Tasmota Wifi Bulbs While ordering some more PIRs for the attic plus a manual switch from Localbytes [https://www.mylocalbytes.com/] I decided to purchase some wifi bulbs to try them out on
Home Assistant - Zigbee In this post I'll briefly cover the installation of my Zigbee network in HA which is only the beginning. For years I was always dreaming of the possibility of temperature
Hardware DAS Two I recently decided it was time to start building DAS Two as I've been collecting parts over the last few months on the cheap from eBay. At this time I
Software Home Assistant - Energy Dashboard - Part 2 In this part we'll look how to add standing charges to the total cost and how to correct readings from device that only outputs wH. Meross Plug Energy Correction So
Software Home Assistant - Energy Dashboard - Part 1 In this we part we'll look at replicating the energy dashboard I use for Home Assistant
Hardware Home Assistant - Energy Monitoring Hardware This post will detail the hardware I've chosen for energy monitoring, remote control and basic cost analysis of all my tech gear running as, given the MESS the arse clowns
Software Home Assistant - OS Installation This is the first part of many in a series of Home Assistant posts detailing my setup using a combination of various hardware and instructions on how to duplicate my
TP-Link Omada For many years I've been drooling of the Ubiquity AP range of hardware controlled WiFi access points. They do have a lovely ecosystem of cameras, AP's, Switches, Doorbells, Firewalls etc.
Nginx Reverse Proxy Part 1 In this post I will detail how to setup at Reverse Proxy using unRAID, SWAG, Cloudflare and a paid domain name. Why a Reverse Proxy? Undoubtedly the most secure way
Hardware Ring Doorbell I've been eyeing up video doorbells for some time and so last August I decided to pull the trigger on a Ring Doorbell Gen 2, Ring Chime Pro and Ring
Docker Apache Guacamole What is Apache Guacamole? > Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. > We call it clientless because no plugins or client
Docker How to use two or more domains with SWAG For those of you who are familiar with unRAID and SWAG will know its an excellent bit of kit for using as a reverse proxy however there are no examples
Hardware Cooling Ultron Last summer in the UK was particularly hot and so I've been getting Ultron ready for the 2021 impending inferno! Ultron resides in the attic along with the 48 port
Software How to sync bookmarks between browsers using Floccus. Floccus is an absolute must if you want to sync bookmarks between different browsers and rid yourself of relying on third-party services. I use Brave as my primary browser (which
Docker Bitwarden I was in the market for a new password manager for a few reasons... 1. I don't trust Google. 2. Lastpass is bollocks. 3. I want to host all my
The FOG Project As someone who uses lots of VMs and performs maintenance on a good many machines both for myself and others I required an hard disk image deployment system. This story
Dead Hard Disks Ever wondered what to do with dead drives? I've yet to find anyone that wants these things along the style of spent ink cartridges. I decided to take some apart
UPDATE: JANUS This week the construction of a Janus machines started. The plan has been modified slightly, Janus 2 will be the first constructed. The reason for this is due to the
