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TECH: The Cheapest WiFi Smart Switch: Flashing the Sonoff Basic

Setting up a smart home can be a costly affair, if every device needed an expensive proprietary smart switch you would spend quite a bit of … The post The […]

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TECH: Pi to NUC Part 1: Migrating Hass.IO to a Virtual Machine with Proxmox & Docker

As my Home Assistant setup has become increasingly complex, I’ve started to see the limitations of the Raspberry Pi platform. Graphs are slow, and the history … The post Pi […]

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TECH: Self Hosting: Complete Guide to Deploying Your Own Private NextCloud with Docker Compose

With all the revelations in the headlines about how exactly our private data is being mined to surveil and manipulate us, I’ve been thinking of more … The post Self […]

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TECH: Installing Volumio in a Proxmox Virtual Machine

Volumio is a really cool open source audio player project, meant for high quality playback and easy use with cheap devices. Basically, a plug-and-play network music … The post Installing […]

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TECH: Flashed CC2531 Zigbee Sticks for zigbee2mqtt Available

A batch of CC2531 Zigbee sticks has arrived from China, and I have flashed them with the firmware required for DIY Zigbee projects like zigbee2mqtt. I’ve … The post Flashed […]

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TECH: Automating Dumb Devices with Node-Red and Home Assistant

Here in coastal California, air conditioning is extremely uncommon. So during a recent heat wave, I got desperate and went down to the big box store … The post Automating […]

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TECH: My Node-Red Smart Alarm Clock with Snooze

Definitely one of my very favorite features of my smart house is my alarm clock. Which is funny because I am not a morning person at all and … The post My […]

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TECH: Self Hosting: Nextcloud with DigitalOcean Spaces for Main Storage

It has been over a year since I originally set up my own self-hosted cloud using Nextcloud. I am happy to report back that I absolutely … The post Self […]

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TECH: Plexamp Music Streaming with Raspberry Pi Zero

I’ve been a Plex user for a very long while. They’ve recently put a lot of effort into the re-vamped Plexamp music player and it’s quickly … The post Plexamp […]

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TECH: Plex & Locast: Recording Local TV Without the Antenna

I have been a long time Plex user for years. Alongside my extensive movie collection, I also like to keep up on the local news and … The post Plex […]

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