Recent Posts
-
Reviving a Game Because of Nostalgia
When I dive into a project, I generally have some inkling how I am going to work through it. I have a pretty high confidence on how long it will take or what the outcome will be. For whatever reason, last weekend I had the urge to play my favorite...
-
Trading in Nest for TensorFlow and Z-Wave
A few weeks ago, Google announced the shutdown of its Works with Nest developer program only 16 weeks in advance. The Works with Nest program allows third-party applications like Home Assistant and IFTTT to integrate with Nest products. Without th...
-
Hacking Voice & WiFi Control into My Dumb Noise Machine
Picture this. It’s night time. You’re winding down and the end of a long work day getting for sleep. You climb into bed and pull the cozy covers up to your neck. Rolling over, you whisper a command to your digital assistant to turn off the lights....
-
How I Dim My Hue Lights with a Plex Webhook
Last week, the Home Assistant project launched webhooks triggers for automations. This means a user could create an endpoint to be hit from an external source and start a task. In my case, I wanted to use webhooks from Plex to dim (or brighten) my...
-
Bringing Home Automation Back Home
I’m a big fan of automation. Repetitive tasks annoy me and I try to find the best way to optimize activities. Earlier this year when Google Home rolled out custom routines, a weird behavior involving lights and routines prevented me from syncing m...