How to enable DNS logging to monitor requests
This comes from the 'Learn something new every day' file. Working with a client to decommission an old DNS server, this important question came up: ... Read More
My Home Assistant Vacuum Automation! Rescue Me Mode!
This weekend, I finished up a project giving my Neato D7 Robot vacuum a voice in the house to alert us when it gets stuck. ... Read More
The Home Assistant Logbook
Here is a quick overview of how I use the Home Assistant Logbook for troubleshooting my automations and figuring out new ideas for things to ... Read More
Phyn Plus – Smart Water Shutoff Device
Leak detection in a smart home is not very sexy. These are usually devices that are put around the house under sinks, near water heaters ... Read More
The Return of Citrix QFarm
Here is another awesome utility brought to you by Jacques Bensimon. This one is a wrapper to reproduce the old familiar QFarm functionality you might ... Read More