At this stage there are very few "pressing" things left to resolve with the house. Of course there'll always be improvements that can be made and I still have a load of boxes that I need to unpack, but they'll get unpacked eventually. I planted the fruit plants a few weeks back and they seem to be surviving so far, though whether they'll bear any fruit next year or not … [Read more...] about More Storage, Gardening and a bit of Smart Tech
Attempting to Grow Some Fruit in the Garden
When a good opportunity presents itself you need to take advantage of it. After doing a bit of research I realised two things: Aldi's prices on fruit plants was significantly lower than anywhere else Aldi was only going to offer the fruit plant range for a few weeks So if I wanted to get any fruit plants at the aggressive price point that Aldi was offering I had to … [Read more...] about Attempting to Grow Some Fruit in the Garden