Welcome to Simon Fearby's Coding for Fun Development Blog

Servers

Published on 22nd April 2024

UpCloud Server hosting.

I moved my domain to upcloud on the other side of the world from Vultr sydney and could not be happier with the performance.

Published on 13 November 2024

Migrating my website from upcloud to Linode Akamai for a Disaster Recovery Test

Migrating my website from upcloud to Llinode Akamai

Technology

Efergy E-Max Wireless and Power Pay Energy Monitor

Published on 19th December 2024

Efergy E-Max Wireless Energy Monitor from Reduction Revolution

Review of the Efergy E-Max Wireless Energy Monitor from Reduction Revolution battery powered device attaches to our house power box to allow power usage tracking in realtime.

Electric Vehicles

Published on 29th December 2024

How to power up a Tesla with a dead low voltage battery

This is a very short post that will show you how you can start a Tesla with a sudden dead Low Voltage battery in an emergency. Also jump start Petrol cars with a dead battery.

Published on 29th December 2024

EV Fear Uncertainty and Doubt

This is a short post on FUD around EVs v Reality.

Published on 22nd April 2024

Teslogic.co dashboard for Teslas

Teslogic Dashboard Kit is a hardware accessory for Tesla cars that can read data from the car’s internal Controller Area Network (CAN) bus and display it on mobile phones or tablets in real-time.

Published on 16th November 2024

Automated Tesla charging at home for 8c per kwh via Origin Energy

his post is for Australian's with a Tesla.

Published on 15th August 2024

Is an EV A Good Idea For Me?

Here is a rough flowchart based on my experience and comments for deciding if an EV is a good choice for you.

Published on 10th August 2024

Charging an EV

This is a short post on our 1st year of charging an EV.

Development

Development post being restored soon

Hosting

Old hosting post being restored soon

Utilities

Some handy C#.NET Utilities, Web Apps and Code will be posted here