Available talks by Peter Lord
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.
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.
Automating the Home with Home Assistant (Introduction )
Automating the home with Home Assistant ( introduction )
Passwords
In this talk we discuss passwords … from medieval times to passkey.
Virtual Machines, Containers and Related Technologies
This talk is about virtual machines, containers and related technologies.
Animal and Bird Spotting with Science and Technology
This talk describes my attempts to find out what's going on in our back garden – includes using a neural network to identify the visitors and send messages to our phones.
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.
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.
immich - the Open Source Alternative to Google Photos
This talk is about immich – the open source alternative to Google Photos.
How Generative AI Works
This talk describes how both “classic” and “generative” neural networks work.
Is the Fediverse the future of social media ?
This talk briefly describes the history of social media, where we are now and some of the concerns users raise. We then look into the "Fediverse", how it works and related sites. Finally we touch on instant messaging and search engines. Perhaps the Third Age Trust should host a Fediverse instance!
Local Generative AI
In this talk, we discuss some of the options and issues about running your own Generative AI at home. As well as avoiding privacy issues with online Generative AI and reducing AI bills, it’s always fun to have a tinker to find out what’s possible. Will include several demos.
Installing GNU/Linux
In this talk we look at installing desktop GNU/Linux.
The talk includes why you might want to install GNU/Linux, a demo of migrating from Windows to GNU/Linux and wrapping up with some special cases.
Not covered is using GNU/Linux ... this talk is a focus on installation only.
Real Time Bidding (how targeted ads work)
In this talk we look at the Real Time Bidding (RTB) system – this is the mechanism that provides targeted ads to your web pages and devices. We’ll cover the basic mechanism, what data is held, how do they know it’s you, main companies involved, pros & cons and what can be done.
Introduction to u3a Social
With mainstream social media having issues such as too many ads, data tracking etc, many are looking for alternatives. One such alternative is the fediverse ... recently, https://u3a.social was launched.
This talk is an introduction to https://u3a.social, how to use it and discussions.