Hive’s news
I’m still here, even though the blog has been dormant since March. I’ve been driven to write a new post by the news that Hive is to end support for some of its devices…
WearOS custom screens with Tasker
In my last post I started looking at automations on WearOS using the AutoWear plugin for Tasker. This time I’m looking at how to trigger those automations from the watch…
Tasker and WearOS
Now that I’ve switched to WearOS for my watch, I’ve been looking for interesting apps…
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…
Notifications with Frigate
If you use Frigate for motion detection, you’ll want notifications…
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…
