Talks

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Below is a full list of talks I’ve presented recently, most are first presented the U3ACommunities computing group first.

I’ve previously presented at Wokingham SMMF, Wokingham Technology, Wokingham Money Matters, Chilterns digital group, Hutton STEM, Reading Science, Sevenoaks science seminar, u3a festival, Surrey study day and Guildford engineering.

Planned presentations include Fleet and Bookham.

I’m happy to re-present if there is interest (eg local u3a groups) .. drop me a mail at peter+wordpress@plord.co.uk.

Peter Lord

  • Backups
    This talk is about backups – We’ll touch on why, different backup schemes and what I do.  Included are a couple of videos. First presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. The presentation is : This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • immich – the Open Source alternative to Google Photos
    This talk is about immich – the Open Source alternative to Google Photos. First presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • Virtual Machines, Containers and related technologies
    This talk is about virtual machines, containers and related technologies. First presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • Short talk/discussion on Generative AI benchmarks
    This is a short (1/2 hour or so) talk and discussion on Ai benchmarks. Goal is to promote discussions. See Google Slides
  • How to reduce your electricity bill to zero
    This talk covers using home automation + solar + battery + hot water + electric car + smart tariff to reduce your electricity bill. First presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • WYSIWYG vs Markup
    This talk looks at what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) vs markup methods of producing documents. See Google Slides
  • Email
    This talk looks at Email, including a breakdown of an email message, sending with SMTP, routing with DNS, receiving with POP3 and IMAP4, spam filtering and good practices. First presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a… Read more: Email
  • Generative AI
    This talk describes how both “classic” and “generative” neural networks work. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • Passwords
    In this talk we discuss passwords … from medieval times to passkey. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • Universal Serial Bus (USB)
    In this talk we look at the Universal Serial Bus, or USB.  Areas covered include what it is, cables, connectors, data transfer, charging, standards and testing. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides
  • DIY sensor for Home Assistant with esphome
    This talk outlines bulding your own sensor with esphome. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides
  • Automating the home with Home Assistant ( introduction )
    This talk gives an introduction to Home Assistant and using it to automate your home. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • Discussion on electricity tariffs
    This talk discusses smart electricity tariffs. See Google Slides
  • DHCP, DNS, trackers and ads
    This talk describes how DHCP and DNS is used in the home network and how to take control to block trackers and adverts. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded in a previous U3ACommunities meeting :
  • Reading news stories with RSS and ATOM
    A short talk that describes how to use RSS and ATOM to aggregate your news stories into one place. See Google Slides
  • Photos on maps
    A short talk that describes some ways to display your photos on maps. See Google Slides
  • Animal and bird spotting with science and technology
    This talk describes my attempts to find out whats going on in our back garden – includes using a neural network to identify the visitors and send messages to our phones. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides This talk was recorded… Read more: Animal and bird spotting with science and technology
  • Will Web3 solve Web2’s problems ?
    This talk describes how Web1 works followed by Web2 .. with some focus on the problems with Web2. Then we descibe how Web3 works and considers if it solves Web2 problems. Presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up here for notification of future talks. See Google Slides
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