Streaming TV – another rant
A few years ago I ranted about streaming TV. Is it better now?
The S21 Ultra Zoom
Today I’m going to take a deeper dive into the S21 Ultra camera, and in particular the zoom capability…
2021 Roundup so far
Lockdown continues and with it my lack of motivation for blogging – or much else. The end may be in sight, but I’m not counting any chickens. I’m still not working much on my home automation so in the meantime, here’s a brief roundup of other things…
2020 in a nutshell and other news
I had an email from Google with my maps timeline for 2020, and it very clearly tells the story of the year…
The 2020 Review
As the sun sets on 2020, it’s time for the annual look back over the year and where do I start?
A year in Home Assistant
What a difference a year makes. Last weekend I attended the online Home Assistant conference, and it was incredible to see the support and listen to some amazing speakers talk about their home assistant setups.
Fun with AppDaemon
I’m making increasing use of AppDaemon with Home Assistant, as I like the flexibility of using Python to structure my automations. I discussed it a couple of weeks ago and this time I’m going to work through another example…
Secret Santa for the covid age
Secret Santa is a popular tradition in offices and amongst other groups. The idea is that you buy a gift for another member of the group, assigned to you at random…
AppDaemon and when to use it
I’ve mentioned AppDaemon in passing and used it for my ZoneMinder camera automations, but what is it and why would you use it?
Staying in the know
Notifications are an important part of any home automation setup. There’s no point in having sensors and cameras monitoring your home while you’re out if there’s no way of being alerted when something happens…