Giving the house a Twitter Account.
It’s official now. The Smart Home now has a twitter account. Why?Why not. I mean, the house is full of IOT devices that are communicating to the internet. …
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Unboxing the Epson Expression Premium ET-7750 Eco Tank Color Printer/Scanner
That title is so far from click bait but this is what this post is about. I’m a regular member of Betabound and every so often, they send…
Building the World’s Greatest Smart Alarm Clock
We live in a Smart Home and right next to our SleepIQ Wi-Fi enabled bed is the oldest alarm clock on the planet. It is your standard radio…
Building a digital Cuckoo Clock with Home Assistant
If you have read about my Smart Home before, you know that I have speakers wired into most of the house for a Multi-Room audio experience. I use…
Yet another inexpensive Motion Sensor for Home Assistant
Taking inspiration from BruhAutomation’s multi sensor, I decided to make a simple ESP8266 based motion sensor for my house. Here’s the part List : 1 x NodeMCUs –…
Speak naturally to your Alexa! Context aware lights available now!
My house is pretty tricked out.. Lights, Echoes, Home Assistant. All the bells and whistles for a proper Smart Home are in place. This is great for me,…
Moving Home Assistant DBs to external Flash Drives
So timing is everything… and my timing was perfect (ok, it was slow). Chatting in the Discord forums with some way smarter *nix users than me (Tinkerer and…
New Alexa Goodies announced!
So I love #IOT and today Amazon announced a bunch of new Amazon Echo devices! Here are the things I thought were interesting : The Echo Spot :…
Smart Home Lessons from Hurricane Irma
Florida is a great place. I love living here but every so often, between September and November, it gets a bit intense. This past week, #Irma rolled through…