Category Archives: Google

The Nest Hello video doorbell in the UK

Posted on September 5, 2018 by webmaster

As a result of s new boiler installation recently I wanted a smart thermostat as part of the installation. I’ll be honest that I’m a bit of a Google fan when it comes to smart things, and having looked at … Continue reading →

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Streaming Subsonic in higher quality at lower bitrates on Vortexbox

Posted on August 29, 2016 by webmaster

My primary music library is in lossless FLAC format, which Subsonic, by default, transcodes to mp3 for streaming to PC’s and mobile devices. I’ve always used a two-step transcode for this as FFmpeg doesn’t always handle FLAC files as well as … Continue reading →

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How great companies lose control of their reputation.

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Andrew

This is a bit of a vent, a hopefully cathartic post to seal a week of somewhat farcical interaction with a company I really like. I’m hoping that in addition to releasing the utter frustration I’m currently feeling, it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Customer Service, Engineering, Google | 2 Comments