Lenovo Smart Tab & Smart Dock… The future
As I renovate my own home, I’ve been searching for a while for a nice way of displaying my blood glucose data via NightScout around the home in sleek, stylist and attractive way. I’ve toyed with Raspberry Pi & cases (and this works flawlessly) but it’s just not as “sexy” as I’d like… Recently however,... Read More
AndroidAPS Download Links
Disclaimer And Warning All information, thought, code & apps here are intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nightscout currently makes no attempt at HIPAA privacy compliance. Use Nightscout and AndroidAPS at your own risk, and do not use the information, code or apps to make medical decisions. Use of code from github.com & downloaded... Read More
Loop – No Apple Mac ? Struggling to build the Loop App? Look here
Loop is a fantastic app, and for the tech savvy it’s still not exactly easy to build and sign the apps using an Apple mac for iOS. So you’re wanting to get Loop up and running but you can’t build the Loop app… This might be for several reasons You can’t afford/justify the £79/$99 developer... Read More
Putting an old raspberry pi to good use… as a NightScout display
I wanted to put an old and disused Raspberry Pi to good use and have it as a 24/7 live blood glucose display linked up to NightScout For those of of you who don’t know what NightScout is, it’s a system linking an App (such as xDrip+) with your CGM (continuous glucose monitor) to upload... Read More
Changing the Colour of NightScout’s BGClock Page
EDITING THE TEXT COLOUR Go to your GitHub source code by heading to //github.com/YOURUSERNAME/cgm-remote-monitor/blob/master/views/bgclock.html (replacing YOURUSERNAME with your username in lowercase) Click the ✏️ in the top right of the page Replace the word grey on line 28 which currently reads with any colour from //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors using the 6 character hexcode with a # before it, for... Read More
Nightscout Car HUD (Head up Display) Page
Today I was challenged to build a HUD (Heads up Display) app/page to allow NightScout CGM values to be projected from a mobile or tablet onto a car’s windscreen. Thankfully there is a nifty CSS trick on webpage coding that allows the entire webpage to be flipped, horizontally, vertically or both. As such I was... Read More
UK Insulin Pump Availability
If you or somebody you know uses an insulin pump, please help to compile a list of which insulin pumps are available where in the UK by completing this really quick and simple form. This form can be completely anonymous, and you do not have to submit any personally indentifiable information. This should take you... Read More
Nutrition and Cycling with Diabetes ( Using Calorie Data)
As an avid cyclist myself I guess it makes perfect sense and my first real article will be about cycling with diabetes. Performing any sport at any level can be a challenge with diabetes, However the key is finding a routine or regime to manage your blood sugar levels whilst still being out to take... Read More
Welcome to Diabeat This
Hello, & Welcome to Diabeat This Diabeat This is a new and exciting site aimed at providing help to type one or insulin dependant diabetics with help from other diabetics who have already been through it and come out the other side. We hope to help in particular; newly diagnosed diabetics, teenagers and young adults... Read More