Below is a full list of talks I’ve presented recently, most are first presented the U3ACommunities computing group first.
I’ve previopusly presented at Wokingham SMMF, Wokingham Technology, Wokingham Money Matters and Chilterns digital group.
Planned presentations include Reading Science, Sevenoaks science seminar, u3a festival and Surrey study day.
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
This month we look 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. 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 tariffsThis 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 ATOMA short talk that describes how to use RSS and ATOM to aggregate your news stories into one place. See Google Slides
- Photos on mapsA 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