Hi, my name is Boz, I run a teeny-tiny technology company in a teeny-tiny country well away from all the excitement of Silicon Valley or Shanghia. We did talk before, well kind-of, as it was actually to the guys who … Continue reading
Lets face it, being an expert in a particular programming language is coming to an end. In the past two months I have used my usual languages, C, SQL and Pascal, ones that I guess I am kind of “expert” … Continue reading
There are two common methods to clarify juice before it goes into fermentation. Firstly there is cold-settling, where you just leave the juice alone for several days and wait for the clear juice and lees (the juice particulates) to separate. … Continue reading
Seriously! Does everyone at your company really need a computer or a mobile phone? Giving a computer or phone to any member of staff should always be thought through very carefully and is not the cut-and-dried decision you think it … Continue reading
About 13 years ago, before this web site, and back when I used to be called boznz.com, I put out a simple project to reverse engineer some soft-flap display units (brand-name Solari). My clients CEO had bought 20 of them … Continue reading
This will be a short post, and not technical like my usual ones, it is about many of the seemingly hundreds of failed IT projects out there, where companies have been let down by the big IT companies and consultants. … Continue reading
Fran, Allison and Me by the Wineries Continuous Floatation System March 2025 I developed the original Bulls-i winery management program for Indevin Ltd back in 2008 when they were just a small winery based in a single site in Blenheim, … Continue reading
Recently required some large character displays for displaying of a 4,5 and 6 digit number behind a customised dashboard prominently displayed in several locations in the factory, the digit must be readable from very far away and needed to be … Continue reading
Unlike a PC the Raspberry Pi does not come with any sort real time clock. Usually this is not a problem as it is connected to the Internet and a simple poll of one of the many clock sources will … Continue reading
If your latest IOT project needs to run on batteries for a few years and you need to send some important data over the airwaves or across a serial line then you are in a bit of a poor situation … Continue reading
Quick and simple post. If you have a micro-controller and need to use some data from a file (say a static HTML web page or a bitmap) and you don’t have a file system then you need to convert the … Continue reading
I have recently completed this project. It has the same specification as the previous post however a few improvements have been made in light of new information. The board is intended to accurately control the temperatures of 4 wine tanks … Continue reading
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