How to add Garadget to Home Assistant
Now that I have upgraded to 0.88, I am slowly getting the house back in order. Systematically targeting the breaking changes that affected my Smart Home and fixing…
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Amazon Discontinues the Dash Button
Another Internet of Things device bites the dust. Amazon announced today it will discontinue selling the Dash Buttons. These silly little Wi-Fi buttons were originally intended to be…
How I Upgraded Home Assistant to 0.88.1 – fixing all the breaking Changes!
I have been putting off upgrading Home Assistant for about a month now because of all of the breaking changes. I tried before and was spectacularly unsuccessful with…
1000 Subscriber Milestone! And thanks to the #HACommunity!
It feels like just a drop in the bucket in the massive YouTube universe but I personally just passed the 1000 subscriber count milestone mark on my Home…
Breaking down the Flag Sensor in Home Assistant
With all the holidays passing us, I’ve noticed the nice colors on my house using the DIY LED lightstrips. With Halloween, Christmas, Valentine and now President’s day, the…
How to set up Home Assistant Presence Detection using NMAP
Today, I tackled Presence Detection with Home Assistant. To get the most out of your home automation, you need good presence detection. A way for the house to…
Everyday Holiday Smart Lights – Valentine’s Day Edition
If you are running Home Assistant and haven’t had an opportunity to put up Smart Lights outside, you are missing out on all the fun. Easy scripting in…
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…
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…