Don’t Deploy Copilot Until You Are Data Compliant > Looking at deploying Copilot? Make sure you think about backup bit.ly/3ylYJ0t

Manage to secure £2.39 of #FreeElectricity with Octopus Energy on Thursday 15th of August. Surplus production meant it would 'go to waste' I.e curtailed. Car charging and Battery charging helped me make the most of it.

Just sponsored David Kendall because I use his Octopus Energy Home Assistant integration. It's quite simply epic! github.com/sponsors/Bottl…

The UK says goodbye to coal production engt.co/4eN5vvX > Some of you might know I am a bit of a ‘national grid nerd’. This is quite an big moment for the UK energy mix.

This is the moment Ratcliffe power station came off the electricity system for the final time, marking the end of 142 years of coal generating electricity in Great Britain!

The day our reliance on coal for electricity generation ended after 142 years!

Keep Calm and Carry On – Enabling Business Continuity with new Cross-User Restorations for SkyKick Cloud Backup  bit.ly/3N8Sild > Now you can restore all of a users data when they leave into another users mailbox, OneDrive etc

Oh nice. My ShellyUK.com energy monitors now integrate with my LaMetric sitting in the kitchen. I was using Home Assistant as a middle man but native is better! apps.lametric.com/apps/energy_mo…

Sounds as if their may be less DFS (Demand Flexibility Service) opportunities this year :(

Thread of the most epic moments from SpaceX Starship’s launches 🧵 1. Starship’s 33 Raptor engines in full power

Another ‘free electric’ hour tomorrow from Octopus Energy. It’s gonna be windy so we don’t want National Energy System Operator asking paying people to switch off the wind turbines!

Philip Steele This is how the dashboard looks once signed up

Microsoft, starting this month, are requiring all admin accounts to have MFA when access an admin portal. I am most partners have this in place, but here is one way you can check, bit.ly/3AbMMeG

Headline... "Going green cost more than they bargained for" Facts: 1. It was a schedule 30mins wrong (poss hardware issue) 2. THE TOTAL COST DIFFERENCE WAS £1.47 and refunded immediately 3. In 3 months, total cost £100 vs £300 on std tariff 4. IT'S 6x CHEAPER THAN PETROL

Looks like Halifax give you cash back on a heat pump if you have a mortgage with them. Quite tempted to move from NatWest who don’t have anything like this! Worth looking into for anyone looking to make their house greener

This is crazy. The energy system needs reform so this sort of thing doesn’t happen. While we are at it, let’s remove the connect between energy production bids and gas

Thanks to The Telegraph for publishing my letter last week - correcting the record for Matthew Lynn after his column yesterday said “sales of EVs have stalled” Once more for those at the back: sales have grown, not stalled.  Here’s the evidence 🧵 telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025/0…

If you need some content to share with customers about 'todays' Cyber Security threat, it might be worth taking a look at the MSP Threat Report below. ms.spr.ly/6015qu6rh #cybersecurity #MSPThreatReport #MSP #ConnectWise #AI #Cybersecurity #MSPCommunity #MSPPlatform

MINISTRY OF SOUND CLASSICAL with PAUL OAKENFOLD, DAVID MORALES, JUDGE JULES & FISH56OCTAGON. Englefield Estate, near Reading on Fri 18th July 2025!: arep.co/UbFjF2

Miles has now crossed 220k Never broken down Original brakes, paint, glass. No squeaks, no rattles, drives perfectly. 6 sets of tyres. 2 sets wiper blades, 2 cabin filters, 1x front pair and 1x rear suspension bushes is the maintenance so far Boot strut O ring replaced.