Nick LansleyJan 12, 20193 minThe Daily Peacehaven Timelapse VideoA couple of posts ago I wrote about the ‘WeatherPi’ Raspberry Pi that collects the latest weather readings every 10 minutes and make a...
Nick LansleyDec 30, 20181 minLive weather data and images!I wanted to take the peaceful few days between Christmas and New Year to really refresh the data collected from the local weather that...
Nick LansleyAug 29, 20182 minMySql 8 and PHP mysqli_connect login failure – fixed on OSXIf you develop on a Mac as I do, you’ll want to get up to date with the latest versions of the software! So I installed a fresh new copy...
Nick LansleyAug 16, 20182 minMy failed A-Level results found me my vocation1983: 35 years ago this morning I received my A-level results. I needed a ‘B, B, C’ in Maths, Physics and Electronic Systems respectively...
Nick LansleyMay 13, 20183 minDecoding TV Teddy Part Four – The Search For Encoding That WorksIf you’ve been following my articles on reverse-engineering the TV Teddy soundtrack embedded in the video picture, then you may have...
Nick LansleyMar 24, 20188 minDecoding TV Teddy – Part Three: Encoding a new TV Teddy VideoIn part two I successfully decoded the TV Teddy audio embedded in a TV Teddy video, and I’ve watched the sync’d playback with the...
Nick LansleyMar 18, 20187 minDecoding TV Teddy – Part Two: Programming and Audio OutputAs a purely fun and academic exercise, I’m going attempt to decode the TV Teddy audio track embedded in a TV Teddy video programme, and...
Nick LansleySep 10, 201711 minI’ve had published a new Alexa Skill (How-to walkthrough)This article is long in order to provide a step-by-step guide to how I wrote my Alexa Skill. Never too old to learn, I wanted to...
Nick LansleyFeb 27, 20172 minTime to smash your e-commerce platform. Literally!Why the future of e-commerce should be built using micro-services. Listen to the podcast episode here:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
Nick LansleyOct 1, 20167 minPython code that suggests you are unlikely to win the Euromillions Lottery jackpot(…or any other state, national or international lottery for that matter!) I know: the Europe-wide Euromillions Lottery pays tens of...
Nick LansleySep 27, 20163 minJavaScript? My web browser runs Python! And BASIC! and…%CODEBRYTHONCLOCK% If you’re reading this in a modern web browser window you should see a clock at the top of this post. Nice clock!...
Nick LansleyAug 10, 20163 minTransmitting an efficient AM Stereo radio signal – Part 3Let’s have a look at the radio signal I transmitted in part 2 – you’ll recall I used the QT GUI Frequency Sink and QT GUI Waterfall Sink...
Nick LansleyApr 21, 20162 minTesco Lab’s NextGen API now live!I’m delighted to relay to you that the brand new Tesco Labs API is now live. This next-generation API use the latest cloud tech to give...
Nick LansleyJan 2, 20161 min2016: The Year Of The Internet Of Things and MEAN stackHappy New Year! Oh, this is going to be an interesting time ahead… I’ll be getting into some interesting projects and conference speeches...
Nick LansleyApr 4, 20153 minThe Joy of Async JavaScriptThis weekend I wanted to ensure that lansley.com works well on all screens from standard web browsers to mobile and TV. After all I can...
Nick LansleyMar 27, 20152 minCan’t Code? Don’t Code!Student coding at a hackthon event (Flickr: Photo by @matylda on Twitter) The digital economy brings with it great opportunities for...