Sam Machin

@sam_machin@robot.villas

Sam Machin's technical projects and notes on Alexa, telephony, embedded hardware, pagers, amateur radio, and web integrations.

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Bleepie #Tech #Hardware #Projects
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Jul 26, 2026
BleepieAPRS #Tech #Hardware #Radio
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Jul 22, 2026
AlexaWeb Reborn #Tech #Alexa #WebDev
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Dec 30, 2021
About #Tech #WebDev #Projects
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Dec 30, 2021
JSONUrl #Tech #WebDev #Programming
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May 6, 2021
Node-RED Zapier #Tech #Automation #WebDev
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Mar 29, 2020
Node-RED Asterisk ARI #Tech #NodeRED #Asterisk
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Mar 29, 2020
UK Train Departures - Alexa Skill #Tech #Alexa #SmartHome
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Dec 2, 2018
Alexa Slide Clicker #Tech #Hardware #IoT
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Mar 7, 2018
Echo Show Security Camera with a Pi #RaspberryPi #DIY #SmartHome
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Aug 7, 2017
AlexaPi - Its come a long way #Tech #Alexa #Projects
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Mar 1, 2017
The Internet of (Sweet) Things #IoT #Tech #Web
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Jan 3, 2016
The $10 Echo #Tech #Hardware #Projects
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Jan 3, 2016
Alexa in the Browser #Tech #WebDev #AI
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Dec 17, 2015
Call Alexa #Tech #Alexa #IoT
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Dec 16, 2015
SMS Lists via Google Docs & Twilio #Tech #Twilio #SMS
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May 5, 2015
Beacon Calling - TAD Hack London 2015 #Tech #Hardware #WebDev
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May 5, 2015
Train Ticket Machines - What about the Power Users #Tech #UX #Hardware
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Jan 1, 2015
A Story of Enterprise IT: #Tech #Enterprise #IT
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Nov 5, 2014
The Apple Sim - Its a Bad thing #Tech #Hardware #Apple
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Oct 17, 2014
Indie Talk #Tech #WebDev #Projects
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Sep 12, 2014
A platform based bank account #Finance #Tech #Web
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Aug 26, 2014
A 'real' utility #Tech #Hardware #Web
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Aug 13, 2014
Three InTouch #Tech #Hardware #Web
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Jul 30, 2014
Faking iBeacons #Tech #IoT #Hardware
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Jul 14, 2014
New site Old Blog posts #Tech #WebDev #Blogging
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Jul 14, 2014
Beating the Phone Spammers #Tech #Spam #Security
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Jul 14, 2014
Tracking Data Usage #Tech #WebDev #Data
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Jul 14, 2014
Distance Matrix #Tech #Hardware #WebDev
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Jul 13, 2014
Twilio to Sonos via Heroku, Pusher and a Pi. #Tech #IoT #Hardware
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Jul 13, 2014
Electronic Payments & Graceful Degradation #Tech #WebDev #Payments
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Feb 7, 2012
Android, Buyer Currency Support C- #Android #Tech #Development
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Feb 3, 2011
My Breakfast #Tech #Hardware #Web
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Nov 1, 2010
That syncing feeling #Tech #WebDev #Projects
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Sep 23, 2009
T-Mobile UK Capped Data Charge - Hidden Rip Off #Tech #Mobile #ConsumerRights
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Jul 6, 2009
OpenMIC - Mobile Data Charging #Tech #OpenSource #Hardware
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Jul 2, 2009
iPhone 3.0 MMS Settings #Tech #Mobile #History
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Jul 1, 2009
T-Mobile G1 vs. iPhone - Round One to iPhone #Tech #Mobile #History
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Nov 1, 2008
Mobile Broadband signals the Death of WiFi Hotspots #Tech #Mobile #Networking
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Jun 25, 2008
2008 Predictions in Mobile #Mobile #Tech #History
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Jan 23, 2008