https://digdilem.org/index.html Welcome to Digital Dilemma A small place on the internet that’s been around for a long time and serves as a place for me to put stuff. I hope you find something here of interest. About Dartmoor Home Automation Misc Remote Controlled Lawnmower Software Sysadmin Thoughts Vehicles Hugo en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:07:03 +0000 https://digdilem.org/about/index.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:32:32 +0100 https://digdilem.org/about/index.html About this Website Contact Author History Digital Dilemma is a name used by it’s creator, Simon Avery, since 1990 relating to computer related services. Early 1990s – Round Corner Software / Digital Dilemma I founded and ran a Shareware company that distributed cassette tapes and 3″ 178Kb disks of Public Domain / Shareware Software for the Amstrad CPC. Some of it was my own text adventures, but mostly other peoples’ games. Back then, this was the standard way to distribute software that wasn’t on sale in the local shops. People would request some titles, I’d copy them to either cassette tape or 3" floppy Disks for the Amstrad CPC and post them off in a jiffy bag, charging around £3 a diskfull. It was never meant to make money, just to cover the postage costs. https://digdilem.org/dartmoor/index.html Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:27:37 +0100 https://digdilem.org/dartmoor/index.html *Dartmoor is a vast, wild, and rugged upland area in Devon, England, characterized by extensive granite tors, heather-clad moorland, and deep river valleys. It’s a national park known for its dramatic landscapes, rich prehistoric archaeology including stone circles and hut circles, and unique wildlife, as well as its iconic Dartmoor ponies that roam freely. The area is steeped in history and folklore, offering diverse opportunities for walking, exploration, and experiencing a truly untamed natural environment." – Gemini AI when asked to sum up Dartmoor. https://digdilem.org/home-automation/index.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:07:03 +0000 https://digdilem.org/home-automation/index.html My stuff about Home Automation Cool Automation Projects Esphome Keeping Zigbee Sensors Running in Extreme Cold Make a smarter Diffuser Measuring Freezer Temperatures Solar Heating Water With Home Assistant Using Gpslogger for Traccar https://digdilem.org/misc/index.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:25:20 +0000 https://digdilem.org/misc/index.html Things that don’t fit elsewhere. Extending UPS runtimes Redneck PC Water Cooling Unreal Tournament Using Gpslogger With Traccar https://digdilem.org/shawn/index.html Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://digdilem.org/shawn/index.html Meet Shawn, my Remote Controlled Lawn Mower. Shawn, 2025 More pictures and videos down below About Shawn We own this steep 5-acre field on Dartmoor where we graze our horses. As horses are not very good at grazing off weeds, it needs topping twice a year to keep the grass in good condition. When we bought the land, it was very neglected, with a lot of high bramble growth and bracken which took weeks to clear. As it’s too steep for tractors (Most of it is about 30’, with parts up to 45’) my wife and I did this ourselves using petrol strimmers. It took months of work to get it in a state good enough to call the fencers in, and they too struggled with the grade. https://digdilem.org/software/index.html Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:00:52 +0000 https://digdilem.org/software/index.html My Software Taskpony Text Adventures IRC Scripts A selection of various IRC scripts, most of which were written to work with XChat (Now replaced by HexChat) as well as Irssi and Eggdrop. They ranged from fun, silly, stupid, useful and very useful. 2000s to 2010s Github Fidonet Software Various pieces of freeware / Public Domain software I wrote during the early 1990s for Fidonet or Public Domain in Borland Turbo C https://digdilem.org/sysadmin/index.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:45:50 +0100 https://digdilem.org/sysadmin/index.html These are things that may be useful to Sysadmins, or just technical people who like playing with computers. Backing Up Important Data Docker Mariadb UGreen NAS DXP2800 Zabbix https://digdilem.org/thoughts/index.html Sat, 26 Jul 2025 20:04:43 +0100 https://digdilem.org/thoughts/index.html Why Free Software is better for your company https://digdilem.org/vehicles/index.html Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:38:07 +0100 https://digdilem.org/vehicles/index.html Some things I’ve done with Land-Rovers and Motorbikes. Land-Rover Motorbikes Others