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.

Migrating my website from upcloud to Linode Akamai Post Thumbnail

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

Published on 24 October 2020

I thought my website was hacked. Here is how I hardened my Linux servers security with Lynis Enterprise

I thought my website was hacked. Here is how I hardened my Linux servers security with Lynis Enterprise Blurb goes here

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

This 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.

Published on 31 May 2024

Electric Car Adventures - Our journey on a long road trip

Did we drive 1,800km across Australia in an Electric Vehicle without range/charge anxiety or breaking down and catching fire?

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.

Software

Published on 22nd June 2025

Cross Platform TickTick To Do App

TickTick is a powerful cross-platform to-do app that combines task lists, smart filters, calendar views, and optional Pomodoro timers—without using Kanban boards.

Published on 03 March 2016

What is you backup plan

What is you backup plan Blurb goes here

Development

Published on 06 March 2022

Wemos Mini D1 Pro Pinout Guide

Wemos Mini D1 Pro Pinout Guide Blurb goes here

Misc

Some handy Misc posts will be posted here

Test

Published on 20th April 2024

Test

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