Jamie Nemeth
@jamienemeth.bsky.social
🎓 Physicist turned software developer
🎻 Fiddle/violin · 📺 Teletext · 🖖Trekkie
🏴 Pontardawe, Wales
🌍 www.jamienemeth.co.uk
🔗 linktr.ee/jamienemeth
Teletext Labeler: @teletextlabeler.bsky.social
🎻 Fiddle/violin · 📺 Teletext · 🖖Trekkie
🏴 Pontardawe, Wales
🌍 www.jamienemeth.co.uk
🔗 linktr.ee/jamienemeth
Teletext Labeler: @teletextlabeler.bsky.social
Welp...so far I've:
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card by attempting to restore the backup image three times unsuccessfully
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card further by doing a fresh OS image/install twice
- Admitted defeat, as indicated by the new Google Doc lab book...
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card by attempting to restore the backup image three times unsuccessfully
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card further by doing a fresh OS image/install twice
- Admitted defeat, as indicated by the new Google Doc lab book...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Welp...so far I've:
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card by attempting to restore the backup image three times unsuccessfully
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card further by doing a fresh OS image/install twice
- Admitted defeat, as indicated by the new Google Doc lab book...
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card by attempting to restore the backup image three times unsuccessfully
- Shortened the lifespan of the new SD card further by doing a fresh OS image/install twice
- Admitted defeat, as indicated by the new Google Doc lab book...
It's here...wish me luck! My Raspberry Pi server might be back online in time for Christmas.
The record to beat is eleven months...
I was already using Log2RAM, but since discovered you can stop it backing up the logs to disk every hour. So, even though this is a max endurance card, I'll do that.
The record to beat is eleven months...
I was already using Log2RAM, but since discovered you can stop it backing up the logs to disk every hour. So, even though this is a max endurance card, I'll do that.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It's here...wish me luck! My Raspberry Pi server might be back online in time for Christmas.
The record to beat is eleven months...
I was already using Log2RAM, but since discovered you can stop it backing up the logs to disk every hour. So, even though this is a max endurance card, I'll do that.
The record to beat is eleven months...
I was already using Log2RAM, but since discovered you can stop it backing up the logs to disk every hour. So, even though this is a max endurance card, I'll do that.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Ahh, so I should've checked Webfax before thinking that the blips throwing my internal house-wide anachronistic analogue TV out of whack were anything to do with my Raspberry Pis or my aerial positioning...could have just been planned maintenance...d'oh...I've been fiddling for ages!
@thetvroom.com
@thetvroom.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Ahh, so I should've checked Webfax before thinking that the blips throwing my internal house-wide anachronistic analogue TV out of whack were anything to do with my Raspberry Pis or my aerial positioning...could have just been planned maintenance...d'oh...I've been fiddling for ages!
@thetvroom.com
@thetvroom.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Just trying to put the leccy meter reading in for mum and dad, mun...how has the world come to this?! 🤣
"Isn't a 'single point of failure' something that's right there, in Information Technology 101, as something we're supposed to try to avoid having?"
"Shh. I'm sure it'll be fine."
#Cloudflare
"Isn't a 'single point of failure' something that's right there, in Information Technology 101, as something we're supposed to try to avoid having?"
"Shh. I'm sure it'll be fine."
#Cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just trying to put the leccy meter reading in for mum and dad, mun...how has the world come to this?! 🤣
"Isn't a 'single point of failure' something that's right there, in Information Technology 101, as something we're supposed to try to avoid having?"
"Shh. I'm sure it'll be fine."
#Cloudflare
"Isn't a 'single point of failure' something that's right there, in Information Technology 101, as something we're supposed to try to avoid having?"
"Shh. I'm sure it'll be fine."
#Cloudflare
Uh huh...I guess it's not always the hands, then...🤔🤣
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Uh huh...I guess it's not always the hands, then...🤔🤣
Just reminding future me to listen to my own advice, in case I forget.
This was in response to someone on Threads, nearing 40, panicking and wondering if it was too late to start over, feeling as though they'd "missed their life".
This was in response to someone on Threads, nearing 40, panicking and wondering if it was too late to start over, feeling as though they'd "missed their life".
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Just reminding future me to listen to my own advice, in case I forget.
This was in response to someone on Threads, nearing 40, panicking and wondering if it was too late to start over, feeling as though they'd "missed their life".
This was in response to someone on Threads, nearing 40, panicking and wondering if it was too late to start over, feeling as though they'd "missed their life".
I did clock the bare pins, but I've had this motherboard so long, I didn't think any more of it, since some motherboards have bare pins you only add the jumper to when clearing the CMOS, or the "stowed position" does nothing.
In this case, a missing jumper makes it present as a dead motherboard! 😮
In this case, a missing jumper makes it present as a dead motherboard! 😮
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I did clock the bare pins, but I've had this motherboard so long, I didn't think any more of it, since some motherboards have bare pins you only add the jumper to when clearing the CMOS, or the "stowed position" does nothing.
In this case, a missing jumper makes it present as a dead motherboard! 😮
In this case, a missing jumper makes it present as a dead motherboard! 😮
What was supposed to be a quick PSU and graphics card swap turned into a complete disassembly, when it wouldn't power up after a dusting (even though the LED was on).
Forums said it'd be highly likely something knocked (off), but didn't realise this CMOS jumper was missing until I read the manual!
Forums said it'd be highly likely something knocked (off), but didn't realise this CMOS jumper was missing until I read the manual!
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What was supposed to be a quick PSU and graphics card swap turned into a complete disassembly, when it wouldn't power up after a dusting (even though the LED was on).
Forums said it'd be highly likely something knocked (off), but didn't realise this CMOS jumper was missing until I read the manual!
Forums said it'd be highly likely something knocked (off), but didn't realise this CMOS jumper was missing until I read the manual!
Webfax is now house-wide ☺️
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Webfax is now house-wide ☺️
Still mulling about the best way to sort out uneven column lengths, but there've been other tweaks to enhance the look/feel:
- descriptions streamlined, not shown for news, and only after 7pm for most programmes
- films now identified, and outlined with a rectangle
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
- descriptions streamlined, not shown for news, and only after 7pm for most programmes
- films now identified, and outlined with a rectangle
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Still mulling about the best way to sort out uneven column lengths, but there've been other tweaks to enhance the look/feel:
- descriptions streamlined, not shown for news, and only after 7pm for most programmes
- films now identified, and outlined with a rectangle
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
- descriptions streamlined, not shown for news, and only after 7pm for most programmes
- films now identified, and outlined with a rectangle
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
I did an experiment to see if I could use the EPG data from my TVHeadend Raspberry Pi to produce a recreation of a newspaper TV guide. Turns out I can, and I have.
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I did an experiment to see if I could use the EPG data from my TVHeadend Raspberry Pi to produce a recreation of a newspaper TV guide. Turns out I can, and I have.
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/
Started dabbling with EPG XML data from my TVHeadend the other day, and had a random thought: I wonder if anyone's made a recreation of the classic Sky Digibox EPG?
Wonder no more...
sky-epg.davwheat.dev
@davwheat.dev
Wonder no more...
sky-epg.davwheat.dev
@davwheat.dev
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Started dabbling with EPG XML data from my TVHeadend the other day, and had a random thought: I wonder if anyone's made a recreation of the classic Sky Digibox EPG?
Wonder no more...
sky-epg.davwheat.dev
@davwheat.dev
Wonder no more...
sky-epg.davwheat.dev
@davwheat.dev
Did I spontaneously decide to buy a second-hand motherboard and RAM, and a brand-new compatible cooler, just to finally test a CPU that I bought in January 2024? Yup.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Did I spontaneously decide to buy a second-hand motherboard and RAM, and a brand-new compatible cooler, just to finally test a CPU that I bought in January 2024? Yup.
Building up the PC testbench slowly.
Got a new ATX PSU for one of my PCs, which freed up the old one to be used here.
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
Got a new ATX PSU for one of my PCs, which freed up the old one to be used here.
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Building up the PC testbench slowly.
Got a new ATX PSU for one of my PCs, which freed up the old one to be used here.
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
Got a new ATX PSU for one of my PCs, which freed up the old one to be used here.
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
Now that there's a retro motherboard on the way to test, it made sense to finally get around to assembling my open frame testbench, that I bought in...*checks notes*...January...
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Now that there's a retro motherboard on the way to test, it made sense to finally get around to assembling my open frame testbench, that I bought in...*checks notes*...January...
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis
This camera hasn't picked it up perfectly in all cases, but the frame rate and deinterlacing are working really well to my eyes.
I've compromised and gone for 14:9 letterboxing to emulate the compromise we had during digital switchover on some analogue channels.
I've compromised and gone for 14:9 letterboxing to emulate the compromise we had during digital switchover on some analogue channels.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This camera hasn't picked it up perfectly in all cases, but the frame rate and deinterlacing are working really well to my eyes.
I've compromised and gone for 14:9 letterboxing to emulate the compromise we had during digital switchover on some analogue channels.
I've compromised and gone for 14:9 letterboxing to emulate the compromise we had during digital switchover on some analogue channels.
Made huge strides with my anachronistic analogue TV simulator last night!
RPi 3 TVHeadend uses two Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T tuners to get BBC1/2, ITV1, S4C, Channel 4/5 SD feeds and stream to six RPi 1s running OMXPlayer and VBIT2 for teletext.
Bonus: DVB HAT lets me watch TV anywhere on my LAN, too!
RPi 3 TVHeadend uses two Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T tuners to get BBC1/2, ITV1, S4C, Channel 4/5 SD feeds and stream to six RPi 1s running OMXPlayer and VBIT2 for teletext.
Bonus: DVB HAT lets me watch TV anywhere on my LAN, too!
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Made huge strides with my anachronistic analogue TV simulator last night!
RPi 3 TVHeadend uses two Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T tuners to get BBC1/2, ITV1, S4C, Channel 4/5 SD feeds and stream to six RPi 1s running OMXPlayer and VBIT2 for teletext.
Bonus: DVB HAT lets me watch TV anywhere on my LAN, too!
RPi 3 TVHeadend uses two Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T tuners to get BBC1/2, ITV1, S4C, Channel 4/5 SD feeds and stream to six RPi 1s running OMXPlayer and VBIT2 for teletext.
Bonus: DVB HAT lets me watch TV anywhere on my LAN, too!
My single-tuner TVHeadend just became triple-tuner (at least for SD content)!
Had some cheap DVB-T tuners that were left unused from a project that never came together years ago. It's been so long, in fact, that one of the plastic cases disintegrated, but handily this means I can stack them neatly.
Had some cheap DVB-T tuners that were left unused from a project that never came together years ago. It's been so long, in fact, that one of the plastic cases disintegrated, but handily this means I can stack them neatly.
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My single-tuner TVHeadend just became triple-tuner (at least for SD content)!
Had some cheap DVB-T tuners that were left unused from a project that never came together years ago. It's been so long, in fact, that one of the plastic cases disintegrated, but handily this means I can stack them neatly.
Had some cheap DVB-T tuners that were left unused from a project that never came together years ago. It's been so long, in fact, that one of the plastic cases disintegrated, but handily this means I can stack them neatly.
I finally killed it with fire!
If you've been getting this 'QUIC protocol' error in Google Chrome, you can stop it by navigating to chrome://flags/, searching for 'quic', selecting 'disabled' in the 'Experimental QUIC protocol' dropdown, then clicking the relaunch button at the bottom.
If you've been getting this 'QUIC protocol' error in Google Chrome, you can stop it by navigating to chrome://flags/, searching for 'quic', selecting 'disabled' in the 'Experimental QUIC protocol' dropdown, then clicking the relaunch button at the bottom.
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I finally killed it with fire!
If you've been getting this 'QUIC protocol' error in Google Chrome, you can stop it by navigating to chrome://flags/, searching for 'quic', selecting 'disabled' in the 'Experimental QUIC protocol' dropdown, then clicking the relaunch button at the bottom.
If you've been getting this 'QUIC protocol' error in Google Chrome, you can stop it by navigating to chrome://flags/, searching for 'quic', selecting 'disabled' in the 'Experimental QUIC protocol' dropdown, then clicking the relaunch button at the bottom.
Mr. I Don't Stream (Regularly) Any More is apparently unable to resist previewing how the new totally-not-a-stream room looks on webcam with the new purple curtains.
Outdoor coat because I'd only just turned the heater on (before anyone asks).
Outdoor coat because I'd only just turned the heater on (before anyone asks).
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Mr. I Don't Stream (Regularly) Any More is apparently unable to resist previewing how the new totally-not-a-stream room looks on webcam with the new purple curtains.
Outdoor coat because I'd only just turned the heater on (before anyone asks).
Outdoor coat because I'd only just turned the heater on (before anyone asks).
Managed to get my anachronistic analogue TV simulator a step closer to reality: a Raspberry Pi with a DVB HAT running TVHeadend grabs the terrestrial TV feeds, and Pis running OMXPlayer and VBIT2 output video and teletext respectively, which get passed to UHF modulators and distributed house-wide.
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Managed to get my anachronistic analogue TV simulator a step closer to reality: a Raspberry Pi with a DVB HAT running TVHeadend grabs the terrestrial TV feeds, and Pis running OMXPlayer and VBIT2 output video and teletext respectively, which get passed to UHF modulators and distributed house-wide.
Relationship status: I just reinstalled Windows Live Messenger.
I'M BACK, BABY!
escargot.chat?r=jamazzuk
I'M BACK, BABY!
escargot.chat?r=jamazzuk
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Relationship status: I just reinstalled Windows Live Messenger.
I'M BACK, BABY!
escargot.chat?r=jamazzuk
I'M BACK, BABY!
escargot.chat?r=jamazzuk
Accidentally bought some single-use microSD cards!
I've usually been pretty good at not falling foul of the "buy cheap, buy twice" mantra, but not this time.
When the first card failed, I thought it was just bad luck, but when the second hard-failed as well, after only a few minutes of use...😢
I've usually been pretty good at not falling foul of the "buy cheap, buy twice" mantra, but not this time.
When the first card failed, I thought it was just bad luck, but when the second hard-failed as well, after only a few minutes of use...😢
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Accidentally bought some single-use microSD cards!
I've usually been pretty good at not falling foul of the "buy cheap, buy twice" mantra, but not this time.
When the first card failed, I thought it was just bad luck, but when the second hard-failed as well, after only a few minutes of use...😢
I've usually been pretty good at not falling foul of the "buy cheap, buy twice" mantra, but not this time.
When the first card failed, I thought it was just bad luck, but when the second hard-failed as well, after only a few minutes of use...😢