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If this… then what?
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If this… then what?

seanb5 months ago0 in Random Musings
IFTTT – If This Then That – has angered users by switching to a subscription model, but they’re not the first to go down that route and I’m sure they won’t be the last…
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Which watch?
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Which watch?

seanb5 months ago0 in Mobile
When I reviewed calorie trackers recently I mentioned, in passing, that maybe I needed a dedicated fitness wearable…
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Some Home Assistant growing pains
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Some Home Assistant growing pains

seanb6 months ago0 in Home Automation
A couple of recent releases of Home Assistant have had breaking changes that have affected me, and they’re a result of some growing pains…
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Samsung and its ecosystem
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Samsung and its ecosystem

seanb6 months ago0 in Random Musings
Ecosystems. Everyone has to have one now. There’s the Apple ecosystem, Google has one, as does, to a lesser extent, Microsoft. Now Samsung wants to join the party…
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Watching what I eat
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Watching what I eat

seanb7 months ago0 in Random Musings
No sooner had I started using Samsung Health than Samsung announced the retirement of a key feature…
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Living on the Edge
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Living on the Edge

seanb7 months ago0 in Random Musings
Microsoft has a new browser with an old name. The Edge browser, that’s been around since 2015, has been replaced with a brand new browser that’s also called Edge and it’s proving controversial…
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Sprucing up my Home Assistant
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Sprucing up my Home Assistant

seanb8 months ago0 in Home Automation
Since I started using Home Assistant I’ve been using the basic display options in the front end. It’s been fine – it’s simple and a good starting point. Home Assistant, though, is far more flexible than that,,,
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When is a person not a person?
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When is a person not a person?

seanb8 months ago0 in Home Automation
Object detection – the ability to identify specific objects in a picture – has made all the difference to my Zoneminder camera monitoring…
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Samsung Health
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Samsung Health

seanb9 months ago0 in Random Musings
With more time on my hands due to lockdown I’ve been making an attempt to get fitter.,,
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What watts?
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What watts?

seanb9 months ago0 in Home Automation
I’m so bored in lockdown that I’ve been using a smart plug to measure power draw from various devices…
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