Will Cooke (8none1)

Software engineer, podcaster, Linux enthusiast

Welcome to whizzy.org, the personal website of Will Cooke (aka 8none1).

About Will Cooke

Will Cooke is a software engineer, engineering manager and Linux developer based in the United Kingdom. He works at Chainguard on the OS team, co-hosts the Late Night Linux podcast, and was previously Director of Ubuntu Desktop at Canonical.

This site collects articles about software development, Linux, Ubuntu, Home Assistant, solar energy, self-hosting and open source. Learn more about Will Cooke or read the recent posts below.

Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 3)

Posted on 27 January 2014

I’ve had all the parts hooked up on breadboard for a few weeks now, and in theory everything works. I haven’t actually tested the prototype with the real heating system yet as it’s been cold and I don’t want to risk blowing anything up and having to deal with a... [Read More]

Categories: Making the world a better place RaspberryPi

Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 2)

Posted on 11 January 2014

In which one Raspberry Pi is seen. [Read More]

Categories: RaspberryPi

Raspberry Pi powered heating controller (Part 1)

Posted on 4 January 2014

In which no Raspberry Pi’s are seen. [Read More]

Categories: linux Making the world a better place RaspberryPi

Absolute beginners guide to Google Maps JavaScript v3

Posted on 17 December 2013

Since I first published my HowTo and the subsequent follow up for novices to get a Google Map on a web page it’s been the most popular post on my site by quite a margin. Sadly it’s been resting on its laurels, and is now quite out of date and... [Read More]

Categories: Google Maps Javascript Making the world a better place

Combining MythTV and Asterisk

Posted on 15 December 2013

I’ve had this idea for a while and with the discovery of the Google Text-to-speech and Voice Recognition AGI scripts from Zaf (http://zaf.github.io/asterisk-googletts/ & http://zaf.github.io/asterisk-speech-recog/) I’ve implemented a quick proof-of-concept. [Read More]

Categories: asterisk linux tv