Revisiting cloud backup of CCTV
Last year I described how I send CCTV footage from Zoneminder to OneDrive. I’m now using Frigate, so I had to make some changes…
Sir Clive Sinclair
I was saddened this week to hear of the death of Sir Clive Sinclair. It was one of his inventions that set me on the path that led to my interest in computers, my career and, eventually, to this blog…
Notifications with Frigate
If you use Frigate for motion detection, you’ll want notifications…
Goodbye Zoneminder, hello Frigate
I’ve been a long time user of Zoneminder but not any more…
Getting started with Home Assistant automations
Home Assistant gives you a handy way of controlling your smart devices from a single interface, but the real power comes from adding automations…
Setting up Redhat to run Home Assistant
Today I’m going to look at installing Redhat on an intel NUC and then setting up a virtual machine to run Home Assistant…
Which OS?
The first step in my home server rebuild was to choose and install a base OS on which I could then run multiple virtual machines…
Is Amazon evil?
It’s hard not to think that Jeff Bezos is a volcano hideout and a white cat away from being a Bond villain…