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Hacking Smart Home Devices – Literally

January 9, 2023

This week I have literally been hacking smart home devices. With a Dremel and a knife… To see why you’ll have to wait for a video coming out sometime this month or next month depending on the post. The short version is I want these to run Tasmota instead of the Tuya firmware they come…
2022 Review

January 1, 2023

Let’s have a look at what I did last year, then work out what I’m going to be doing this year.
SO my network broke…

December 19, 2022

But this is not a post about that, that post was great, it was long and descriptive and kind of amusing to read. And then I deleted it by accident due to some questionable UI choices in WordPress and the wonky trackpad on my tablet. Did you know WordPress will permanently delete posts without prompting.…
So How Long Do HDDs Last Anyway

December 5, 2022

Seems I’ve been replacing drives in my NAS recently. Is it a coincidence or are my drives crap? How long does a drive in a NAS last anyway?
Home Assistant Solar Monitoring

October 22, 2022

I’ve managed to get Home Assistant working out how much the energy produced by my solar system would cost me off the grid.
Image Shortcode Test

October 18, 2022

Testing some better ways to show images.

Hacking Smart Home Devices – Literally