How to Upgrade Home Assistant Ubuntu to 18.04.1 LTS
If you have recently logged into your Home Assistant terminal and have seen a message letting you know that there is a new release ‘18.04.1 LTS’ available and…
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Lovelace is now standard! I don’t care.
It is not that I don’t care at all. I really think it is an amazing enhancement to Home Assistant. I honestly am looking forward to implementing it…
My DIY weather resistant Wi-Fi switch – 1 Month Later!
Last month, I put together some inexpensive Tuya based Wi-Fi smart switches and put them in a water resistant case. Put them around the lawn to run the…
Pi-Hole DNS resolution is currently unavailable – FIXED
Something weird happened today that took way longer to fix than it should have. So here it is: I run Pi-Hole on my network to block malware, advertisements…
Enabling Guest Mode TTS feedback for Home Assistant
I have been using input booleans in my Home Assistant set up from the very start. They basically just become virtual switches that allow you to use Amazon…
PSA: Change the batteries and your passwords!
Happy New Year Everyone! Now is the perfect time to check those Smoke Detectors and also a great time to change your passwords. If you haven’t read my…
2018 by the numbers–And new Channel Trailer!
As the year closes out, I just wanted to reflect on the progress of the blog and it’s related internet properties. Straight away, the blog got a huge…
Fixing my Home Assistant Breaking Changes with Atom!
This weekend I did some maintenance on my Smart Home configurations and needed to correct some Breaking Changes that were introduced with some recent updates. I noticed while…
Automate your home using Amazon Routines! No Software Needed!
Home Automation is amazing! I am personally a huge fan of Home Assistant for all my automation needs but it is not a one size fits all solution…