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Will Cooke (8none1)

whizzy.org

Personal website of Will Cooke (8none1), a software engineer, engineering manager and Linux developer in the UK. Late Night Linux co-host writing about Linux, home automation and self-hosting.

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85 from 8 May 2009 to 13 Jun 2026
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2026 4

  1. The Growatt ShineWiFi-X 'USB' dongle is really a Modbus bridge, so I reflashed it with ESPHome
  2. The hidden Home Assistant setting that frees your Bluetooth proxy connection slots
  3. Writing setup docs for an AI: a pattern for small, complex projects
  4. Eufy X8 robot vacuum, local control, and a Home Assistant integration that actually works

2025 1

  1. Octopus Energy Free Electricity Sessions: Official GraphQL API!

2024 3

  1. Older Posts →
  2. Free Electricity Sessions
  3. Powerups Api

2023 5

  1. Bricked Xmas
  2. Raytraced Pictures
  3. Lnl Telegram Bot
  4. InfluxDB and Growatt SPH inverters
  5. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer

2022 1

  1. Using Jekyll for static hosting

2021 2

  1. Finally moving to a static site
  2. Double helping of Pi Hole

2019 4

  1. DNS over HTTPS in a snap
  2. Whizzy Labs Wireless Sensor
  3. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  4. Ubuntu Developer Desktop Survey 2019

2017 3

  1. Ubuntu Desktop goings on. Friday 19th May 2017
  2. Retrieving user profile data from Login With Amazon on Alexa
  3. Cisco 7941, Asterisk and SIP

2016 9

  1. HOWTO: Add OAUTH to your Alexa Smart Home skill in 10 minutes
  2. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  3. bravialib – a Python library to abstract the Bravia web API
  4. 24 hours with Amazon Prime
  5. What to do with Unity 8 now
  6. Apache – 20 second lag before serving pages
  7. Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode
  8. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  9. DHCP clients not registering hostnames in DNS automatically

2015 8

  1. Online searches in the dash to be off by default.
  2. Hacking 433Mhz support into a cheap Carbon Monoxide detector
  3. My first 10 years with Ubuntu
  4. Big Bug Bonanza Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  5. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  6. HOWTO: Very low power usage on Pro Mini V2 (Arduino clone)
  7. Multipath routing on a Raspberry Pi 2
  8. Snapping Mosquitto MQTT broker

2014 6

  1. Recording screencasts from the Unity 8 Desktop Preview
  2. Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 4)
  3. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  4. Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 3)
  5. Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 2)
  6. Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 1)

2013 5

  1. Absolute beginners guide to Google Maps JavaScript v3
  2. Combining MythTV and Asterisk
  3. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  4. Convincing MythTV to tune in to DVB-T2 MUXes
  5. Asterisk UK Caller ID & SMS redux

2012 4

  1. Device control over HDMI via CEC. libcec FTW.
  2. Fixing “warning: Please check that your locale settings”
  3. Over engineering FTW
  4. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer

2011 10

  1. Overriding Outbound Dial Command Options
  2. NOOP scheduler – not worth it for SSD
  3. Off to pastures new
  4. TCP sessions causing lag
  5. Trimming Freesat Channels In MythTV
  6. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  7. Maggy Scraggle Loves The Beautiful Ice-cream Man
  8. g729 in Asterisk
  9. Meridian Mail
  10. More Asterisk hints

2010 9

  1. Asterisk VoIP calls causing PPP to drop on ADSL modems
  2. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  3. SMSq No call scheduled as already sending
  4. Getting NUT to talk to LiebertPSP UPS
  5. LogWatch SMART monitoring
  6. Hauppauge WinTV Nova-S Plus on Linux
  7. Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2 on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04
  8. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  9. A more resilient DNS set up

2009 9

  1. Asterisk set up in the UK with SMS
  2. Custom Paint Job
  3. Aspire Revo as a MythTV frontend
  4. Acer Aspire One & Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
  5. DVB-T reception on the cheap
  6. Will Cooke – Software Engineer & Linux Developer
  7. Google announce Maps API version 3
  8. Absolute beginners guide to Google Maps Javascript Part 2
  9. Absolute beginners guide to Google Maps Javascript

Undated 2

  1. Learn more about Will Cooke
  2. Gransden flights replay